Preserving the Past, Inspiring the Future Lecture Series
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Author/Creator
George MacDonald
Description
Discusses the architecture of houses and design style of totem Poles in the villages of Skidegate, Xaina, Skedans, Tanu, Skungwai and Chaatl Haida.
Part 1 duration: 25:08.
Part 2 duration: 32:08.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal , vol. 42, no. 3, Native Narratives of Indigenous History and Culture, 2018, pp. 27-46
Description
Explores the subversive and satirical practice of creating souvenirs for settler-tourists arguing that the small totem poles carved as keepsakes were in fact a form of resistance to settler colonialism.