Kwakiutl — /kwah kee ooht l/, n. 1. a member of a North American Indian people of Vancouver Island and the adjacent British Columbian coast. 2. the language of the Kwakiutl, a Wakashan language. * * * Northwest Coast Indian people who live along the shores… … Universalium
Indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast — This article is about the indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast. For other indigenous peoples see Indigenous peoples (disambiguation) Chief Anotklosh of the Taku Tribe of the Tlingit people, ca. 1913 The Indigenous peoples of the… … Wikipedia
Robert Gardner — (born November 5, 1925 in Brookline, Massachusetts) was the Director of the Film Study Center at Harvard University from 1957 to 1997. He is known for his work in the field of visual anthropology.Filmography* Blunden Harbour (1951) * Dances of… … Wikipedia
Kwakwaka'wakw — La célèbre maison de Mungo Martin dans le parc Thunderbird, à Victoria Les Kwakwaka wakw (ou Kwakiutl) sont un peuple amérindien de la province de Colombie Britannique au Canada. Ils vivent principalement au nord de l î … Wikipédia en Français
William Heick — (born 1916) is a San Francisco based photographer and filmmaker. He is best known for his ethnographic photographs and documentary films of North American Indian cultures. W.R. Heick served as producer director and chief cinematographer for the… … Wikipedia
Kwakwaka'wakw music — is the ancient art of the Indigenous or Aboriginal Kwakwaka wakw peoples.. The music is an ancient art form, stretching back thousands of years. The music is used primarily for ceremony and ritual, and is based around percussive instrumentation,… … Wikipedia
Kwakwaka'wakw — The Kwakwaka wakw (also Kwakiutl) are an Indigenous nation, numbering about 5,500, who live in British Columbia on northern Vancouver Island and the mainland. Kwakwaka wakw translates into Kwak wala speaking tribes , describing the collective… … Wikipedia
Northwest Coast Indian — Any member of the North American Indian peoples inhabiting a narrow but rich belt of coastland and offshore islands from southeast Alaska to northwestern California. A signal feature of Northwest Coast society was the emphasis on each individual… … Universalium
Native American dance — Introduction also called Indian dance or American Indian dance the dance of the aboriginal inhabitants of the Americas, often called American Indians. The treatment of Native American dance in this article is meant to focus first on… … Universalium
Kwakwaka'wakw mythology — This article is about the spiritual beliefs, histories and practices in Kwakwaka wakw mythology. The Kwakwaka wakw are an Indigenous nation, numbering about 5,500, who live in the central coast of British Columbia on northern Vancouver Island and … Wikipedia
