The Story of the Masks

Module #4, Post #3

http://www.umista.ca/masks_story/en/ht/index.html

This website is about the “story of families with a passion that will not allow their culture to be extinguished.” The website contains information about the potlatch and explains its major role in Kwakwaka’waku society. This page even has a video that you can download and watch in Irene Cook’s native tongue and in English. This is a great example of the language and about the potlatch. The masks page has links to various types of masks as well as an overview of the collection. I believe that this website provide further research into aboriginal culture and their community reality.

 

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