Date: 1972
Description: Edith Campbell and her grandaughter picking huckelberries. The gitxsan name for huckleberries is sim maa'y, meaning ""the real, the true berry"". They are the favored berry for drying as they retain their flavour well, and are easy to roll when dry. These scenes of food gathering and processing were initiated in order to record some of the traditional food practices among the Gitxsan and to fill some of the gaps left by earlier anthropologist and cultural observers. The objective was to create…
Date: 1972
Description: Edith Campbell and her grandaughter picking huckelberries. The gitxsan name for huckleberries is sim maa'y, meaning ""the real, the true berry"". They are the favored berry for drying as they retain their flavour well, and are easy to roll when dry. These scenes of food gathering and processing were initiated in order to record some of the traditional food practices among the Gitxsan and to fill some of the gaps left by earlier anthropologist and cultural observers. The objective was to create…
Date: 1972
Description: Gertie Morrison collecting moss. These scenes of resource gathering 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: 1972
Description: Collecting moss. These scenes of resource gathering 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: 1879
Name(s): Horetzky, Charles, 1840-1900
Description: Chief Gaum's House.
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).
Date: 1972
Name(s): MacDonald, George F.
Description: One of the All Hat exterior house posts of the House of Gaum. Interior house post of House of Gaum named Whole Being. House of Gaum is house seven on the Gitlaxdzawk map (see Gitlaxdzawk_051).
Date: 1918
Name(s): Shotridge, Louis
Description: Chief Gaum's interior, Whole Being post and one of his corner posts, All Hat. House of Gaum is house seven on the Gitlaxdzawk map (see Gitlaxdzawk_051).
Date: 1972
Name(s): MacDonald, George F.
Description: One of the All Hat exterior house posts of the House of Gaum. Interior house post of House of Gaum named Whole Being. House of Gaum is house seven on the Gitlaxdzawk map (see Gitlaxdzawk_051).
Date: 1966
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: Circular petroglyph design
Date: 1972
Description: Gertie Morrison processing smoked 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: 1972
Description: Gertie Morrison.
Date: 1960 to 1970
Description: Colour slides collected and donated by Adelaide de Menil. Slide jacket's contain descriptions, which have been copied to the titles. Slides not taken by de Menil read: Schallerer's Photo Shop, 212 Front Street, Ketchikan, Alaska.
Date: 1967
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: Gwayasdums village is a small community located on Gilford Island. The village is the traditional home of the Kwikwasut'inuxw people, though throughout the historic era a number of groups have used the site as a winter village. Other Kwakwaka'wakw groups that identify closely with Gilford Island are the Gwawa'enuxw, the Haxwa'mis and the Dzawada'enuxw. These three groups, along with the Kwikwasut'inuxw, formed an informally related cluster of social groupings collectively known as Qui'kwasi ki…
Date: 1967
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: Gwayasdums village is a small community located on Gilford Island. The village is the traditional home of the Kwikwasut'inuxw people, though throughout the historic era a number of groups have used the site as a winter village. Other Kwakwaka'wakw groups that identify closely with Gilford Island are the Gwawa'enuxw, the Haxwa'mis and the Dzawada'enuxw. These three groups, along with the Kwikwasut'inuxw, formed an informally related cluster of social groupings collectively known as Qui'kwasi ki…
