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Knowledge within : treasures of the Northwest Coast / edited by Caitlin Gordon-Walker ; curated by Pam Brown, Jisgang Nika Collison, Anthony Alan Shelton, Jodi Simkin.

Gordon-Walker, Caitlin, (editor.). Brown, Pam (Anthropologist), (curator.). Collison, Jisgang Nika, 1971- (curator.). Shelton, Anthony, (curator.). Simkin, Jodi, (curator.). University of British Columbia. Museum of Anthropology, (publisher.).

Summary:

"Knowledge Within: Treasures of the Northwest Coast looks into seventeen of the numerous sites in the Pacific Northwest region with major collections of Northwest Coast Indigenous material culture, bringing attention to a wide range of approaches to caring for and exhibiting such treasures. Each chapter is written by one or more people who work or worked in the organization they write about. Each chapter takes a different approach to the invitation to reflect upon their institution: some narrate a history of the institution, some focus on particular pieces in the collection, and some consider the significance of the work currently being done for the present and future. They do more than fill in the gaps and background of an already existing discussion. They show that these are places and moments in a much longer story, still ongoing, with many characters--individuals, institutions, communities, artworks, treasures--on different, although often parallel or intersecting, journeys."-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

ISBN: 9781773270999
ISBN: 1773270990
Physical Description: xvii, 177 pages : color illustrations, color map ; 32 cm
Publisher: Vancouver ; Figure.1, [2022]
Copyright: ©2022

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 169-171).
Formatted Contents Note:	'Ksan Historical Village And Museum: Gitxsan Territory, Lax̱yiphl Gitxsanhl Anjoḵim (Our Home and Native Land) / Xsim Ganaa'w - Laurel Smith Wilson -- Museum Of Northern British Columbia: Na Xbiisa Łagigyet / Susan Marsden -- Sealaska Heritage Institute: Sealaska Heritage: Our Box of Knowledge / Kathy Keijoon Dye with Rosita Ḵaaháni Worl -- Haida Gwaii Museum: Saahlinda Naay "Saving Things House": The Haida Gwaii Museum at Ḵay Llnagaay / Jisgang Nika Collison -- U'mista Cultural Centre: Niga̱dza̱we ḵa National Museum of the American Indian, New York (The Spirits of Our Ancestors Are Finally Home) / Chief William T. Cranmer -- Museum At Campbell River: Collecting for Our Communities by Connecting to What Is Valued / Beth Boyce -- Nuyumbalees Cultural Centre: Behind a Great Man Stands Two Great Totems: The Story of the Billy Assu House Posts / Bradley Assu -- Art Gallery Of Greater Victoria: Building the Northwest Coast Collection at the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria / Michelle Jacques -- Royal BC Museum: Repatriation Is Reconciliation in Action / Lou-Ann Neel -- Vancouver Airport Authority, YVR Art Foundation: Sense of Place: The Art of Vancouver International Airport and YVR Art Foundation / Robin Laurence in collaboration with YVR Art Foundation Executive Director Susan Jackson and Vancouver Airport Authority -- Museum Of Anthropology At UBC: The Northwest Coast Collections at MOA / Anthony Alan Shelton -- Bill Reid Gallery Of Northwest Coast Art: "Joy Is a Well-Made Object": The Legacy of the Bill Reid Gallery / Beth Carter and Jordana Luggi -- Vancouver Art Gallery: Exhibiting and Collecting the Art of the Northwest Coast at the Vancouver Art Gallery, 1931-2018 / Ian Thom -- Stó:lō Resource Centre: We Are Building a House of Respect / David M. Schaepe, Naxaxalhts'i - Albert "Sonny" Mchalsie and Cara Brendzy -- Museum Of Vancouver: Displaced Histories: Invoking Memory and Identity in the Museum of Vancouver Collections / Sharon Fortney -- Squamish Lil'wat Cultural Centre: Where Rivers, Mountains, and People Meet / Mixalhítsa7 - Alison Pascal and the SLCC Cultural and Leadership Teams -- Audain Art Museum: 7idansuu's Incantation for the Salmon People: Linking the Past and the Future at the Audain Art Museum / Dr. Curtis Collins
Issuing Body Note:	Co-published by the Museum of Anthropology at UBC.