Tales of GhostsThe years between 1922 and 1961, often referred to as the Dark Ages of Northwest Coast art, have largely been ignored by art historians, and dismissed as a period of artistic decline. Tales of Ghosts compellingly reclaims this era, arguing that it was instead a critical period during which the art played an important role in public discourses on the status of First Nations people in Canadian society. Hawkers insightful examination focuses on the