Lelooska: The Life of a Northwest Coast Artist

Don Smith - or Lelooska, as he was usually called - was a prominent Native American artist...
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Author: Chris Friday
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Lelooska: The Life of a Northwest Coast Artist by Friday, Chris

Lelooska: The Life of a Northwest Coast Artist

$107.60

Lelooska: The Life of a Northwest Coast Artist

$107.60
Author: Chris Friday
Format: Paperback
Language: English

Don Smith - or Lelooska, as he was usually called - was a prominent Native American artist and storyteller in the Pacific Northwest. Born in 1933 of "mixed blood" Cherokee heritage, he was adopted as an adult by the prestigious Kwakiutl Sewid clan and had relationships with elders from a wide range of tribal backgrounds. Initially producing curio items for sale to tourists and regalia for Oregon Indians, Lelooska emerged in the late 1950s as one of a handful of artists who proved crucial to the renaissance of Northwest Coast Indian art. He also developed into a supreme performer and educator, staging shows of dances, songs, and storytelling. During the peak years, from the 1970s to the early 1990s, the family shows with Lelooska as the centerpiece attracted as many as 30,000 people annually.

In this book, historian and family friend Chris Friday shares and annotates interviews that he conducted with Lelooska, between 1993 and ending shortly before the artist's death, in 1996. This is the story of a man who reached, quite literally, a million or more people in his lifetime and whose life was at once exceptional and emblematic.



Author: Chris Friday
Publisher: University of Washington Press
Published: 07/01/2003
Pages: 304
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.92lbs
Size: 9.02h x 6.12w x 0.70d
ISBN: 9780295983240


Review Citation(s):
Choice 02/01/2004 pg. 1065
Univ PR Books for Public Libry 01/01/2004 pg. 53 - Recommended/Regional General

About the Author

Chris Friday is professor of history and director of the Center for Pacific Northwest Studies at Western Washington University.


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