Date: 1966
Name(s): Ochs, Peter
Description: In the foreground is the second pole of 'Willitsxw, and in the background is the Hole-in-the-Sky or Hole-through-the-Sky pole raised by Chief Haits'imsxw.
Date: 2009
Name(s): MacDonald, George F.
Description: Poles raised by Chief 'Willitsxw and Chief Luuxhon. These are the original poles re-erected.
Date: 1924
Name(s): Barbeau, Marius, 1883-1969
Description: The village of Gitanyow with tents set up in the foreground.
Date: 1923
Name(s): Barbeau, Marius, 1883-1969
Description: Totem poles, houses and a burial house (bottom left) at the village of Gitanyow. Note the long nose or beak on the pole called Mountain-Eagle or Thunder-Bird in the centre-left.
Date: 1917 to 1918
Name(s): Shotridge, Louis
Description: Totem poles at Gitlaxt'aamiks, ca. 1918.
Date: 1910
Name(s): Emmons, George Thornton, 1852-1945
Description: On the left, White Squirrel of Xast'iye on a mortuary box. This figure is now in the Grand Hall at the Canadian Museum of History. In the centre, Eagle on the Decayed Pole. This pole has been repatriated to the Nisga'a Nation and is on display at the Nisga'a Musuem in Laxgalts'ap (Greenville). On the right, Broken Tree Pole. This pole was destroyed before 1927, likely during the religious revival of 1918 where many poles were cut down and repurposed as building materials or burned. (Info. from…
Date: 1913
Name(s): Newcombe, C. F. (Charles Frederick), 1851-1924
Description: Split Eagle and Whale Pole in the foreground. Pole of the Whale (Chief Hleek) is centre and The Whole Being Pole (Chief Gook) in the distance. (Info. from: http://gingolx.ca/nisgaaculture/ancient_villages/villages.html)
Date: 1918
Name(s): Shotridge, Louis
Description: Pole of the Whale was carved for Chief Hieek of the Eagle tribe. This pole stood 40 ft tall when it was erected ca. 1860. The pole was cut down in 1918 along with many other poles in the village during the religious revival of 1918. The Whole Being Pole, carved for Chief Gook, is in the background. (Info. from: http://gingolx.ca/nisgaaculture/ancient_villages/villages.html)
Date: 1910 to 1915
Name(s): Stockwell, C. H. (Clifford Howard), 1897-1987
Description: On the left, Roasted Person was carved for Chief Ksdiyaawak by Bayt Neekhl. It stood 40 ft tall when erected ca. 1850. This pole was cut down and burned in 1918 during the religious revival. (Info. from: http://gingolx.ca/nisgaaculture/ancient_villages/villages.html)
Date: 1910 to 1915
Name(s): Haldane, B. A.
Description: Chief Minesqu's house front painting and pole. Pole of the Whale (Chief Hleek) in foreground and Minesqu's Split Eagle and Whale pole on the far side of the house. (Info. from: http://gingolx.ca/nisgaaculture/ancient_villages/villages.html)
Date: 1901
Name(s): Newcombe, C. F. (Charles Frederick), 1851-1924
Description: On the left, The Whole Being Pole, carved for Chief Gook. In the centre the Pole of the Whale, carved by Chief Hleek. On the right, Split Eagle and Whale, carved for Chief Minesqu. (Info. from: http://gingolx.ca/nisgaaculture/ancient_villages/villages.html)
Date: 1925 to 1930
Name(s): Barbeau, Marius, 1883-1969
Description: View of the Nass River and part of the village.
Date: 1910 to 1915
Name(s): Newcombe, C. F. (Charles Frederick), 1851-1924
Description: Split Eagle and Whale Pole in the foreground (Minesqu); Pole of the Whale (Chief Hleek) at Centre; The Whole Being Pole (Chief Gook) in the distance. (Info. from: http://gingolx.ca/nisgaaculture/ancient_villages/villages.html)
Date: 1900 to 1905
Name(s): Newcombe, C. F. (Charles Frederick), 1851-1924
Description: On the right, Pole of Duuk'. The blank pole in the centre is the Pole of Ksidi'ul, Leaning pole in the centre is the Pole of Keexkw, Roasted Person is at the end of the row with a burial box. (Info. from: http://gingolx.ca/nisgaaculture/ancient_villages/villages.html)
Date: 1910
Name(s): Emmons, George Thornton, 1852-1945
Description: Houses and poles at Gitlaxt'aamiks on the shore of the Nass River. Poles from left to right: The Whole Being Pole, carved for Chief Gook; Pole of the Whale, carved for Chief Hleek; Split Eagle and Whale Pole, carved for Chief Minesqu, at the end of the row.
