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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Monumental Remains in Yaku

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Date: 1968
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: Remains of a monumental in the village of Yaku, possibly a house frontal pole.

Monumental Remains in Yaku

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Date: 1968
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: Remains of a monumental in the village of Yaku, possibly a house frontal pole.

Monumental Remains in Yaku

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Date: 1968
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: Remains of a monumental in the village of Yaku, possibly a house frontal pole.

Monumental Remains in Yaku

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Date: 1968
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: Remains of a monumental in the village of Yaku, possibly a house frontal pole.

Monumental Remains in Yaku

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Date: 1968
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: Remains of a pole, likely a mortuary pole

Monumental Remains in Yaku

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Date: 1968
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: Remains of a pole, likely a mortuary pole

Monumental Remains in Yaku

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Date: 1968
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: Remains of a monutmental in the village of Yaku. The remains are the base of a pole, depicting the legs of the figure.

Monuments

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Date: 1968
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: ""Moses Bell Died May 1906. Age 10 yrs"" ""__tiney Bell died 1908, age 2 yrs""

Monuments

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Date: 1967
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: Wolf monument and what appears to be a welcome or ancestral figure. The wolves are likely house posts or part of a lintel that spanned an entry way.

Monuments and Big House

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Date: 1968
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: Pole raised for Jane Willie (Granny Du'dah). The pole was raised when she got married (unsure of year). Information provided by Gwa'yi community.

Monuments at Xaina Village

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Date: 1884
Name(s): Maynard, Richard, 1832-1907
Description: Monuments lined up in front of the houses at Xaina.

Monuments on the Ground

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Date: 1967
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: Two wolf monuments and what appears to be a welcome or ancestral figure. The wolves are likely house posts or part of a lintel that would span an entry way.

Monuments Park

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Date: 1966
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: In the centre of the frame is a carved eagle that originally stood at the village of Howkan. Behind it is the Russian Czar pole and in the foreground is a pole with what appears to be a bear with a frog in its mouth. Hydaburg was established in 1911 by Haida people from three villages. In the 1930s, the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) created Hydaburg Park, and several other similar parks in Southeast Alaska. CCC workers brought poles to these parks from other locations. The government then…

Moon crest staff (view 1)

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Description: Berry collector in the moon. Part of a large staff from the Central Coast or Southern Tsimshian (possibly Heiltsuk or Nuxalk).

moon crest staff (view 2)

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Description: Berry collector in the moon. Part of a large staff from the Central Coast or Southern Tsimshian (possibly Heiltsuk or Nuxalk).