Rectangular Salish Lidded Basket Sun In oral traditions across the

In oral traditions across the Northwest Coast there are many human heroes and legends

they offered themselves to the land-based tribes as food by turning into salmon fish

A legend from the Kwakwaka'wakw says that Dzunuk'wa (guardian of the mountains and Wild Woman of the Woods) loved this little bird so much that she let him nest in her hair

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Rectangular Salish Lidded Basket Sun In oral traditions across theTraditionally an art practiced only by women, in the past baskets were made for a wide variety of domestic uses associated with the gathering, storing and cooking of different foods. Similar weaving techniques were also used to make cradles and hats for everyday and ceremonial uses. Most basketry is traditionally woven from long, slender and pliant rootlets of cedar and sometimes spruce, although various grasses are used in some regions. A sharply