{"product_id":"out-of-the-mist","title":"Out of the Mist","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eOut of the Mist\u003c\/i\u003e celebrates the art, culture and history of the Nuu-chah-nulth (formerly called Nootka) nations. It features the material culture - including many major art pieces - of the richly complex societies along the west coast of Vancouver Island and the Olympic Peninsula. With the help of many Nuu-chah-nulth voices, Martha Black places the objects in context with the cultures and histories of the people who created them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eHuupuKwanum \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Tupaat \u003c\/i\u003eare Nuu-chah-nulth words that designate everything a chief owns, including hereditary names and songs, objects, dances, rights and privileges, lands, and resources. These concepts introduce non-aboriginal people to the profound philosophical, spiritual and personal connections that these objects have always had within Nuu-chah-nulth communities.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSee also the companion volume, \u003ca title=\"Nuu-chah-nulth Voices, Histories, Objects and Journeys\" href=\"http:\/\/royalbcmuseum.bc.ca\/shop\/product\/nuu-chah-nulth-voices-histories-objects-and-journeys\/\"\u003eNuu-chah-nulth Voices, Histories, Objects and Journeys\u003c\/a\u003e, edited by Alan L. Hoover\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCurator of ethnology at the Royal BC Museum since 1997, Martha Black has a PhD in Art History from the University of Victoria (1998) and a MA in Interdisciplinary Studies from York University, Toronto (1988), both focused on Heiltsuk art and museum collections. She has worked on many successful collaborative projects with First Nations and is a specialist in the theory and practice of repatriation within and outside of the treaty negotiation process.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/royalbcmuseum.bc.ca\/hh-curators\/\"\u003e \u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Royal Museum Shop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44858007781590,"sku":"10666","price":29.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0678\/4368\/6614\/files\/OutofMist-col-417x5001.jpg?v=1704951915","url":"https:\/\/shop.rbcm.ca\/products\/out-of-the-mist","provider":"Royal Museum Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}