Maps
Acknowledgments
Prologue: The Repatriation of the Nuxalk Echo Mask
1 Introduction
2 The History of Bella Coola: A History of Theft
3 “Selling Out” or “Buying In”? Identity Politics and Art Objectification in Bella Coola
4 Privileged Knowledge versus Public Education: Tensions at Acwsalcta, the Nuxalk Nation “Place of Learning”
5 Physical and Figurative Repatriation: Case Studies of the Nuxalk Echo Mask and the Nuxalk Sun Mask
6 Theft Inside and Out: The Making of a Theory
7 Conclusions: Articulating Nuxalk National Identity
Notes
References
Index
Switchbacks explores how the Nuxalk of Bella Coola, British Columbia, negotiate such complex questions as: Who owns culture? How should culture be transmitted to future generations? Where does selling and buying Nuxalk art fit into attempts to regain control of heritage?