Concrete cast of an owl carving
Lelooska (1933-1996), Kwakwaka’wakw (Kwakiutl Northwest Coast)
Outside northern entrance
The owl was first located outside the original entrance to the library, on the west side of the building, as can be seen in historic photos.
Sisiutl
Lelooska (1933-1996), Kwakwaka’wakw (Kwakiutl Northwest Coast)
Southern Kwakwaka'wakw (Kwakiutl) Style
1985
Gift, Lelooska Foundation, Ariel, WA
Located in entryway
Unpainted pole
Lelooska (1933-1996), Kwakwaka’wakw (Kwakiutl Northwest Coast)
1996
Gift, Lelooska Foundation (Ariel, WA), 1996
Located on second floor
Cedar panel
Lelooska (1933-1996), Kwakwaka’wakw (Kwakiutl Northwest Coast)
ca. 1985
Located on second floor
Wooden molds for The Four Apostles
Lelooska (1933-1996), Kwakwaka’wakw (Kwakiutl Northwest Coast)
1967
Located on third floor
Wooden molds for The Four Apostles
Lelooska (1933-1996), Kwakwaka’wakw (Kwakiutl Northwest Coast)
1967
Located on third floor
Selected Resources on Lelooska
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Lelooska by 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.Call Number: Stacks E78.N78 F75 2003, also available as an ebookPublication Date: 2003
