LEADER 04267nam 2200709Ia 450 001 9910780678503321 005 20230912133453.0 010 $a1-283-22559-X 010 $a9786613225597 010 $a0-7748-5429-4 024 7 $a10.59962/9780774854290 035 $a(CKB)2430000000000389 035 $a(OCoLC)243573131 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10139129 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000381851 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11279853 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000381851 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10382683 035 $a(PQKB)10183045 035 $a(CaPaEBR)404123 035 $a(CaBNvSL)jme00326392 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3412266 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10146823 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL322559 035 $a(VaAlCD)20.500.12592/wmr429 035 $a(schport)gibson_crkn/2009-12-01/2/404123 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3412266 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3246063 035 $a(DE-B1597)661776 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780774854290 035 $a(EXLCZ)992430000000000389 100 $a19900521d1989 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aChiefs of the sea and sky$b[electronic resource] $eHaida heritage sites of the Queen Charlotte Islands /$fGeorge F. MacDonald 210 $aVancouver $cUniversity of British Columbia Press$d1989 215 $a1 online resource (97 p.) 300 $aAbridged version of: Haida monumental art. 300 $a"Publication of this book has been made possible in part by a grant from Dr. Margaret P. Hess." 311 $a0-7748-0331-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [96]). 327 $tFront Matter -- $tContents -- $tForeword -- $tPreface -- $tIntroduction -- $tThe Southern Villages -- $tSkidegate -- $tHaina -- $tCumshewa -- $tSkedans -- $tTanu -- $tNinstints -- $tKaisun -- $tChaatl -- $tThe Northern Villages -- $tMasset -- $tKayang -- $tYan -- $tHiellan -- $tKung -- $tKiusta -- $tDadens -- $tYaku -- $tTian -- $tSelected References 330 $aThis book is drawn from Haida Monumental Art, the most important work yet published on Haida culture. Chiefs of the Sea and Sky presents an overview of extensive research carried out by archeologist George MacDonald in the 1960s and 1970s to document the history of the Haida villages of the Queen Charlotte Islands. In this abridgement, MacDonald recounts the history of eighteen of the major villages, telling the story of their people and describing the sites of their houses and other known structures. In his introduction he explains how the Haida's immense cedar houses and totem poles are part of a fascinating spiritual and material culture which integrates family history, ritual, and mythology. The historical photographs that accompany the text illustrate the richness and variety of Haida sculpture and they show the villages at the height of their glory in the 1880s and 1890s and in their subsequent and tragic decay. MacDonald reports on the further deterioration of several of the sites since publication of Haida Monumental Art in 1983, but he also praises the successful efforts of the Haida and their supporters and the cooperation of the Government of Canada in establishing protection over important heritage sites in the Southern Queen Charlotte Islands. He sees in this and in the accomplishments of contemporary Haida artists an indication that the future of Haida culture looks 'immensely brighter towards the close of the century than it did at the beginning.' Chiefs of the Sea and Sky will be welcomed by those interested in the history of Canada's Native people and by visitors to the heritage sites of the Queen Charlotte Islands. 606 $aHaida sculpture 606 $aHaida Indians$xAntiquities 607 $aHaida Gwaii (B.C.)$xAntiquities 607 $aBritish Columbia$xAntiquities 615 0$aHaida sculpture. 615 0$aHaida Indians$xAntiquities. 676 $a730/.8997 700 $aMacDonald$b George F$01499702 701 $aMacDonald$b George F$01499702 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910780678503321 996 $aChiefs of the sea and sky$93725949 997 $aUNINA