Sea and Cedar: How the Northwest Coast Indians Lived
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The Northwest Coast Indians inhabited the Pacific coast from the Columbia River to Alaska, where the wet, mild climate produced thick forests. The names of tribes such as Haida, Nootka, Tlingit and Kwakiutl bring to mind tall totem poles, whale hunts and potlatches, but there was much more to this flourishing culture.
This beautifully illustrated book explores many facets of the rich life of an amazing people: how they fashioned magnificent canoes and huge houses from cedar logs, how they lived off the salmon, how they wove rainproof hats and blankets, what their beliefs were, and why they carved and erected totem poles.
Lois McConkey has lectured on Northwest Coast Indian culture at Vancouver's Centennial Museum.
Douglas Tait is a freelance artist who has illustrated Once More Upon a Totem and Mouse Woman and the Vanished Princess.
This beautifully illustrated book explores many facets of the rich life of an amazing people: how they fashioned magnificent canoes and huge houses from cedar logs, how they lived off the salmon, how they wove rainproof hats and blankets, what their beliefs were, and why they carved and erected totem poles.
Lois McConkey has lectured on Northwest Coast Indian culture at Vancouver's Centennial Museum.
Douglas Tait is a freelance artist who has illustrated Once More Upon a Totem and Mouse Woman and the Vanished Princess.
Douglas Tait (Illustrator)
LIB.00029
Vancouver, BC : Douglas & McIntyre, Ltd
1973, 1990
9780888943712, 0888943717
Second paperback edition
How They Lived in Canada
Print and published material
English
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