Vancouver Island
SPIRITS OF THE WEST COAST Collecting and Investing in First
Nations Art from B.C. Photos and Story By Walter Stolting
When you actually get out and experience this province, you realize what an incredibly beautiful place it is. It is this very beauty – and a nearly constant and abundant food supply - that has inspired Coastal Native B.C. cultures for about 10,000 years. Together, this rugged beauty and abundance have supported the development of a fascinating indigenous culture that has embraced and incorporated art as a fundamental pillar in its society.
After a long era of suppression by organized religion and the Canadian Government during the first half of the 21st century, local native cultures are again flourishing and once again becoming an important part of everyday life and tradition. Carvings, weaving, decorative traditional clothing, native jewellery, ceremonial dances, paintings, native masks, and traditional songs are again increasingly used in potlatches, ceremonies, feasts and other
©2007 - Tourism British Columbia
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