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Geographically and culturally, the
Heiltsuk Nation lies at the centre of the Northwest Coast. The seven original
Heiltsuk-speaking tribes inhabited the sounds and fiords between Rivers Inlet
and Milbanke Sound. Their neighbours were the Haisla, Tsimshian, Nuxalk,
Oweekeno, and Kwakwaka'wakw people. Traditionally, Heiltsuk
ceremonialists, canoe makers, and artists were greatly
influencial. This seminal work focuses on Canada's premier collection of Heiltsuk art, The R.W. Large Collection in the Royal Ontario Museum, illuminating its early twentieth-century origins and the continuity and power of Heiltsuk cultural expression. "A model for other studies ... a major contribution." Aldona Jonaitis (Director, University of Alaska Museum) |
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