Coast Salish Art by Direction 7 Art & Design

We are a group of people all belonging to Musqueam. We do traditional and contemporary Coast Salish art work on cedar and glassware.

Coast Salish refers to the indigenous peoples located in the Lower Fraser Valley, part of Vancouver Island, Washington and Oregon. Coast Salish facts:

• Their language was divided into four different groups 
• Their lands were abundant with animals and greens and fish from the river. 
• The aboriginal people's population greatly declined from diseases such as small pox when visited by the Europeans.
• Coast Salish people used dug out canoes for fishing and to travel on the water to neighbouring communities. 
• They used goats wool to make the traditional "Cowichen" sweaters and blankets.
• The Salishan diet mainly consisted of salmon, sturgeon, berries, wild game and shell fish.  
• Coast Salish people lived in longhouses that could be moved easily so they could move along with the seasons according to what they need; such as harvesting in the spring, fishing in the summer and so on.

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Art Studio Location & Hours

3941 Si-Lu Drive
Vancouver, BC V6N 4G5 

604-264-8601

Hours 9:00AM - 5:00PM