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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 & 2National 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 Indian 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!