Kwakiutl carvers are only allowed to carve their own family crests into totem poles. It limits every artist to what their family owns. Even on the Sunnylands totem pole, there are Hunt family crests.

Executive producer Marsha Bemko shares her tips for getting the most out of ANTIQUES ROADSHOW. Value can change: The value of an item is dependent upon many things, including the condition of the ...

13 x 12 x 5 in. (33 x 30.5 x 12.7 cm.) A superb hand carved red cedar and painted Haida Gwaii moon mask. Inscribed verso Kwakiutl Moon and signed. Dimensions: 13 inches x 12 inches x 5 inches ...

As a youngster, Tsungani raced motorcycles on the country roads of Cowlitz County. Now, at 65, he dons the masks of the Kwakiutl tribe of British Columbia instead and gets his excitement by ...

Part of the larger group of Kwakwaka’wakw, "speakers of the Kwak'wala language," the Kwakiutl Band are the first inhabitants of Fort Rupert (Tsax̱is) on the northeastern shores of Vancouver Island ...

The Kwakiutl Indians in the Pacific Northwest practiced cannibalism. A mass grave dating to the 14th century, in what is now South Dakota, turned up 500 murdered, dismembered and scalped bodies of ...

THIS volume consists of Kwakiutl texts with translations for which the material was obtained from a half-blood Indian of Fort Rupert, British Columbia, who speaks Kwakiutl as his native language ...

Discover showtimes, read reviews, watch trailers, find streaming options, and see where to watch Dances of the Kwakiutl (1951). Explore cast details and learn more on Moviefone.

Packed with illustrations and descriptions of the habits, rituals and songs of the indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest, Franz Boas’s 1897 book “The Social Organization and the Secret ...

Among the innovations that Chicago’s 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition left behind are Cracker Jack, the Ferris Wheel, and American anthropology. The last is only a bit of an exaggeration ...

The Kwakiutl Indian Band has withdrawn from Nanwakolas Council Society, made up of 10 First Nations with territories stretching from Parksville to Knight Inlet.