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Title: Close up of Relocated Posts
Description: Sections of totem poles salvaged by Harlan I. Smith from Gitladzok village displayed for Grand Trunk Pacific and later CN Rail tourists.
Date: 1927, 1927

Title: Carved Face in Beaver Post
Description: Detail: Human faces on the beaver house post of Gitsaxdzawk. The post represents the story of the giant beaver, Pelemgwae. When the giant beaver was driven from its home by the Gitselesu people it was said to have human heads on its back.

Known as the Peleqwa House post, it belonged to the house of Iyoos. Houseone1 on the Gitlaxdzawk map (see
Show moreDetail: Human faces on the beaver house post of Gitsaxdzawk. The post represents the story of the giant beaver, Pelemgwae. When the giant beaver was driven from its home by the Gitselesu people it was said to have human heads on its back.

Known as the Peleqwa House post, it belonged to the house of Iyoos. Houseone1 on the Gitlaxdzawk map (see Gitlaxdzawk_051).
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Date: 1971, 1971

Title: Tourists
Description: A group of female tourists, likely Kitselas residents visiting the Kitselas Canyon.
Date: ca. 1912, 1910; 1911; 1912; 1913; 1914; 1915

Title: C. Hopkins Painting of Warriors Doing Battle
Description: �The Battle of Champions at the Kitselas Fortress,� shows how two designated warriors settled a dispute about access to trade routes on the Skeena River. The Tsimshian and Athabaskan communities each fronted one of their best fighters, armed with personal totems, wooden shin guards and copper daggers (weapons, apparently, worth a slave), and the
Show more�The Battle of Champions at the Kitselas Fortress,� shows how two designated warriors settled a dispute about access to trade routes on the Skeena River. The Tsimshian and Athabaskan communities each fronted one of their best fighters, armed with personal totems, wooden shin guards and copper daggers (weapons, apparently, worth a slave), and the resulting battle was enough to settle the issue permanently, with no further loss of life.
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Date: ca. 2000, 1995; 1996; 1997; 1998; 1999; 2000; 2001; 2002; 2003; 2004; 2005

Title: Leaning House Post
Description: Interior house post of House of Gaum named Whole Being.

House of Gaum is house seven on the Gitlaxdzawk map (see Gitlaxdzawk_051).
Date: 1927, 1927

Title: Detail of Beaver House Post
Description: The beaver house post of Gitlaxdzawk representing the giant beaver Pelemgwae. The pole was reerected through a project of the National Museum of Canada in 1927.

Known as the Peleqwa House post, it belonged to the house of Iyoos. House one on the Gitlaxdzawk map (see Gitlaxdzawk_051).
Date: 1971, 1971

Title: Beaver Post
Description: The beaver house post as found by Smith in 1927. The post represents the giant beaver Pelemgwae.

Known as the Peleqwa House post, it belonged to the house of Iyoos. House one on the Gitlaxdzawk map (see Gitlaxdzawk_051).
Date: 1927, 1927

Title: Smoke House
Description: Smoke house in the Kitselas Canyon area. The A-Frame in this construction is similar to the Salmon Ridge beam from Gitsaex.
Date: ,

Title: Post Replica
Description: Fibreglass replica of Gaum's interior house post called Whole Being.

House of Gaum is house seven on the Gitlaxdzawk map (see Gitlaxdzawk_051).
Date: unknown,

Title: Detail of Post Replica
Description: Detail: Fibreglass replica of Gaum's interior house post called Whole Being.

House of Gaum is house seven on the Gitlaxdzawk map (see Gitlaxdzawk_051).
Date: unknown,

Title: Stone Totem Pole
Description: Stone Totem at Gitlaxdzawk. Associated with the House of Gitxan. House three on the Gitlaxdzawk map (see Gitlaxdzawk_051).

The stone pillar of white granite measures nearly 3 meters high. The pole has since fallen to the ground.

It is said that the totem marks the transfer of people into a lineage at Gitladzok.
Date: 1927, 1927

Title: Posts of Gitlaxdzawk
Description: All Hat exterior house posts of the House of Gaum with the interior All Being Pole facing the river.

House of Gaum is house seven on the Gitlaxdzawk map (see Gitlaxdzawk_051).
Date: 1927, 1927

Title: Relocated Posts
Description: Sections of totem poles salvaged by Harlan I. Smith from Gitladzok village displayed for Grand Trunk Pacific and later CN Rail tourists.
Date: 1927, 1927

Title: House and Poles of Chief Gaum
Description: View of the remains of Gaum's house seen from the Grand Trunk Pacific rail line, Gitlaxdzawk.
Date: 1927, 1927

Title: Poles and Posts of Gitlaxdzawk
Description: In the background, The Whole Being Pole.

One of the All Hat exterior house posts of the House of Gaum.

On it Sleeps Raven Pole.

House of Gaum is house seven on the Gitlaxdzawk map (see Gitlaxdzawk_051).
Date: 1927, 1927

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