Native Art of North America:
Northwest Coast and Canada

Paleoeskimos 2000 BC -1000 BC
Dorset Culture 1000 BC - 1400 AD
Thule Culture 1000 AD - 1600 AD
Traditional Inuit 1600 AD - 1850 AD

Source for chronology: Archaeological Survey of Canada

(See also: Native North America Resource Page)

Web Resources
Archaeology in Arctic North America. Robert W. Park, University of Waterloo
Canadian Museum of Civilization. Gatineau, Quebec
Carved History. Sitka National Park (NPS)
A Condensed History of the Northwest Coastal People. Northwest Connection Gallery
The Cultural History of Greenland. National Museum of Denmark
First Nations in British Columbia. BC Archives Time Machine
First Nations in the Simon Frazer Museum. Simon Frazer University
Iqaluit History. Unidentified author
Kennewick Man. National Park Service
McCord Museum of Canadian History, Montreal. (Search by geography and culture at the bottom of the form)
The Mystery of British Columbia's Rock Art Paintings. John Ratcliffe
Royal British Columbia Museum :

  • Human Seated Figure Bowls
  • Petroglyphs
  • Stone Sculptures
  • Totem Poles
    Saskatchewan Archaeology. Saskatchewan Archaeological Society
    Totem Poles. Robin K. Wright, Burke Library, University of Washington
    Virtual Reality Panoramas of Totem Poles. Virtual Guidebooks

    Image Links (click inside)
    Dorset Culture
    Baffin Island
    1000bc-1500ad     		Middle Dorset Igloolik
    300bc-500ad     		Okvik
    St. Lawrence Is.
    c. 300bc     		Northwest Coast
    British Columbia
    1-900ad     		Nuu-Chah-Nulth
    Vancouver Island
    18c
    Kwakiutl
    British Columbia
    19c     		Kwakiutl
    British Columbia
    19c     		Kwakiutl
    Quatsino Sound
    19c     		Tlingit
    Alaska
    1800-1850     		Tlingit
    Alaska
    1850-1866
    Tlingit
    Alaska
    1866-1869     		Tsimshian
    British Columbia
    19c     		Tsimshian
    British Columbia
    19c     		Tsimshian
    British Columbia
    19c     		Eskimo
    Alaska
    1868-1897
    Yup'ik (Inuit)
    Alaska
    Early 20c

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