Proud Raven, Panting Wolf

Carving Alaska's New Deal Totem Parks

Emily L. Moore

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English

University of Washington Press
28 February 2020

Art of indigenous peoples; Sculpture; History of the Americas; Social & cultural history; Indigenous peoples

Among Southeast Alaska's best-known tourist attractions are its totem parks, showcases for monumental wood sculptures by Tlingit and Haida artists. Although the art form is centuries old, the parks date back only to the waning years of the Great Depression, when the US government reversed its policy of suppressing Native practices and began to pay Tlingit and Haida communities to restore older totem poles and move them from ancestral villages into parks designed for tourists.

Dramatically altering the patronage and display of historic Tlingit and Haida crests, this New Deal restoration project had two key aims: to provide economic aid to Native people during the Depression and to recast their traditional art as part of America's heritage. Less evident is why Haida and Tlingit people agreed to lend their crest monuments to tourist attractions at a time when they were battling the US Forest Service for control of their traditional lands and resources.

Drawing on interviews and government records, as well as on the histories represented by the totem poles themselves, Emily Moore shows how Tlingit and Haida leaders were able to channel the New Deal promotion of Native art as national art into an assertion of their cultural and political rights. Just as they had for centuries, the poles affirmed the ancestral ties of Haida and Tlingit lineages to their lands.

Supported by the Jill and Joseph McKinstry Book Fund

Art History Publication Initiative. For more information, visit http://arthistorypi.org/books/proud-raven-panting-wolf

By: Emily L. Moore
Imprint: University of Washington Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 254mm, Width: 178mm,
Weight: 499g
ISBN: 9780295747552
ISBN 10: 0295747552
Pages: 288
Publication Date: 28 February 2020
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Emily L. Moore is associate professor in the Department of Art and Art History at Colorado State University.

Reviews for Proud Raven, Panting Wolf: Carving Alaska's New Deal Totem Parks

"""Moore presents a well-constructed read to a complicated story, bringing Southcentral Totem Pole restoration to all Alaskans."" ""[A] lively and compelling narrative...a welcome addition to the expansive literature that has expressed fascination with the histories and meanings of totem poles along the Northwest Coast since the nineteenth century."""