Photograph of Reverend Green with a Tsimshian interpreter
Dublin Core
Title
Photograph of Reverend Green with a Tsimshian interpreter
Subject
Indigenous Peoples
Missionaries
Culture
Missionaries
Culture
Description
This source is a photograph of Reverend A.E. Green and his Tsimshian interpreter. This shows both persons dressed traditionally; Green in the bowler hat and smart jacket and the interpreter in old clothing, which highlights the clash between the two cultures. In other circumstances, some missionaries attempted to learn the language of the indigenous peoples they met but in this instance, it seems this was not the case, and the cultural boundaries were not broken down. Furthermore, the interpreter is not named in this source, highlighting the ignorance of the creator of the source or of Reverend Green himself as the person in the photograph should be named, just as Green is. This photograph fits in with the themes of museum culture and missionaries.
Creator
Unknown
Publisher
Royal BC Archives
http://search-bcarchives.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/reverend-e-green-methodist-missionary-on-nass-and-clah-tsimshian-interpreter
http://search-bcarchives.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/reverend-e-green-methodist-missionary-on-nass-and-clah-tsimshian-interpreter
Date
circa 1870
Contributor
Stephanie Ternier
Rights
Royal BC Museum
Language
N/A
Type
Visual - photograph
Identifier
19th century British Columbia
Files
Collection
Citation
Unknown, “Photograph of Reverend Green with a Tsimshian interpreter,” The American Pacific Rim: Colonisation, Conflict and Connections, 1800-Present, accessed May 13, 2024, https://theamericanpacificrim.omeka.net/items/show/85.