Coast Salish Art.  Animal used:Wolf

Coast Salish art is an art unique to the Pacific Northwest Coast among the Salish peoples. This art represents the display of supernatural spirit powers acquired by the owner. The symbols that are mainly used to make this art are circles or ovals, trigons, crescents, and extended crescents.

How has your awareness of Coast Salish Art in our community changed?

At first when I first saw Coast Salish art, I thought that it was random outlines of animals filled with random shapes. But in this assignment I learnt that every animal has its own symbol and meanings, I also found out that the unique shapes also have their own meanings hidden inside them. For example, A circle represents the heart of the animal, but it can also represent the joints.