#Kwakwaka'wakw

[formlines]

Sturgeon

Corrine Hunt

#Corrine Hunt #Kwakwaka'wakw #Tlingit #Lattimer Gallery

[arthistoryanimalia]

For #Woodensday:

Kwakwaka'wakw artist Baleen Whale Mask, 19th century Alert Bay, Cormorant Island, British Columbia, Canada Cedarwood, pigment, hide, cotton cord, metal nails From Brooklyn Museum’s “Climate in Crisis: Environmental Change in the Indigenous Americas” exhibition

#animals in art #whale #mask #Brooklyn Museum #museum visit #exhibition #Woodensday #woodwork #19th century art #First Nations art #Indigenous art #Kwakwaka'wakw #Canadian art

[the-golden-vanity]

A Kwakwaka’waka man in traditional sacred costume of an orca. Photographed by Franz Boas. Collection of the American Museum of Natural History.

#kwakwaka'wakw #orca #killer whale #orca whale #traditional costume #folk art #sacred art #indigenous art #native north america #franz boas #early 20th century #vintage photography #vintage photo #oceancore #ocean #whale #Instagram

[ker4unos]

WEST INDIGENOUS NORTH AMERICAN RESOURCES

The Anthropological Masterlist is HERE.

The Western United States is a North American region that constitutes the western part of the United States. Alaska and Hawaii are also considered part of the Western United States.

AHTNA ─ “The Ahtna, or Ahtena, people are an Indigenous North American people. They are native to the Copper River in southern Alaska.” ─ Ahtna Information

ALEUT ─ “The Aleuts, or Unangas, are an Inuit people. They are native to the Aleutian Islands between Russia and Alaska.” ─ Aleut Information ─ Aleut Museum ─ Aleut Language

ATHABASKAN ─ “Athabaskan, or Dene, is an Indigenous American linguistic group that share the Athabaskan language family. They are native to Alaska, north Canada, and southwest United States of America.” ─ Athabaskan Languages ─ Athabaskan Language Conference

CAHUILLA ─ “The Cahuilla, or Ivilyuqaletem, people are an Indigenous North American people. They are native to the center of southern California.” ─ Cahuilla Information ─ Cahuilla Language ─ Cahuilla Language

CROW ─ “The Crow, or Absaroka, people are an Indigenous North American people. They are native to central and south Montana.” ─ Crow Information ─ Crow Language

HOPI ─ “The Hopi are an Indigenous North American people. They are native to northeastern Arizona.” ─ Hopi Information ─ Hopi Culture and History ─ Hopi Dictionary

INUIT ─ “The Inuit are an Indigenous North American people. They are native to Greenland, Canada, and Alaska.” ─ Inuit Collections ─ Inuit Religion ─ Inuit Dictionary

KUMEYAAY ─ “The Kumeyaay, or Tipai-Ipai, people are an Indigenous North American people. They are native to southern California.” ─ Kumeyaay Culture ─ Kumeyaay Language ─ Diegueño Dialect

KWAKWAKA’WAKW ─ “The Kwakwaka’wakw, or the Kwakiutl, people are an Indigenous North American people. They are native to Vancouver Island.” ─ Kwakwaka’wakw Mythology ─ Revival of the Kwakwaka’wakw Langauge ─ The Bible in Kwakwaka’wakw

LUISEÑO ─ “The Luiseño, or Payómkawichum, people are an Indigenous North American people. They are native to the coastal area of southern California.” ─ Luiseño Culture ─ Luiseño History ─ Luiseño Language

MIWOK ─ “The Miwok, or Miwuk, people are an Indigenous North American people. They are native to northern California.” ─ Miwok Mythology ─ Miwok History ─ Miwok Dictionary

NAVAJO ─ ��The Navajo, or Diné, people are an Indigenous North American people. They are native to the southwestern United States of America.” ─ Navajo Culture ─ Navajo Mythology ─ Navajo Language

O’ODHAM ─ “The O’odham people are an Indigenous North American people. They are native to the Sonoran Desert in Arizona.” ─ O’odham Dictionary

