Unsettling Native Art Histories on the Northwest Coast Seasons Siha Tooskin Knows the Sacred

Siha Tooskin Knows the Sacred Eagle Feather is the story of how

personal stories

but they are not records of illness as much as they are deeply personal accounts of life in the North: the fine

Colonization and Resistance from his personal understanding of how these have worked against First Nations

While stories are told about the water spirits and the threat of the land being taken over for development

Unsettling Native Art Histories on the Northwest Coast Seasons Siha Tooskin Knows the SacredInseparable from its communities, Northwest Coast art functions aesthetically and performatively beyond the scope of non Indigenous scholarship, from demonstrating kinship connections to manifesting spiritual power. Contributors to this volume foreground Indigenous understandings in recognition of this rich context and its historical erasure within the discipline of art history. By centering voices that uphold Indigenous priorities, integrating the