ISBN: 9780921586845 - two wolves at the dawn of time: kingcome inlet pictographs, 1893-1998 (3 Ergebnisse)

Paperback. Zustand: Good. In 1998, Dzawada'enuxw artist Marianne Nicholson scaled a vertical rock face in Kingcome Inlet to paint a massive pictograph to mark the continued vitality of her ancestral village of Gwa'yi. Two Wolves at the Dawn of Time is the story of that painting, of earlier politically defiant rock art, and of "coppers," ceremonial shields that are a central motif in these images. Judith Williams tracks the history of a culturally and geographically rich locale at a flashpoint in Native-white relations. She investigates the rock art around Kingcome Inlet, explores the disintegrating Halliday homestead, and plumbs the archives to measure colonialism's legacy. Documenting Nicholson's painting of the new pictograph, Williams describes the symbiosis of old and new that has seen Gwa'yi and the Kwakwaka'wakw prevail despite all attempts to eradicate their culture.…

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Paperback. Zustand: Good. First Edition. "Documents the creation of a new pictograph by artist Marianne Nicolson at a traditional Dzawada'enuxw rock art site four miles down the Kingcome River from Gwa'yi village, and the relationship of this work to one by Mollie Wilson at Petley Point in 1927, which commemorated a potlatch that took place during the period when Canada's Department of Indian Affairs had banned Native ceremonials." - back cover. 240 pages. Index. Bibliography. Footnotes. Black and white reproductions of archival photos. Tight, clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Trivial moisture exposure to top edge. A sound example of this fascinating account. ; 8vo. …