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The Cariboo sentinel, article on new mining laws to avoid Indian graves
This is a small article in the Cariboo sentinel discussing how the town has not received a copy of the new laws regarding mining on Indian gravesites. This article was written at a time of gold rush in the area and concerns the implementation of new…
The Kwaktiutl village of Xumtaspi-Nawittl
The source is a photograph of the village in Vancouver Island called Xwamdasbe, translated as ‘Place where there is otter’. The photograph includes fishery housing with the house on the right featuring three painted family crests. There are also…
Memorial Totem Pole
This is a memorial Totem pole created in the memory of a member of the Gitanyow house of the Kitwancool Tribe, now stored in a museum, yet the pole was only recently obtained by the museum at the end of the 20th century. This was created at a time of…
Model Totem pole
The source is a model totem pole created in the period 1900-1947 by Henry Young. The totem pole is black and included engraving of animals such as an eagle. The totem pole is a small size meant to replicate the large original totem poles of different…
Kwakwaka’wakw Transformation Mask (1900-1920)
Artifact is a Transformational ceremonial mask originating from the Kwakwaka’wakw tribe, a Pacific Northwest Coast Indigenous people. The mask is carved from wood in an oval human shape with hinges revealing a similar human face with whale motifs…
Announcing a Potlatch
This source is a painting of a costumed bird and rowers on a ceremonial dugout canoe, made from a single cedar log. The purpose of the scene depicted was to announce a potlatch which would celebrate a birth or wedding or commemorate a death. The…
Potlatch, Alert Bay
A black and white image. The centre of the picture consists of two groups of rows of different pots on the floor. Around the rows are lines of people, who are mostly in western style dress. The majority of the people appear to be men. A large…
Totem Pole - 16.1/438 A
It is totem pole from the Nuxalk Nation of indigenous people, in British Columbia. It is made of carved red cedar wood and an unspecified paint. Its dimensions are 128cm in length, 188cm in width and 356cm in height. The totem itself has two faces…
Kwakwaka’wakw Chief’s mask
This item is a chief’s mask, from the Kwakwaka’wakw tribe in British Columbia. The design of the mask involves human hair and exaggerated facial features supposed to represent a woman in the woods. This item was created in traditional style, to be…
Mary Greyeyes being blessed by native Chief (1942)
Black and White Photograph, showing Mary Greyeyes bowing for a blessing ceremony by an Indigenous Chief who is stood above her.
She became the first woman from Aboriginal origins to join the Canadian Forces, and was often photographed as a…
She became the first woman from Aboriginal origins to join the Canadian Forces, and was often photographed as a…