Title Faces in the forest : First Nations art created on living trees / Michael D. Blackstock

Published Montreal, Qué. : McGill-Queen's University Press, ©2001

Click on the following:
ProQuest Ebook Central
EBSCO eBooks

Copies

Description 1 online resource (xxxii, 224 pages) : illustrations, map Contents Contents -- Figures -- Map of British Columbia and the Yukon Territory -- Prologue -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- ONE: The Long Way Around Is Closer to Home -- TWO: Preparing for the Journey -- THREE: The Journey -- FOUR: Campfire Reflections on the Journey -- Appendix: Comparison of Art History and Anthropological Research Methods -- Notes -- References -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W -- X Summary In Faces in the Forest Michael Blackstock, a forester and an artist, takes us into the sacred forest, revealing the mysteries of carvings, paintings, and writings done on living trees by First Nations people. Blackstock details this rare art form through oral histories related by the Elders, blending spiritual and academic perspectives on Native art, cultural geography, and traditional ecological knowledge. Faces in the Forest begins with a review of First Nations cosmology and the historical references to tree art. Blackstock then takes us on a metaphorical journey along the remnants of trading and trapping trails to tree art sites in the Gitxsan, Nisga'a, Tlingit, Carrier, and Dene traditional territories, before concluding with reflections on the function and meaning of tree art, its role within First Nations cosmology, and the need for greater respect for all of our natural resources. This fascinating study of a haunting and little-known cultural phenomenon helps us to see our forests with new eyes Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-218) and index Notes Print version record Subject Indian wood-carving -- British Columbia Indian wood-carving -- Yukon Tree carving -- British Columbia Tree carving -- Yukon Indians of North America -- British Columbia -- Religion Indians of North America -- Yukon -- Religion Indian art -- British Columbia Indian art -- Yukon Trees -- Symbolic aspects -- British Columbia Trees -- Symbolic aspects -- Yukon ART -- Native American. Trees -- Symbolic aspects Indian art Indian wood-carving Indians of North America -- Religion Tree carving Art indien d'Amérique -- Colombie-Britannique. Art indien d'Amérique -- Yukon. Indiens d'Amérique -- Colombie-Britannique -- Religion. Indiens d'Amérique -- Yukon -- Religion. British Columbia Yukon Form Electronic book ISBN 9780773569607 077356960X

  Permalink