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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Banks of the Chilkat

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Date: 1923
Name(s): Shotridge, Louis
Description: Dogs and a canoe on the snowy banks of the Chilkat River.

Bark Bundle

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Date: 1972
Description: Collecting cedar bark. 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.

Bark Collecting

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Date: 1972
Description: Women from Kispiox preparing cedar bark. 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.

Bark Harvest

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Date: 1972
Description: Chief and elder, Elsie Morrison, preparing cedar bark. 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.

Bark Harvesting

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Date: 1972
Description: Gertie Morrison and Lottie Muldow preparing cedar bark. 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.

Bark Harvesting

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Date: 1972
Description: Lottie Muldow preparing cedar bark. 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.

Bark Harvesting

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Date: 1972
Description: Elsie Morrison stripping cedar bark. These scenes of resource gathering were initiated in order to record some of the traditional practices of the Gitxsan people and to fill some of the gaps left by earlier anthropologist and cultural observers. The objective was to create colour images of practices that were partially captured in earlier black and white photographs and in early texts such as those written by Marius Barbeau and William Beynon. The Book Builders of 'Ksan produced a volume on…

Bark Harvesting

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Date: 1972
Description: Gertie Morrison preparing cedar bark. 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.

Bark Harvesting

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Date: 1972
Description: Chief and elder, Elsie Morrison, preparing cedar bark. 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.

Bark Harvesting

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Date: 1972
Description: Harvesting hemlock bark. These scenes of resource gathering and processing were initiated in order to fill some of the gaps left by earlier anthropologist and cultural observers among the Gitxsan. The objective was to create colour images of traditional practices that were partially captured in earlier black and white photographs and in early texts such as those written by Marius Barbeau and William Baynon.

Bark Harvesting

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Date: 1972
Description: Gertie Morrison and Lottie Muldow preparing cedar bark. 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.

Bark Harvesting

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Date: 1972
Description: Women from Kispiox preparing cedar bark. 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.

Bark Harvesting

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Date: 1972
Description: Women from Kispiox preparing cedar bark. These scenes of resource gathering were initiated in order to record some of the traditional practices of the Gitxsan people and to fill some of the gaps left by earlier anthropologist and cultural observers. The objective was to create colour images of practices that were partially captured in earlier black and white photographs and in early texts such as those written by Marius Barbeau and William Beynon. The Book Builders of 'Ksan produced a volume on…

Bark Scrapers

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Date: 1972
Description: Gertie Morrison and Lottie Muldow scraping hemlock. These scenes of resource gathering were initiated in order to record some of the traditional practices of the Gitxsan people and to fill some of the gaps left by earlier anthropologist and cultural observers. The objective was to create colour images of practices that were partially captured in earlier black and white photographs and in early texts such as those written by Marius Barbeau and William Beynon. The Book Builders of 'Ksan produced…

Bark Scraping

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Date: 1972
Description: Lottie Muldow scraping hemlock bark. These scenes of resource gathering were initiated in order to record some of the traditional practices of the Gitxsan people and to fill some of the gaps left by earlier anthropologist and cultural observers. The objective was to create colour images of practices that were partially captured in earlier black and white photographs and in early texts such as those written by Marius Barbeau and William Beynon. The Book Builders of 'Ksan produced a volume on…