Alan Hoover worked for 33 years at the Royal BC Museum as a curator and manager. He edited the anthology Nuu-chah-nulth Voices, Histories, Objects & Journies (2000), co-authored with Eugene Arima The Whaling People of the West Coast of Vancouver Island and Cape Flattery (2011) and published a book on canoe racing titled Southern Northwest Coast Indigenous Canoe Racing: A Brief History (2018).
BOOKS:
Making a Chaputs (Royal BC Museum, 2022) $24.95 9780772680273, co-authored with Joe Martin
The Whaling People of the West Coast of Vancouver Island and Cape Flattery (Royal BC Museum, 2011) $19.95 9780772664914, co-authored with Eugene Arima
The Legacy: Continuing Traditions of Canadian Northwest Coast Indian Art (BC Provincial Museum, 1980). With Peter L. Macnair (senior author) and Kevin Neary. Republished as The Legacy: Tradition and Innovation in Northwest Coast Indian Art. (Royal BC Museum, D&M, University of Washington Press, 1984; 2007).
Nuu-chah-nulth Voices, Histories, Objects and Journeys (Royal British Columbia Museum, 2000)
The Magic Leaves: A History of Haida Argillite Carving (Royal B.C. Museum, 2002, $39.95) by Peter Macnair & Alan Hoover. 0-7726-4773-9
Tsimshian Treasures: The Remarkable Journey of the Dundas Collection (D&M 2007). 978-1-55365-332-5
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BOOKS:
Making a Chaputs (Royal BC Museum, 2022) $24.95 9780772680273, co-authored with Joe Martin
The Whaling People of the West Coast of Vancouver Island and Cape Flattery (Royal BC Museum, 2011) $19.95 9780772664914, co-authored with Eugene Arima
The Legacy: Continuing Traditions of Canadian Northwest Coast Indian Art (BC Provincial Museum, 1980). With Peter L. Macnair (senior author) and Kevin Neary. Republished as The Legacy: Tradition and Innovation in Northwest Coast Indian Art. (Royal BC Museum, D&M, University of Washington Press, 1984; 2007).
Nuu-chah-nulth Voices, Histories, Objects and Journeys (Royal British Columbia Museum, 2000)
The Magic Leaves: A History of Haida Argillite Carving (Royal B.C. Museum, 2002, $39.95) by Peter Macnair & Alan Hoover. 0-7726-4773-9
Tsimshian Treasures: The Remarkable Journey of the Dundas Collection (D&M 2007). 978-1-55365-332-5
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Tsimshian Treasures: The Remarkable Journey of the Dundas Collection
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Victoria's Allan Hoover is one of five co-authors of Tsimshian Treasures: The Remarkable Journey of the Dundas Collection (D&M $55), about the 80 Tsimshian ceremonial objects bought from missionary William Duncan by Reverend Robert J. Dundas of Scotland in 1863. This so-called Dundas Collection was recently auctioned in New York for the Dundas family, reaping more than $7 million.
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