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Out of the Mist

Treasures of the Nuu-Chah-Nulth Chiefs

By (author) Martha Black
Categories: History of art, The Arts: treatments and subjects, The Arts, The Americas, Place qualifiers, Relating to indigenous peoples, Relating to peoples: ethnic groups, indigenous peoples, cultures, tribes and other groupings of people, Relating to specific groups and cultures or social and cultural interests, Interest qualifiers
Publisher: Royal BC Museum
Paperback : 9780771895470, 160 pages, December 1999
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Description

Out of the Mist celebrates the art, culture and history of the Nuu-chah-nulth (formerly called Nootka) nations. It features the material culture – including many major art pieces – of the richly complex societies along the west coast of Vancouver Island and the Olympic Peninsula. With the help of many Nuu-chah-nulth voices, Martha Black places the objects in context with the cultures and histories of the people who created them.

HuupuKwwanum and Tupaat are Nuu-chah-nulth words that designate everything a chief owns, including hereditary names and songs, objects, dances, rights and privileges, lands, and resources. These concepts introduce non-aboriginal people to the profound philosophical, spiritual and personal connections that these objects have always had within Nuu-chah-nulth communities.