 The Effects of Publications and Exhibitions on Native Northwest Coast Art Production 
That which is considered « Northwest Coast Art » today is in part the product of academic representations. Indeed, the many publications and exhibitions on this topic, precious resources and sources of inspiration for some artists, are seen by others as a vector of colonial imposition on their creativity. Anthropologists and art historians have contributed to the establishment of boundaries around the category « Northwest Coast art » that serve as a point of canonical reference to the greater public, the art market, and artists themselves. As a result, some art forms have garnered much attention, while others have long been ignored. Some researchers and their institutions are beginning to recognize the effects of the representations they produce and to better take into consideration the critical response of artists and other Indigenous actors to these representations.