Cultural Concepts
Norms or unwritten rules about how to behave within a culture.
What are, Protocols?
The meaning of "Potlach."
The style of art is characterized by the use of ovoids.
What is, NorthWest Coast style, or Formline?
A traditional source of fibres, other than goat or dog.
What is, cattails or cedar fibre?
The reason regalia was confiscated from nations in BC after 1885.
Why was, they were used in cultural ceremonies that the Potlatch ban was trying to prevent?
Fabulous or Faux-Pas: Forcing random Indigenous Peoples to shake your hand.
What is, a faux-pas?
One reason a family might host a Potlach.
Why is, marriage, death, naming, etc.?
What is,
Trigons, Circles, Negative Space, Everyday Objects, Understated, Internal?
The name of the Salish Woolly Dog specimen being studied.
Who is, Mutton?
How smallpox facilitated art theft.
How was, it forced people to abandon their homes and belongings?
In Indigenous Cultures, these people are key in the preservation and transmission of culture.
Who are, Elders?
One difference between a Potluck and a Potlach.
What is, at a Potluck, everyone brings food. At a Potlach, only the host does, and if a guest brings food that is majorly insulting?
A prominent Salish Artist, involvled in reviving the art form.
Who is, Susan Point?
The year that Salish weaving was revitalized.
When was, 1984 (Musqueam)?
Why is,
- They do not have the full records?
- They bought it, and believe its not their fault if the seller was lying?
- They feel objects are better off in museums anyhow?
- Just vibes?
The best method to plan with an Indigneous Elder.
The year in which the Potlach was first banned.
When was, 1885?
A prominent Haida artist responsible for the Jade Canoe in YVR.
Who is, Bill Reid?
The only group of people permitted to own the Salish Woolly dog.
Who were, high-status Salish women?
What is,
- Selling them back?
- Exchanging them for replacements?
- Repatriating them?
- Adding new plaques telling the whole story?
One thing that is normal in Western culture, but aggressive in Indigenous culture.
What is, intense eye contact?
One way Indigenous Peoples might be punished for hosting a Potlach.
What is, being put in jail for, 2-6 months?
The artist who created the stolen Haida Sphinx, now in the British Museum.
Who was, Simeon Silthda?
Explain the six steps in the weaving process.
What are:
1. Gather Fibres
2. Carding
3. Plying/Spinning
4. Dying
5. Setting the Warp
6. Weaving the Weft?
The word Indigenous Peoples prefer museums use instead of "artefact."
What is, belongings?