NWC Art reading list
Abbott, Donald N. (editor)
1981 The World is as Sharp as a Knife: An Anthology on Honor of Wilson Duff, British Columbia Provincial Museum, Victoria.
Barbeau, Marius
1929 Totem Poles of the Gitksan, Upper Skeena River, British Columbia, National Museum of Canada.
1950 Totem Poles vol. 1 & 2, National Museum of Canada.
1957 Haida Carvers in Argillite. National Museum of Canada.
Black, Martha
1997 Bella Bella: A Season of Heiltsuk Art. Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto and Douglas & McIntyre, Vancouver.
Blackman, Margaret
1985 Contemporary Northwest Coast Art for Ceremonial Use. American Indian Art Magazine 10 (3): 24-37.
Blackman, Margaret and Edwon S. Hall Jr.
1986 Snakes and Clowns: Art Thompson and the Westcoast Heritage. American Indian Art Magazine, 11(2):30-45.
Brown, Steve
1997 Formlines Changing Form: Northwest Coast Art as an Evolving Tradition. American Indian Art Magazine 22(2):62-73, 81-83.
1998 Native Visions: Evolution in Northwest Coast Art form the Eighteenth through the Twentieth Century. Seattle Art Museum/ University of Washington Press, Seattle.
Carlson, Roy L. (editor)
1983 Indian Art Traditions of the Northwest Coast. Archaeology Press, Simon Fraser University.
Drew, Leslie and Douglas Wilson
1980 Argillite: Art of the Haida. Hancock House Publishers, North Vancouver.
Duff, Wilson
1956 Prehistoric Stone Sculpture of the Fraser River and Gulf of Georgia. Anthropology in British Columbia, No. 5, pp 15-151, British Columbia Provincial Museum, Victoria.
1975 Images: Stone B.C. Hancock House Publishers, Saanichton, BC
Duff, Wilson with Bill Holm and Bill Reid
1967 Arts of the Raven. The Vancouver Art Gallery
Duffek, Karen
1983 A Guide to Buying Contemporary Northwest Coast Indain Arts. University of British Columbia Museum of Anthropology, Vancouver, BC.
1986 Bill Reid: Beyond the Essential Form. University of British Columbia Press, Vancouver, BC.
Feder, Norman
1983 Incised Relief Carving of the Halkomelem and Straits Salish. American Indian Art Magazine
8 (2):46-53.
Gunther, Edna
1966 Art in the Life of the Northwest Coast Indians. Portland Art Museum.
Hall, Edwin S., M.B. Blackman and V. Rickard
1981 Northwest Coast Indian Graphics. Douglas and McIntyre, Vancouver, BC
Halpin, Marjorie M.
1981 Totem Poles: An Illustrated Guide. University of British Columbia Press, Vancouver, BC.
Hawthorn, Audrey
1979 Kwakiutl Art, Douglas and McIntyre, Vancouver, BC
Henrikson, Steve
1993 Terrifying Visages: War Helmets of the Tlingit Indians, American Indian Art Magazine
19 (1):48-59.
Herem, Barry
1998 Bill Reid: Making the Northwest Coast Famous. American Indian Art Magazine 24(1): 42-51.
Holm, Bill
1965 Northwest Coast Indian Art: An Analysis of Form. University of Washington Press
1972 Crooked Beak of Heaven. University of Washington Press.
1983a The Box of Daylight. University of Washington Press
1983b Smoky-Top: The Art and Times of Willie Seaweed. University of Washington Press
1987 Spirit and Ancestor, Burke Museum, Seattle, and Douglas and McIntyre, Vancouver, BC
1990 Art, in Handbook of North American Indians, Vol 7, Northwest Coast. Edited by Wayne Suttles, pp. 602-632. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC
1997 Variations of a Theme: Northern Northwest Coast Painted Boxes. American Indian Art Magazine
22(2): 52-61.
Holm, Bill and Bill Reid
1975 Indian Art of the Northwest Coast: A Dialogue on Craftsmanship and Aesthetics. University of Washington Press.
Hoover, Alan L.
1993 Bill Reid and Robert Davidson: Innovations in Contemporary Haida Art. American Indian Art Magazine 18(4): 48-55.
Inverarity, Robert B.
195 Art of the Northwest Coast Indian. University of California Press.
Jonaitis, Aldona
1978 Land Otters and Shamans: Some Interpretations on Tlingit Charms. American Indian Art Magazine
4 (1): 62-66.
1981 Tlingit Halibut Hooks: An Analysis of the Visual Symbols of a Rite of Passage. Anthropological Papers of the American Museums of Natural History. Vol 57, part 1, pp. 1-48
1986 Art of the Northern Tlingit. University of Washington Press.
1988 From the Land of Totem Poles. American Museum of Natural History, New York & Douglas and McIntyre, Vancouver, BC
1991 (editor) Chiefly Feasts: The Enduring Kwakiutl Potlatch. Douglas and McIntyre, Vancouver, BC
1995 (editor) A Wealth of Thought: Franz Boas on Native American Art. Douglas and McIntyre, Vancouver, BC
King, J.C.H.
