A time of gathering native heritage in Washington State

Name: A time of gathering native heritage in Washington State
Author: Robin Kathleen Wright, Thomas Burke Memorial Washington State Museum

	Published by the Burke Museum and edited by art historian Robin Kathleen Wright, A Time of Gathering: Native Heritage in Washington State serves as a profound celebration and catalog of Indigenous art, culture, and enduring sovereignty across the Pacific Northwest. The volume brings together tribal elders, artists, and scholars to document centuries of rich material culture, including intricate basketry, carved wooden regalia, and contemporary artistic expressions that defy historical erasure. Through stunning photographic plates and deeply contextual essays, the text emphasizes that Native communities are not relics of a static past, but dynamic, living cultures actively revitalizing their ancestral traditions. A keen insight drawn from the work is how museum archives can be radically decolonized through collaborative curation; by returning interpretive authority to the descendant communities who created these sacred objects, the publication transforms a traditional anthropological collection into a powerful instrument of indigenous self-determination.
Author(s):	Robin Kathleen Wright, Thomas Burke Memorial Washington State Museum
Document:	Book · Paperback · CIRC [ 1 ]
Edition:	1st Edition
Published:	1991
Physical Description:	280 pages : illustrations (some color), maps, portraits ; 29 cm
Genre:	Catalog
Notes:	Prepared to accompany the exhibit, A time of gathering (April 1--October 1, 1989), a project initiated and partially funded by the 1989 Washington Centennial Commission
Contents:	Acknowledgments Welcome statement / Vivian Adams Introduction / Robin K. Wright A collection history : Washington native art / Robin K. Wright Masterworks of Washington native art / Robin K. Wright Eastern Washington heritage: Eastern Washington native peoples : a personal introduction / Roberta Haines; Tales of Coyote : eastern Washington traditions / Martin Louie, Sr.; Native place names on the Columbia Plateau / Eugene S. Hunn; Basketry styles of the plateau region / Lynette Miller; Tule mat making : a Yakima tradition / Amelia Sohappy Sampson; Beadwork on the plateau / Kate C. Duncan; Dress me in color : Transmontane beading / Barbara Loeb Western Washington heritage: History of western Washington native peoples / Leonard Forsman The shed-roof house / Wayne Suttles Traditional music in Makah life / Linda Goodman Storytelling in the old days / Helma Swan Ward ; Historical Salish canoes / Bill Holm; Reminiscences of a canoe puller / Emmett Oliver; To different canoe: the lasting legacy of Lushootseed heritage / Vi Hilbert When Chief Seattle spoke / Vi Hilbert Appendix I: Contemporary tribes in Washington State Appendix II: Tribal museums and Native American cultural centers in Washington State
Subjects:	Art indien États-Unis Washington (États-Unis ; État) Catalogues d'exposition, Catalog, Catalogs, Catalogues, Catalogues d'exposition, Exhibition, Exhibition catalogs, Indian art, Indian art Washington (State) Exhibitions, Indians Washington Art Exhibitions, Indians Washington Exhibitions, Indians of North America, Indians of North America Materi

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Collection	Resource	Available	Edition	Published	Publisher
The Cascade District: Encyclopedia Library	Book	Hardcover	1st Edition	1991	University of Washington Press

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