Native Peoples of the Northwest: A Traveler's Guide to Land, Art, and Culture [Paperback]

Jan Halliday (Author), Gail Chehak (Author), Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians (Corporate Author)

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Publication Date: April 1996

Native Peoples of the Northwest is the first guide of its kind to bring travelers face to face with fascinating sights and tribal members from southeast Alaska to northern California and from the Pacific Coast to western Montana.

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With the support and approval of the Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians, Halliday, a freelance writer, and Chehak, tourism director for the Affiliated Tribes and a member of the Klamath nation, have compiled an excellent and comprehensive travel guide to the many places of interest related to the Native American history, culture, and art of the Pacific Northwest. Activities that can be pursued among Native Americans include visits to museums, art galleries, and historical sites; hiking; river rafting; and attending rodeos and powwows. Six chapters each cover a different geographical section of the Pacific Northwest?southeastern Alaska, British Columbia, Washington, Oregon, northern California, Idaho, and western Montana. The authors manage to convey in their descriptions the hospitality of the Native Americans and the vitality of their cultures. This thorough and well-organized book contains a wealth of useful information and should be an essential purchase for public libraries' travel collections, particularly in the Pacific Northwest.?Elizabeth Salt, Otterbein Coll. Lib., Westerville, Ohio
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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Native Peoples Of The Northwest: A Traveler's Guide To Land, Art, And Culture is a guide the traveler can use to find out how and where to attend a "powwow", buy authentic traditional art, or celebrate with dance. The reader can raft the Trinity River with a member of the Hupa Tribe, buy handmade moccasins at the Shoshone-Bannock trading post, hike old-growth forests on Nuu-chah-nulth land, and eat traditional Native cuisine at Vancouver's Liliget Feast House. Native Peoples Of The Northwest lists more than 1,000 things to see and do with Native American people from all 54 tribes in Western Montana, Idaho, Northern California, Washington, Oregon, and from the major tribes in British Columbia and Southeast Alaska. A unique addition to any Native American studies collection, Native Peoples Of The Northwest is a valued addition to the travel guide shelf as well. -- Midwest Book Review

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Product Details

• Paperback
• Publisher: Sasquatch Books; First Edition edition (April 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1570610568
• ISBN-13: 978-1570610561
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 5.9 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,410,523 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars An outstanding contribution to Native American studies., June 5, 2000

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This review is from: Native Peoples of the Northwest: A Traveler's Guide to Land, Art, and Culture (Paperback)

Native Peoples Of The Northwest is a beautiful guide to land, art and culture, just as titled. Enriched by color photos of beautiful artworks, and color coded foldout maps, it covers the Northwest. Organized by geographic region, it lists major sites, art sources and museums as well as suggested cultural tours and activities of Northwestern Native Americans. All information presented is written with the help of members of Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians, a coalition of 54 tribes from Southeast Alaska, Washington, Oregon, Northern California, Idaho and Western Montana. In a foreword, the author team refers to themselves as "full bloods" (Jan Halliday is Scots-Irish and Gail Chehak is Klamath Indian) nicknamed Coyote and Raven. With all the cleverness and subtlety of both their namesakes, they have indeed put together a most useful guide book studded with breathtaking photos of art works. This book is well worth the price for the art photos alone! The Native Peoples Of The Northwest also contains history nuggets and suggestions in appendices on powwow etiquette, sacred sites and buying Native art. There is even a calendar of cultural and artistic events in the areas covered. In addition to suggestions and tips to buyers and collectors of Native American art, there are suggested reading resources with brief thumbnail sketches set in the margins. The wonderful thing about this book is it is a part of promoting, protecting and extending Native American art, culture, and history. An example is in the preface is the realization of the dream of coauthor Gail Chehak to establish a large Northwestern Indian Art Festival. Now in Portland there is an annual festival Memorial Day Weekend called Indian Art Northwest - in its third year. This is wonderful news for everyone for we are all enriched by this vast and colorful heritage. The authors endorse Indian-guided tours and Indian-owned museums because the point of view is so different from the non-Native perspective. For example, did you know the Lilijet Feast House in Vancouver is the only truly Native restaurant in the region? Decorated and presented in the traditional Longhouse style, the Native American owner presents entrees such as alder smoked salmon, prawns, venison, wild rice, steamed ferns and bannock bread. This is a beautiful book, much more than a guide book. It encourages you to sample a rich diversity of Native American heritage. It makes one long to explore the area. Perhaps a similar book on "Native Americans of the Southwest" is forthcoming? One can only hope. Nancy Lorraine, Reviewer