PAIUTE ─ “The Northern Paiute people are an Indigenous North American people. They are native to the Great Basin in the United States of America.” ─ Paiute Culture ─ Paiute Culture ─ Paiute History

PUEBLO ─ “The Pueblo, or Puebloan, people are an Indigenous North American people. They are native to New Mexico and Arizona.” ─ Isleta Pueblo Information

SHOSHONE ─ “The Shoshone, or Shoshoni, people are an Indigenous North American people. They are native to Wyoming, Idaho, and Nevada.” ─ Shoshone Information ─ Shoshoni Language Project

SNOHOMISH ─ “The Snohomish people are an Indigenous North American people. They are native to the Puget Sound area of Washington.” ─ Snohomish Culture and History

TEWA ─ “The Tewa are an Indigenous North American people. They are native to the Rio Grande, New Mexico.” ─ The Ethnogeography of the Tewa Indian

WINTUN ─ “The Wintun people are an Indigenous North American people. They are native to North California.” ─ Wintu Language

ZUNI ─ “The Zuni, or Zuñi, people are an Indigenous North American people. They are native to western New Mexico.” ─ Zuni Culture ─ Zuni Culture ─ Zuni Language

#resources #western united states #ahtna #aleut #athabaskan #cahuilla #crow #hopi #inuit #kumeyaay #kwakwaka'wakw #luiseño #miwok #navajo #o'odham #paiute #pueblo #shoshone #snohomish #tewa #wintun #zuni

[aestheticofaccumulation]

Accumulation as resistance, recuperation, recovery, restoration. The Potlatch collection at the U’mista Cultural Centre, Alert Bay.

#accumulation #kwakwaka'wakw #potlatch #colonialism #colonization #reparations #repatriation

[viajeroseneltiempo]

(EN) Historical item of the week⌛️ Totem Pole Totem poles are carved wood sculptures that can be found in western Canada and western United States. Its name comes from the word odoodem which roughly translates to “ kinship group”in the indigenous Algonquian languages. The Totem poles were created by indigenous communities such as the Haida, Tlingit, Tsimshian, Kwakwaka'wakw, and Nuu-chah-nulth. Totem poles were described by French explorers from the 18th century, but developed in their complex and colorful form in the 19th century, showing complex figures from nature and mythology, being famous especially for representing the legendary Thunderbird. You can find them in various places, such as the Thunderbird Park in Victoria, British Columbia.

(ES) Objeto histórico de la semana⌛️ Pilar Totem Seguro has visto esto en varias películas. Los pilares Tótem son esculturas talladas en madera que pueden encontrarse en la región occidental de Canadá y Estados Unidos. Su nombre viene de la palabra odoodem que más o menos traduce “clan familiar” en las lenguas indígenas algonquinas. Los Tótem fueron creados por comunidades indígenas como la Haida, Tlingit, Tsimshian, Kwakwaka'wakw y Nuu-chah-nulth. Los Tótem fueron descritos por exploradores franceses desde el siglo XVIII, pero se desarrollaron en su forma compleja y colorida desde el siglo XIX, mostrando figuras complejas de la naturaleza y la mitología, siendo famosos especialmente por representar el legendario Pájaro de trueno. Puedes encontrarlos en varios lugares, como el parque del pájaro de Trueno en Victoria, en la Columbia Británica.

#totem pole #totem #thunderbird #canada #haida #tlingit #tsimshian #kwakwaka'wakw #nuu-chah-nulth #Historical item of the week

[leguinian]

Kwakwaka'wakw Lidded Bentwood Box

#Kwakwaka'wakw #native american #indigenous #pacific northwest #burke museum #potlatch #archaeology #anthropology

[sunsetmaiden]

Willie Seaweed, Headdress with body representing a wolf, c. 1930

#willie seaweed #indigenous art #kwakwaka'wakw

[usunezukoinezu]

'' At one point in the film we see, in slow motion, an eagle swoop down and lift a fish from the waters of Alert Bay, a background voice saying, “Our people were so, so rich; rich with wealth, not money…. We had a really good system here that went on since the beginning of time.” In cases like that, the verb “to be” (“potlatch is”) is best conjugated not in the simple present but in what has been called the “prophetic perfect,” a tense that bespeaks a perennial life constantly blooming in the present moment. ''

