| Book Review | The Western Historical Quarterly, 35.2

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Tales of Ghosts: First Nations Art in British Columbia, 1922–61. By Ronald W. Hawker. (Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press, 2003. viii + 236 pp. Illustrations, appendixes, notes, bibliography, index. $85.00, cloth; $27.95, paper.)

According to many scholars, the first half of the twentieth century was a dark age for Northwest Coast Aboriginal art, marked by a decline in production and the abandonment of traditional forms. Only in the 1950s, encouraged by institutional intervention, an infusion of public funding, and a reassessment of Canadian Indian policy, was there a revival and renaissance in Aboriginal art. In Tales of Ghosts, Ronald Hawker convincingly argues that this interpretation is not accurate. Focused primarily on British Columbia's Coastal First Nations, Hawker explores the contests over the uses of Aboriginal art between 1922 and 1961. He illustrates the extent to which Northwest Coast artwork never declined or stagnated, something that First Nations have long claimed.

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