Status
CHECKED OUT (Community Learning Program)
Call number
Call number
746.43 O57 2010 c.3
Collection
Description
This book tells the story of British Columbia's Coast Salish people and their traditional hand-woven blankets and hand-knitted Cowichan sweaters. The author shows how the story of the sweater and its knitters reflects the history of the Coast Salish people in twentieth-century Canada. The knitters experienced grinding poverty, destructive racism, government paternalism, and cultural appropriation, but they battled back, using their sweaters to survive and to disprove the stereotypes that excluded them from the mainstream society and economy. It speaks of the heart and soul of many people, their lifeblood and passion.
Publication
Sono Nis Press (2010), Edition: 1st, 308 pages
Original language
English
Language
User reviews
LibraryThing member Janientrelac
wonderful history of Salish woolworkers
ISBN
1550391771 / 9781550391770