Native Art of North America:
Northwest Coast and Canada

Pre-Dorset Culture	2000 BC - 500 BC
Dorset Culture	500 BC - 1400 AD
Thule Culture	1000 AD - 1600 AD
Historic Inuit	1600 AD - 1850 AD
Contemporary Inuit	1850 AD - Present

Source for chronology: The Canadian Encyclopedia

(See also: Native North America Resource Page)

Web Resources
Archaeology in Arctic North America. Robert W. Park, University of Waterloo
Arctic Studies Center. Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History
Canadian Museum of Civilization. Gatineau, Quebec
Carved History. Sitka National Park (NPS)
The Enduring Power of Totem Poles. Robin K. Wright, Burke Museum, University of Washington
The First Nations. McCord Museum of Canadian History, Montreal
First Nations in the Simon Frazer Museum. Simon Frazer University
A History of the Native People of Canada. J. V. Wright
Indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast. Wikipedia
Kennewick Man. National Park Service
The National Museum of Denmark
Petroglyphs in British Columbia. britishcolumbia.com
The Royal British Columbia Museum

Image Links (click inside)

Dorset Culture Baffin Island 1000bc-1500ad	Middle Dorset Igloolik 300bc-500ad	Okvik St. Lawrence Is. c. 300bc	Northwest Coast British Columbia 1-900ad	Sadlermiut Southampton Is. 1400-1903	Nuu-Chah-Nulth Vancouver Island 18c	Kwakiutl British Columbia 19c
Kwakiutl British Columbia 19c	Tlingit Alaska 1800-1850	Tlingit Alaska 1850-1866	Tlingit Alaska 1866-1869	Tsimshian British Columbia 19c	Tsimshian British Columbia 19c	Tsimshian British Columbia 19c
Eskimo Alaska 1868-1897	Yup'ik (Inuit) Alaska Early 20c

[last updated: August 15, 2013]

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