Title: Salish peoples - Wikipedia
Headings: Salish peoples
Salish peoples
Contents
Salish language
Language and cultural revitalization
Powwows
Art and material culture
Salish weaving
Use of cedar
Totem poles
Contemporary Salish artists
Subgroups and territory
Nuxalk (Bella Coola)
Coast Salish
Interior Salish
See also
External links
References

Content: Canoes, longhouses, totem poles, baskets, mats, clothing, and more were all made using cedar. Totem poles
Totem poles were less common in Coast Salish culture than with neighboring non-Salish Pacific Northwest Coast peoples such as the Haida, Tsimshian, Tlingit, and Kwakiutl tribes. It wasn’t until the twentieth century that the totem pole tradition was adopted by the northern Coast Salish peoples including the Cowichan, Comox, Pentlatch, Musqueam, and Lummi tribes. These tribes created fewer free-standing totem poles, but are known for carving house posts in the interior and exterior of longhouses. Musqueam interior house post
Musqueam exterior house posts
Cowichan housefront with carved house posts
Salish wooden carvings at The Field Museum, Chicago
Totem pole by Lummi carver Joe Hillaire, 1962
"Musqueam welcome figures" by Susan A. Point in the International Arrivals hall of Vancouver International Airport
Salish peoples located in the Pacific Northwest and parts of Southern Alaska were known to build totem poles that were meant to symbolize a tribe member's spirit animal or family crest. They continue on this legacy today by selling hand carved totem poles formed in the same fashion. Contemporary Salish artists
Susan A. Point is a Musqueam wood carver and glass artist. Her work "Musqueam Welcome Figures", inspired by Coast Salish house posts, is featured in the Vancouver International Airport. Matika Wilbur is a Swinomish and Tulalip photographer, and the creator of Project 562, which documents contemporary Native Americans from the 562 federally-recognized tribes in the United States. Debra Sparrow is a Musqueam artist and weaver.