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    Tales of ghosts : First Nations art in British Columbia, 1922-61 / Ronald William Hawker.

    • Title:Tales of ghosts : First Nations art in British Columbia, 1922-61 / Ronald William Hawker.
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    • Author/Creator:Hawker, Ronald William, 1963-
    • Published/Created:Vancouver : UBC Press, 2002.
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    • Library of Congress Subjects:Indian art--British Columbia--History.
      Indian art--British Columbia--Political aspects.
    • Description:viii, 236 p. : ill., 1 map, ports. ; 24 cm.
    • Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
    • ISBN:077480954X
    • Contents:1. Introduction
      2. Cranmer Potlatch and Indian Agent Halliday's Display
      3. Totem Poles in Stanley Park
      4. Northwest Coast Art as National Heritage: Two Federal Projects of the Late 1920s
      5. New Deals: George Raley and Depression-Era Reform in British Columbia
      6. Alice Ravenhill and the BCIAWS
      7. Mathias Joe, Mungo Martin, and George Clutesi: "Art" as Resistance
      8. UBC, the BCPM, and the Totem Pole Carver Training Program
      9. Totem Pole Preservation Committee and the Case of the Gitanyow
      10. Tales of Ghosts That Hover in the World Like Fading Smoke
      App. A. Map showing First Nations groups in British Columbia
      App. B. Chronology of First Nations art in British Columbia, 1921-61.
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