This Haida mask can be transformed from the outer image of an eagle to the inner image of a supernatural being.This Ritual Mask, used by the Haida people of north-west Canada, was collected in ...

Fernando Decillis Among the indigenous nations of Southeast Alaska, there is a concept known in Haida as Íitl’ Kuníisii ... In recent decades, native artisans have revived practices that ...

The 62-year-old Haida artist Kihl ‘Yahda Christian White ... including large totems, masks, canoes and paddles. He carved his first totem pole, for his father’s inauguration as Chief Edenshaw ...

Excerpted from The Native People of Alaska by Steve J ... and Southeast Coastal Indians (Tlingit and Haida). These groupings are based on broad cultural and linguistic similarities of peoples ...

This Haida mask can be transformed from the outer image of an eagle to the inner image of a supernatural being.This Ritual Mask, used by the Haida people of north-west Canada, was collected in ...