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Yan Poles
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Description
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Memorial poles and a frontal pole associated with the House Looking at Its Beak, the Flicker House and the Dark House.
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Date
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1932, 1932
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Title
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South Yan
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Description
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The poles associated with the first three houses in the row at the south end of the village all still standing long after their house frames have disappeared.
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Date
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1932, 1932
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Title
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Yan Village
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Description
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South end of the village showing the mortuaries, memorials and frontal poles as hey stand after the house frames have long disappeared.
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Date
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1947, 1947
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Title
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Yan Village
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Description
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On the left is the whale from base of the frontal pole from the second house in the row at the south end of the village. In the background you can clearly see memorial poles still standing and a house that is still intact.
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Date
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1919, 1919
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Title
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Yan Mortuaries
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Description
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At the north end of this row was an unusual multiple mortuary supported on three posts. It had an elaborate crest carving of a thunderbird on the front plaque. The only comparable mortuaries are one at Tian and another at Yaku. Beside it is one of many double-mortuaries.
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Date
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1897, 1897
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Title
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Yan Village
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Description
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In the foreground, on the left, is a corner post as well as memorial and mortuary poles associated with House Looking at its Beak. In the background
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Date
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1939, 1939
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Title
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Yan Mortuaries
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Description
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A row of double mortuaries and a single mortuary from the south end of Yan village.
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Date
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1919, 1919
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Title
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South Yan
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Description
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Poles associated with the first three houses in the house row at the south end of the village: the Killer Whale House, an unnamed house, and the House in Which a Grizzly Bear Sits.
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Date
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Title
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Yan Panorama
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Description
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Looking north from the Killer Whale House at the south end of the village.
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Date
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1881, 1881
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Title
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Centre Yan
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Description
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Round House and Covered with Cedar Bark House and all of the poles associated with the houses from the centre area of Yan.
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Date
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1913, 1913
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Title
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Yan Memorials
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Description
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On the left is a memorial pole with five potlatch cylinders at the top on the head of a shaman wearing a crown of grizzly bear claws. At the base is a grizzly bear holding a human figure upside down in its mouth. On the right, a memorial post also erected after 1881 with a watchman at the top wearing a dance hat with nine potlatch cylinders. A
Show moreOn the left is a memorial pole with five potlatch cylinders at the top on the head of a shaman wearing a crown of grizzly bear claws. At the base is a grizzly bear holding a human figure upside down in its mouth. On the right, a memorial post also erected after 1881 with a watchman at the top wearing a dance hat with nine potlatch cylinders. A plain shaft intervened, followed by a bear with extended tongue, and at the base a whale.
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Date
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ca. 1901-1913, 1901; 1902; 1903; 1904; 1905; 1906; 1907; 1908; 1909; 1910; 1911; 1912; 1913
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Title
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Yan Village
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Description
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Looking north from the centre of the village through the house row. Most of the house frames are either gone or falling apart, but the memorials, mortuaries, frontal poles and double-mortuary are mostly still intact.
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Date
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ca. 1901-1913, 1901; 1902; 1903; 1904; 1905; 1906; 1907; 1908; 1909; 1910; 1911; 1912; 1913
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Title
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Modern Yan
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Description
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The contrast of a new pole standing next to a historic pole that, at one time, featured a carving on top of the short post that has mostly decayed.
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Date
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2005, 2005
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Title
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Yan Village
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Description
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A panorama of the beach at Yan. The remaining poles can be seen along the edge of the forest growth.
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Date
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1941, 1941
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Title
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Pole Remains in Yan
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Description
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Remains of a pole in the village of Yan. Likely the remains of an old mortuary post with a large figure of a thunderbird and small flanked by small human figures (Upside down human leg).
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Date
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1968, 1968
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Title
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Eagle Memorial in Yan
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Description
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A Memorial with a carving of an eagle on top of a short plain post
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Date
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1968, 1968
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Title
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Eagle Memorial in Yan
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Description
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A Memorial with a carving of an eagle on top of a short plain post
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Date
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1968, 1968
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Title
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Eagle Memorial in Yan
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Description
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Detail of a Memorial with a carving of an eagle on top of a short plain post
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Date
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1968, 1968
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Title
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Fallen Pole in Yan
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Description
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A fallen totem pole in the village of Yan
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Date
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1968, 1968
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Title
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Double Mortuary at Yan
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Description
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Remains of a double post mortuary, that had two posts carved like eagle legs
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Date
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1968, 1968
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