Arctic Anthropology, vol. 53, no. 2, 2016, pp. 81-92
Description
Analyzes archival material written at first contact in an attempt to reconstruct how Aleutians might have used spiritual beliefs to safeguard themselves during encounters with potentially aggressive or violent strangers.
Shows that the stylistic and representational contrasts in art correspond with the division of the Kwakiutl year based on notions of secular and sacred.