Douglas Cole is best known for his groundbreaking 1985 book Captured Heritage: The Scramble for Northwest Coast Artifacts. In more recent years, he turned his attention to documenting the lives of the collectors of ethnological artifacts. He co-editing collections on George Dawson, and, at the time of his death, had completed the first of an intended two-volume biography of eminent German-American anthropologist, Franz Boas. Entitled, Franz Boas: The Early Years, 1858-1906, this book was released in November 1999 by Douglas & McIntrye and University of Washington Press. As the first comprehensive personal study of one of North America's foremost scholars, this book is extremely important.

One of Douglas Cole's early research interests was artists' depictions of British Columbia's physical terrain From Desolation to Splendour: Changing Perceptions of the British Columbia Landscape (co-authored with Maria Tippett) 1977]. He never lost interest in this subject, as revealed in an essay on Emily Carr ("The 'Invented Indian'/The 'Imagined Emily'") he was completing at the time of his death. We have included it in this issue.

Cole's work has received wide international recognition. Following the publication of Captured Heritage, Duke University anthropologist, Virginia Dominguez wrote: "I have never seen a more vivid picture of [how ethnographic collecting] worked and how it was transformed." Such responses continue to this day. In a new book on art history, Berkeley anthropologist, Nelson Graburn, describes Captured Heritage as one of four "landmark works of the last twenty years." Just last month in The Literary Review of Canada, University of Chicago historian, George W. Stocking, Jr. praised Cole's new biography. "Anyone who wishes to understand the shaping of Franz Boas," he notes, "will surely have to read Douglas Cole's book." With this special issue we draw yet more attention to the important legacy of Douglas Close. This issue features cutting-edge scholarship with a strong interdiscplinary focus. "Ethnographic Eyes" includes essays by some of the leading scholars currently working in this area:

Regna Darnell (University of Western Ontario) "The Pivotal Role of the Northwest Coast in the History of Americanist Anthropology;"

Ira Jacknis (Phoebe Hearst Museum of Anthropology), "Visualizing Kwakwaka'wakw Tradition: The Films of William Heick, 1951-1963;"

Judith Berman (University of Pennsylvania Museum) "Red Salmon and Red Cedar-Bark: Another Look at the 19th Century Kwakwaka'wakw Winter Ceremonial." 

Also included are the works of rising young First Nations scholars: 

Gloria Frank (Ahousat First Nations, Nuu-chah-nulth), "That's My Dinner on Display: A First Nations Reflection on Museum Culture" and 

Nusqimata/Jacinda Mack,(Nuxalk and Secwepemc First Nations), "Requickening." 

Wendy Wickwire, Guest Editor of the issue, provides an overview of Cole's work in her introductory essay, "The Quite Impossible Task: Douglas Cole and the Ecumenical Challenge of British Columbia's Cultural History." "Ethnographic Eyes" also features a complete bibliography of Douglas Cole's publications, as well as a "Digital Domain" of related web sites. One of Douglas Cole's early research interests was artists' depictions of British Columbia's physical terrain [From Desolation to Splendour: Changing Perceptions of the British Columbia Landscape (co-authored with Maria Tippett) 1977]. He never lost interest in this subject, as revealed in an essay on Emily Carr ("The 'Invented 
Indian'/The 'Imagined Emily'") he was completing at the time of his death. We have included it in this issue.

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