-Lewis Hyde, The Gift

#Lewis Hyde #The Gift #Potlatch #Kwakwaka'wakw #Kwakiutl

[formlines]

Gathering Place

Mark Henderson

#Mark Henderson #Kwakwaka'wakw #Quintana Galleries

[arthistoryanimalia]

Kwak'Wanigaml (Heron Headdress), c. 1890 Herbert Johnson - (Gayusdisa'las) Kwakwaka'wakw, Kwikwasutinexw, Kingcome, d. 1953 Red cedar, nails, paint, 26 x 13 1/2 x 17 in. Seattle Art Museum 91.1.31

"Solitary blue herons stand silently on coastlines and in wetlands perched on their thin legs. They wade slowly, sometimes point their head and beak skyward, and often seem as still as a statue. This object includes the sinuous neck and long beak of a heron but no legs beause the heron’s shape has been adapted to serve as a headdress. Stylized designs add a distinctive feature on the crest, wings, and tail. One can only imagine the striking vision of the heron striding into a ceremony atop the head of a leader who honors one of his crest animals."

Bonus:

Man with Heron Hat, 1914 photo by Edward S. Curtis (American, 1868-1952) Glossy silver print, 10 × 8 in. (25.4 × 20.3cm) Seattle Art Museum

#Indigenous art #Native American art #First Nations art #birds in art #heron #bird #headdress #historical costume #Herbert Jphnson #Kwakwaka'wakw #19th century art #woodwork #Seattle Art Museum #hat #photography #ethnography #historical photography #Edward S. Curtis #American art #20th century art

[cankersoresob]

#kwakwaka'wakw #kwakiutl #a

[superinjun]

Spaced Invaders - 2014

Sonny Assu (Ligwilda'xw Kwakwaka'wakw)

digital intervention on an Emily Carr painting (Heina, 1928)

#sonny assu #kwakwaka’waka #Ligwilda'xw Kwakwaka'wakw #indigenous art #native art #first nations art #ndn art #digital art #emily carr

[boiledegghole]

eating memories of the lost, keeping them with you

indepth explanation

#splatoon #salmon run #salmonids #salmonid #splatoon salmonid #full explanation under the cut btw #this one is a metaphorical piece on theoretical salmonid beliefs #so like. theyre really into the concept of food and being eaten #so like in my mind when they die their friends would be depicted eating the brain (so as to represent the passing on of memories into their #friends and family) #loosely inspired by kwakwaka'wakw artwork! #boiledegg art

[talonabraxas]

“The deity is within you, not in ideas and books. Truth is lived, not taught.” ― Hermann Hesse

Among the Nuxalk, Sun is sometimes represented as being the master of sky world who, at the beginning of the world, placed four master carpenters on four separate mountain peaks to collectively create the world and found the Nuxalk clans. Some Salish cultures regard the Day, Daylight or the Sky to be the supreme supernatural being that will sometimes reveal itself to people disguised in human or animal form to bestow a great spirit power.

Kwakwaka'wakw Northwest Coast Native Sun Mask Talon Abraxas

[workingclasshistory]

On this day, 24 June 1763, a British trader in Philadelphia named William Trent recorded an attempt to use biological warfare against Native Americans. In his journal, he wrote that two Delaware chiefs had visited Fort Pitt during Pontiac's uprising to urge British forces to abandon the fight. The British refused, and Trent wrote that as the men, Turtle's Heart and Mamaltee, were about to leave: "Out of our regard for them, we gave them two Blankets and an Handkerchief out of the Small Pox Hospital. I hope it will have the desired effect." A direct causal link cannot be established but a smallpox epidemic did later break out in the Ohio Valley which devastated the local Indigenous population. Learn more about 500 years of genocide and resistance in the Americas in this book by Gord Hill of the Kwakwaka'wakw nation: https://shop.workingclasshistory.com/collections/books/products/500-years-of-indigenous-resistance-gord-hill Pictured: an engraving of Native Americans amidst a smallpox epidemic, 1853 https://www.facebook.com/workingclasshistory/photos/a.296224173896073/2018938024958004/?type=3