Date: 1979
Description: The 'Ksan Performance group re-enacting the story of the warrior chief Nehl'xt or 'Nekt at 'Ksan Historical Village. The story takes place at 'Battle Hill© near Gitwangak village. 'Nekt was an aggressive warrior and led many successful raids against neighbouring tribes. He is remembered and celebrated by the Gitxsan people as a powerful and great leader.
Name(s): MacDonald, George F.
Description: Caribou antler club in the shape of an animal. The club is carved with formline designs and is missing the blade.
Date: 1926
Name(s): Smith, Harlan Ingersoll, 1872-1939
Description: Detail of a Wolf from the Ensnared-Bear pole that was erected ca. 1875.This photograph shows this pole lowered as it was recently restored.
Date: 2008
Name(s): MacDonald, George F.
Description: This is a detail of an Ensnared-Bear. The head of the Wolf above it is between the bear's head, and the tail of the Wolf below sticks up in front of the bear's body.
Date: 1970 to 1975
Name(s): MacDonald, George F.
Description: Entrance to lower Kitselas Canyon
Date: 1972
Description: People in ceremonial dress at 'Ksan Historical Village. Art works created by students of the Gitanmaax School of Northwest Coast Indian Art located at the 'Ksan Historical Village.
Date: 1972
Description: Elsie and Gertie Morrison smoking salmon. These scenes of food processing were initiated in order to fill some of the gaps left by earlier anthropologist and cultural observers among the Gitxsan. The Book Builders of 'Ksan also produced a volume on these collecting and processing practices titled Gathering what the Great Nature provided: food traditions of the Gitksan, by the people of 'Ksan.
Date: 1960 to 1970
Description: Colour slides collected and donated by Adelaide de Menil. Slide jacket's contain numbers and some descriptions, which have been copied to the titles. all slides read: Schallerer's Photo Shop, 212 Front Street, Ketchikan, Alaska. On the right: Raven/Shark Pole The original Raven/Shark Pole was donated to the people of Alaska in 1903 by Chief Tom from a village ""six miles from Klawock"". In 1964 the original pole was part of the Alaska Exhibit at the New York World's Fair. By 1978 it had…
Date: 1885 to 1894
Description: Frog post from Frog House. Ganaxtedi clan.
Date: 1966
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: Interior entrance to Chief Shakes X'átgu Hít (Mudshark House). The house was built in traditional Tlingit style, with the firepit in the middle of the house.
Date: 1966
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: Totem poles at Saxman Totem Park near Ketchikan, Alaska. The totems at Saxman were either salvaged or replicated from older poles that had decayed or become overgrown at their original locations in Alaskan Native villages.
Date: 1955
Name(s): Duff, Wilson, 1925-1976
Description: Re-creation of two wolf posts and a three wolf lintel. Similar posts and lintel originally stood at the back wall of Chief Herbert (Copper) Johnson's House.
Date: 1972
Description: Freda Diesing and Chester McLean at the 'Ksan studio, Hazelton
Date: 1981
Description: Looking for glyphs.
Date: 1981
Description: Dave Walker examining stone carvings.
