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Tengautuli Atkuk / The Flying Parka
The Meaning and Making of Parkas in Southwest Alaska
Parkas are part of a living tradition in southwest Alaska. Some are ornamented with tassels, beads, and elaborate stitching; others are simpler fur or birdskin garments. Although fewer fancy parkas are sewn today, many people...
ISBN: 9780295751740
more detailsA Will to Serve
Stories of Patience, Persistence, and Friends Made Along the Way
Jim Ellis was one of the most influential and impactful civic leaders of Seattle's and Washington's recent history. Though he never sought elected office, his vision and drive were a key force behind many major...
ISBN: 9781933245706
more detailsSkidegate House Models
From Haida Gwaii to the Chicago World's Fair and Beyond
In 1892 seventeen Haida artists were commissioned to carve a model of HlGaagilda Llnagaay (the village of Skidegate on Haida Gwaii, British Columbia) for the 1893 World’s Fair in Chicago. The Skidegate model, featuring twenty-nine...
ISBN: 9780295751047
more detailsHeartbreak City
Seattle Sports and the Unmet Promise of Urban Progress
To cities, sports have never been just entertainment. Progressive urbanites across the United States have used athletics to address persistent problems in city life: the fights for racial justice, workers' rights, equality for women and...
ISBN: 9780295751993
more detailsFull Light and Perfect Shadow
The Photography of Chao-Chen Yang
This is the first study of the work of Chao-Chen Yang (1909–1969), an important Seattle photographer who gained national prominence in the mid-twentieth century.
Born in Hangzhou, China, Yang received his art training at the...
ISBN: 9780998911250
more detailsSpirit Whales and Sloth Tales
Fossils of Washington State
From trilobites near the Idaho border and primitive horses on the Columbia Plateau to giant bird tracks near Bellingham and curious bear-like beasts on the Olympic Peninsula, fossils across Washington State are filled with clues...
ISBN: 9780295752327
more detailsEmily Carr
Life & Work
Emily Carr (1871–1945) gained prominence when female painters were not recognized internationally. Her work reveals a fascination with questions inspired by the Canadian sea, landscapes, and people, reflecting a profound commitment to the land she...
ISBN: 9781487102326
more detailsIljuwas Bill Reid
Life & Work
Few twentieth-century artists were catalysts for the reclamation of a culture, but Iljuwas Bill Reid (1920–1998) was among them. The first book on Reid by an Indigenous scholar details his incredible journey to becoming one...
ISBN: 9781487102654
more detailsBiking Uphill in the Rain
The Story of Seattle from behind the Handlebars
Seattle was recently named the best bike city in the United States by Bicycling magazine. How did this notoriously hilly and rainy city become so inviting to bicyclists? And what challenges lie ahead for Puget...
ISBN: 9780295751580
more detailsEdible and Medicinal Flora of the West Coast
The Pacific Northwest and British Columbia
The coastal Pacific Northwest of North America is home to a multitude of edible and medicinal plant species, edible mushrooms, and marine plants—from Black Gooseberry to Western Tea-Berry, from Golden Chanterelle to Yellow Morel Mushroom,...
ISBN: 9780295751849
more detailsThe Boathouse
The Artist's Studio of Dale Chihuly
This book features an exclusive glimpse into The Boathouse, the private working studio of artist Dale Chihuly, and into the history of its location on the shores of Lake Union in Seattle. Inhabited for thousands...
ISBN: 9781576841198
more detailsHeaven on the Half Shell
The Story of the Oyster in the Pacific Northwest
Heaven on the Half Shell offers a thoroughly researched and richly illustrated history of the Pacific Northwest’s beloved bivalve, the oyster. Starting with the earliest evidence of sea gardens and clam beds from 11,500 years...
ISBN: 9780295750781
more detailsJesintel
Living Wisdom from Coast Salish Elders
Dynamic and diverse, Coast Salish culture is bound together by shared values and relations that generate a resilient worldview. Jesintel—"to learn and grow together"—characterizes the spirit of this book, which brings the cultural teachings of...
ISBN: 9780295748641
more detailsStomp and Shout
R&B and the Origins of Northwest Rock and Roll
Long before the world discovered grunge, the Pacific Northwest was already home to a singular music culture. In the late 1950s, locals had codified a distinct offshoot of rockin' R&B, and a surprising number...
ISBN: 9780295751252
more detailsSkid Road
On the Frontier of Health and Homelessness in Seattle
Affluent Seattle has one of the highest numbers of unhoused people in the United States. In 2021 an estimated 40,800 people experienced homelessness in Seattle and King County during the year, not counting the significant...
ISBN: 9780295751542
more detailsSeattle from the Margins
Exclusion, Erasure, and the Making of a Pacific Coast City
From the origins of the city in the mid-nineteenth century to the beginning of World War II, Seattle's urban workforce consisted overwhelmingly of migrant laborers who powered the seasonal, extractive economy of the Pacific Northwest....
ISBN: 9780295751863
more detailsThe Art of Ceremony
Voices of Renewal from Indigenous Oregon
The practice of ceremony offers ways to build relationships between the land and its beings, reflecting change while drawing upon deep relationships going back millennia. Ceremony may involve intricate and spectacular regalia but may also...
ISBN: 9780295750668
more detailsBetween the Tides in Washington and Oregon
Exploring Beaches and Tidepools
A spectacular variety of life flourishes between the ebb and flow of high and low tide. Anemones talk to each other through chemical signaling, clingfish grip rocks and resist the surging tide, and bioluminescent dinoflagellates—single-celled...
ISBN: 9780295749969
more detailsBlack Lives in Alaska
A History of African Americans in the Far Northwest
The history of Black Alaskans runs deep and spans generations. Decades before statehood and earlier even than the Klondike gold rush of the 1890s, Black men and women participated in Alaska’s politics and culture. They...
ISBN: 9780295750934
more detailsTransformations
The George and Colleen Hoyt Collection of Northwest Coast Art
Since the 1980s, Oregon-based art collectors George and Colleen Hoyt have amassed one of the finest private collections of Northwest Coast art in the United States. Transformations traces the history of contemporary Northwest Coast Native...
ISBN: 9781930957855
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