Totem poles of the Pacific Northwest coast Book

	Acknowledgments	1
	Introduction	3
	Methodology	4
	The Practice of Raising Carved Poles	5
	Defining the Totem Pole	5
Ch. 1	Totem Poles and Native Culture
	The People and their Environment	9
	The Sea and the Land	10
	The Tribes	11
	Tribal Map	14
	The Villages	16
	House and House Names	18
	The Antiquity of Totem Poles	19
Ch. II	A Forest of Poles	25
	The Prototype Poles	26
	The Subject Matter on Poles	45
Ch. III	Stylistic Characteristics
	The Haida Style	65
	The Tsimshian Style	71
	The Tlingit Style	74
	The Kwakiutl Styles	76
	The Bella Coola Style	82
	West Coast Style	84
Ch. IV	The Social Role of Totem Poles	87
	The Potlatching System	88
	Potlatching Involving Totem Poles	90
	Raising a Pole	91
	The Host's Role in Pole Raising	95
	The Wood Carver's Role	98
	The Carver's Approach to the Poles	100
Ch. V	Triumph and Tragedy: An Era Vanishes	163
	The Assaults on the Culture	166
	Banning the Potlatch	167
	Conservative Holdouts	167
	The Totem Pole Exporting Period	168
Ch. VI	New Poles for Old	171
	The Awakening	171
	The Beginning of Salvage and Restoration Programs	173
	Implementation of Training Programs	176
	The New Indian Act	178
	New Poles, New Directions	179
	References and Suggested Reading	183
	Index	185