George and Joanne MacDonald Northwest Coast Image Archive

The Bill Reid Centre's George and Joanne MacDonald Image Archive contains images of Northwest Coast First Peoples, their villages, and their visual and material belongings. Many of the images collected by the MacDonalds are not unique, and can be found in museums and archives around the world. Throughout his career, Dr. MacDonald sought to bring these important resources together under one roof with the intent of creating access for Northwest Coast First Nations, and in particular artists, whose passion for historic imagery and visual documentation of their cultural belongings he witnessed first-hand. The archive is a reflection of the MacDonalds' research interests, their careers in archaeology and anthropology, their many relationships in the field, and their deep respect and admiration of the diverse nations of the Northwest Coast.

Contributed by The Bill Reid Centre, Simon Fraser University.

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Examining the Bowl Design

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Date: 1972
Description: Freda Diesing and Chester McLean at the 'Ksan studio, Hazelton

Examining the Mask in Progress

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Date: 1972
Description: Freda Diesing carving at the 'Ksan studio, Hazelton

Examining the Rock

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Date: 1980 to 1985
Description: Dave Walker on Shaman's Rock, Ringbolt Island.

Excavated House Remains

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Date: 1971
Name(s): MacDonald, George F.
Description: The uncovered remains of a house.

Excavation

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Date: 1968
Name(s): MacDonald, George F.
Description: South wall of pit C at the end of excavation. The village of Gitlaxdzawk is situated on a small island in the Kitselas Canyon but is now connected to land by a dry gully created as a result of infill when the Grand Trunk Pacific Railroad tunnels were constructed between 1910 and 1913. The people of Gitlaxdzawk along with Gitsaex operated a toll system in the Kitselas Canyon in which all foreign travellers paid a tribute to Gitselasu chiefs in order to secure their passage. If the toll was not…

Excavations at Gitlaxdzawk

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Date: 1968
Name(s): MacDonald, George F.
Description: Pit H, fortifications The village of Gitlaxdzawk is situated on a small island in the Kitselas Canyon but is now connected to land by a dry gully created as a result of infill when the Grand Trunk Pacific Railroad tunnels were constructed between 1910 and 1913. The people of Gitlaxdzawk along with Gitsaex operated a toll system in the Kitselas Canyon in which all foreign travellers paid a tribute to Gitselasu chiefs in order to secure their passage. If the toll was not paid, large boulders…

Excavations at Gitlaxdzawk

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Date: 1968
Name(s): MacDonald, George F.
Description: Pit B during excavation The village of Gitlaxdzawk is situated on a small island in the Kitselas Canyon but is now connected to land by a dry gully created as a result of infill when the Grand Trunk Pacific Railroad tunnels were constructed between 1910 and 1913. The people of Gitlaxdzawk along with Gitsaex operated a toll system in the Kitselas Canyon in which all foreign travellers paid a tribute to Gitselasu chiefs in order to secure their passage. If the toll was not paid, large boulders…

Exploring Low Tide

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Date: 1968
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: Children playing in the intertidal zone.

Exterior Corner Post

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Date: 1969
Name(s): MacDonald, George F.
Description: One of the All Hat exterior house posts of the House of Gaum. House of Gaum is house seven on the Gitlaxdzawk map (see Gitlaxdzawk_051).

Exterior House Post

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Description: One of the All Hat exterior house posts of the House of Gaum lying on the ground. House of Gaum is House seven on the Gitlaxdzawk map (see Gitlaxdzawk_051).

Exterior House Post of Gaum

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Date: 1969
Name(s): MacDonald, George F.
Description: One of the All Hat exterior house posts of the House of Gaum. House of Gaum is House seven on the Gitlaxdzawk map (see Gitlaxdzawk_051).

Exterior of Chief Shakes House

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Date: 1966
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: Outside of Chief Shakes X'átgu Hít (Mudshark House). The outside has the formline design of a bear, the entrance is in the bear's stomach.

Exterior Post

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Date: 1927
Name(s): Smith, Harlan Ingersoll, 1872-1939
Description: One of the All Hat exterior house posts of the House of Gaum. House of Gaum is house seven on the Gitlaxdzawk map (see Gitlaxdzawk_051).

Exterior Post of Gaum's House

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Date: 1968
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: One of the All Hat exterior house posts of the House of Gaum. House of Gaum is house seven on the Gitlaxdzawk map (see Gitlaxdzawk_051).

Eye

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Date: 1966
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: Eye Detail