Bella Bella: A Season of Heiltsuk Art

by Martha Black and Martha Black B.

The original Heiltsuk-speaking tribes inhabited the outer islands, protected inland waterways, and mainland fiords of the central Northwest Coast. In 1880 the Methodist Church made the Heiltsuk village of Bella Bella its base for mission work on the Northwest Coast. By the time missionary and doctor Reverend Richard W. Large arrived in 1898 the village outwardly resembled a European-style town, but Heiltsuk culture persisted. While the Heiltsuk absorbed,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 029597608X
• ISBN13: 9780295976082
• Release Date: January 1997
• Publisher: University of Washington Press
• Length: 222 Pages
• Weight: 2.28 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 9.4" x 9.4"