Kwakwaka'wakw

The transformation masks of the Kwakwaka’wakw culture were ritual items. Kwakwaka’wakw does not refer to only one tribe but numerous others. Kwakwaka’wakw consists of 17 tribes in their nation in total that originally spoke the language. The kwakwaka 'wakw nation is found in the northwest coast of British Columbia, Canada. The many different nation of the kwakwaka’wakw is extremely diverse, although there are commonalities. For example many of the groups relate that their ancestors roamed the world

Potlatches are important to the people of the coast, and when it was taken from them, it was heartbreaking. How do you define a potlatch? During the potlatch ban, First Nations people would break the law by holding secret potlatches. Many of the elders in my home communities were kind enough to share stories of their family’s time during the ban. Children raised in the times of the potlatch banned, learned of their traditions through stories, as shown in Secret of the Dance. U’mista, a Kwak̓wala

Northwest Coast Tribal Masks This paper describes the Sea Bear Transformation Mask, created by Don Svanvik in 2000, and how it reflects Northwest Coast Indian art and culture, specific to the Kwakiutl tribe. A transformation mask is a large mask with hinged shutters that, when open, reveal another mask. Audrey and Alan Bleviss gave this mask to the Montclair Art Museum in 2005. The medium consists of red cedar, cedar bark, copper, pigment, and string. In the Montclair Art Museum, the mask is displayed

What are totem poles? Totem poles are monuments created by First Nations of the Pacific Northwest to represent and commemorate ancestry, histories, people, or events. Totem poles are typically created out of red cedar, a malleable wood relatively abundant in the Pacific Northwest, and would be erected to be visible within a community. Most totem poles display beings, or crest animals, marking a family’s lineage and validating the powerful rights and privileges that the family held. Totem poles

In our culture today there is an abundance of social rules of do’s and don’ts in public which can be said about every culture. I like to believe this is list is what defines a culture as well as what makes all cultures different and unique from each other. What I would like to know is if ethnocentrism has shaped or is visible. I want to know if the beauty industry in the west is influenced by the ways in which we view cultures differently from out history, I want to know how members of society are

For my pilgrimage, I chose to go to the Burke Museum to see the piece of art that inspired the Seahawks’ logo. On our way to the museum, we encountered some challenges. For instance, my pilgrimage group almost got in a car accident while exiting I-5. Additionally, it was very difficult to get to the Burke Museum on time, because we had underestimated the amount of traffic and the amount of time it would take to find parking. It is ridiculous how parking around the Burke Museum costs $15 and entering

Music is one of the most influential parts of cultures all over the world, but to the Native Americans it is pivotal. Native American tribal music is a very important part of most Native Americans' history, culture, and societies. Music is an extremely important role of Native American culture and history. Generally, it was one of the only methods that they had as a way to pass down traditions and their history from generation to generation. There wasn’t very much documentation of their history until

One tribe who saw the bird as an entity instead of a species was the nuu-chan-nulth tribe said that the bird relied on the top of a mountain as a servant if the great spirit. While some tribes like the Kwakwaka'wakw and Cowichan tribes had believed that the Thunderbirds were a species that could shape shift into humans by pulling off their beak and feathers like a "feather covered blanket." This species was said to shapeshifter into humans and marry in the

The first episode details the performance of a group of Kwakwaka’wakw at the World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago. The Aboriginal migrant hop field workers in the Puget Sound area are the focus of the second episode and the third looks at the legal proceeding of 1906 wherein the Tlingit artist Rudolph Walton endeavors

Since the beginning of mankind, nature has played an important role in the growth and development of the given species. More so, it played an even bigger role when talking about the relation between the two ‘Canadian groups,’ natives and white men. Their cultural interaction shifts across the spatial context where people lived, worked and played. Since the late 19th century, the interaction between native Canadians and white middle-class population evolved around social and physical environments