1979 Portrait Masks from the Northwest Coast of America. Thames and Hudson, London.
MacDonald, George F.
1983 Haida Monumental Art. University of British Columbia Press, Vancouver, BC.
1996 Haida Art. Douglas and McIntyre, Vancouver, BC & Canadian Museum of Civilization, Hull.
Macnair, Peter L., Alan Hoover and Kevin Neary
1980 The Legacy. British Columbia Provincial Museum, Victoria
Macnair, Peter L, and Alan Hoover
1984 The Magic Leaves: A History of Haida Argillite Carving. British Columbia Provincial Museum, Victoria.
Macnair, Peter L, Robert Joseph and Bruce Grenville
1998 Down from the Shimmering Sky: Masks of the Northwest Coast. Douglas and McIntyre, Vancouver, BC.
Malin, Edward
1978 A World of Faces. Timber Press, Portland, Oregon.
1986 Totem Poles of the Pacific Northwest. Timber Press, Portland, Oregon.
1999 Northwest Coast Indian Painting: House Fronts and Interior Screens. Timber Press, Portland, Oregon.
Mills, Jeanette C.
1989 The Meares Island Controversy and Joe David: Art in Support of a Cause. American Indian Art Magazine. 14 (4):60-69.
Nuytten, Phil
1982 The Totem Carvers: Charlie James, Ellen Neel, Mungo Martin. Panorama Publications, Vancouver.
Rhyne, Charles S.
1998 Expanding the Circle: The Art of Guud San Glas, Robert Davidson. Douglas F. Cooley Mem.
Seattle Art Museum
1997 The Spirit Within: Northwest Coast Native Art from the John H. Hauberg Collection. Rizzoli, New York and Seattle Art Museum, Seattle.
Shadbolt, Doris
1986 Bill Reid. Douglas and McIntyre, Vancouver, BC
Sheehan, Carol
1981 Pipes That Won't Smoke: Coal That Won't Burn. Glenbow Museum, Calgary.
Smyly, John & Carolyn
1973 The Totem Poles of Skedans. University of Washington Press.
Stelzer, Ulli
1976 Indian Artists at Work. J.J. Douglas, North Vancouver.
Steltzer, Ulli and Robert Bringhurst
1991 The Black Canoe: Bill Reid and the Spirit of Haida Gwaii. Douglas and McIntyre, Vancouver, BC.
Steltzer, Ulli and Robert Davidson
1994 Eagle Transforming: The Art of Robert Davidson. Douglas and McIntyre, Vancouver, BC.
Stewart, Hilary
1979a Looking at Indian Art of the Northwest Coast. Douglas and McIntyre, Vancouver, BC.
1979b Robert Davidson: Haida Printmaker. Douglas and McIntyre, Vancouver, BC.
1984 Cedar: Tree of Life to the Northwest Coast Indians. Douglas and McIntyre, Vancouver, BC.
1990 Totem Poles. Douglas and McIntyre, Vancouver, BC.
Sturtevant, William C. (editor)
1974 Boxes and Bowls: Decorated Containers by Nineteenth Century Haida, Tlingit, Bella Bella and Tsimshian Indian Artists., Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, DC
Thom, Ian (editor)
1993 Robert Davidson: Eagle of the Dawn. Douglas and McIntyre, Vancouver, BC.
Vickers, Roy Henry
1988 Solstice: The Art of Roy Henry Vickers. Eagle Dancer Enterprises, Tofino, BC
Wardell, Alan
1978 Objects of Bright Pride: Northwest Coast Indian Art from the American Museum of Natural History. Center for Inter-American Relations.
1996 Tangible Visions: Northwest Coast Indian Shamanism and its Art. Monacelli Press, NY
Wingert, Paul S.
1976 American Indian Sculpture. Hocker Art Books, New York
Wright, Robin
1979 Haida Argillite Ship Pipes. American Indian Art Magazine. 5 (1):40-47.
1982 Haida Argillite: Carved for Sale. American Indian Art Magazine. 8 (1): 48-55.
Wyatt, Gary
1994 Spirit Faces: Contemporary Masks of the Northwest Coast. Douglas and McIntyre, Vancouver, BC
Wyatt, Victoria
1984 Shapes of Their Thought: Reflections of Culture Contact in Northwest Coast Indian Art. University of Oklahoma Press.
This is not a complete listing of the references available on the many forms of art found on the coast. I have tried to include most of the readily available books and articles. If you would like to add to this list, please email me - bwinter@sfu.ca Thank you!