Marcia Crosby
Encyclopedia
Marcia Crosby is a writer and historian of Tsimshian
and Haida ancestry. She graduated in 1992 with an MA in Art History, from the University of British Columbia
, and began teaching in the Native Studies Department, Malaspina University, Nanaimo, B.C. in 1996.
originating form Maxxtakxatta (Metlakatla
) and Gisbutwaada (Killer Whale clan; House of Gitlan).
Tsimshian
The Tsimshian are an indigenous people of the Pacific Northwest Coast. Tsimshian translates to Inside the Skeena River. Their communities are in British Columbia and Alaska, around Terrace and Prince Rupert and the southernmost corner of Alaska on Annette Island. There are approximately 10,000...
and Haida ancestry. She graduated in 1992 with an MA in Art History, from the University of British Columbia
University of British Columbia
The University of British Columbia is a public research university. UBC’s two main campuses are situated in Vancouver and in Kelowna in the Okanagan Valley...
, and began teaching in the Native Studies Department, Malaspina University, Nanaimo, B.C. in 1996.
Background
Crosby was born and raised in her maternal grandmother's territory, upon which the city of Prince Rupert was built. Her maternal lineage is TsimshianTsimshian
The Tsimshian are an indigenous people of the Pacific Northwest Coast. Tsimshian translates to Inside the Skeena River. Their communities are in British Columbia and Alaska, around Terrace and Prince Rupert and the southernmost corner of Alaska on Annette Island. There are approximately 10,000...
originating form Maxxtakxatta (Metlakatla
Metlakatla
Metlakatla may refer to:* Metlakatla, Alaska* Metlakatla, British Columbia...
) and Gisbutwaada (Killer Whale clan; House of Gitlan).
Publications
- "Vancouver Anthology: The Institutional Politics of Art", ed. Stan Douglas (Vancouver: Talon Books, 1991)
- "Group of SevenGroup of Seven (artists)The Group of Seven, sometimes known as the Algonquin school, were a group of Canadian landscape painters from 1920-1933, originally consisting of Franklin Carmichael , Lawren Harris , A. Y. Jackson , Franz Johnston , Arthur Lismer , J. E. H. MacDonald , and Frederick Varley...
in Western Canada", ed. Cathy Mastin (Calgary: Key Porter Books, 2002) - "Emily CarrEmily CarrEmily Carr was a Canadian artist and writer heavily inspired by the indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast. One of the first painters in Canada to adopt a post-impressionist painting style, Carr did not receive widespread recognition for her work until later in her life...
: New Perspectives on a Canadian Icon", ed. Thom et al. (Ottawa: Douglas & McIntyre, 2006)