Title: Culture - The Coast Salish Peoples
Headings: By: Logan Grant
Origins
Mythology
Ceremonies
Religion
Crafts
Art
Clothing
Sources
Images

Content: Art
House posts were created for significant or special events, such as a potlatch or a completion of a longhouse. These house posts had personal meaning to an individual or family. Designs were also found on spindle whorls and grave boxes. Spindle whorls often had intricate designs carved into the wood. Grave houses and grave boxes also had art forms carved on the outside. It is noted in many books that the Coast Salish art form had not been developed to the same level as other nations. Coast Salish elder, Howard Grant said that "This is not so, the art of the Coast Salish and the creativity was an extension of the spiritual being of the individual, thus this art was not placed for public showing. It was personal to the individual." House post by Susan Point
Clothing
Coast Salish People were innovative people in that they used both plant and animal for clothing. Cedar was an important part of their life both spirituality and for daily use.