Name(s): MacDonald, George F.
Description: Detail of the crest painting on the back section of a piece of slat and rod armour.
Name(s): MacDonald, George F.
Description: Detail of the crest painting on the chest section of a piece of slat and rod armour.
Name(s): MacDonald, George F.
Description: Detail of the crest painting on the front section of a piece of slat and rod armour.
Name(s): MacDonald, George F.
Description: Detail of the crest painting on the upper back section of a piece of slat and rod armour.
Date: 1979
Description: The 'Ksan Performance group re-enacting the story of the warrior chief Nehl'xt or 'Nekt at 'Ksan Historical Village. The story takes place at 'Battle Hill© near Gitwangak village. 'Nekt was an aggressive warrior and led many successful raids against neighbouring tribes. He is remembered and celebrated by the Gitxsan people as a powerful and great leader.
Description: Attack on Tlingit fort by Russians, Sitka 1804.
Description: The 'Ksan performance group re-enacting the story of the warrior chief Nehl'xt or 'Nekt at 'Ksan Historical Village. The story takes place at 'Battle Hill' near Gitwangak village. 'Nekt was an aggressive warrior and led many successful raids against neighbouring tribes. He is remembered and celebrated by the Gitxsan people as a powerful and great leader.
Date: 1979
Description: The 'Ksan Performance group re-enacting the story of the warrior chief Nehl'xt or 'Nekt at 'Ksan Historical Village. The story takes place at 'Battle Hill© near Gitwangak village. 'Nekt was an aggressive warrior and led many successful raids against neighbouring tribes. He is remembered and celebrated by the Gitxsan people as a powerful and great leader.
Date: 1968
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: Beach and shoreline at village site. Kaisun is a village on the west coast of Moresby Island. It is located at the east end of Inskip Channel, due south of Cha'atl village, with which it has close ties.
Date: 1968
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: Beach and village site. The remains of a house and poles can be seen along the tree line. Kaisun is a village on the west coast of Moresby Island. It is located at the east end of Inskip Channel, due south of Cha'atl village, with which it has close ties.
Date: 1966
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: Base of Totem at New Kasaan, Prince of Wales Island, Alaska.
Description: Intricately carved amulet with bear crest, bear cub, and humans.
Date: 1966
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: Bear and eagle at the top of poles. The original totem poles were carved many years ago at a site on nearby Tuxekan Island where a large Tlingit settlement once existed. Later, around the 1930s, copies of those totems were re-carved by unemployed master boat builders in Klawock through the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), a public work relief program.
Date: 1967
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: The 'Namgis Burial Grounds at Alert Bay is an old native cemetery and one of the few remaining locations on the BC coast where totems remain undisturbed on their original site.
Date: 1966
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: Bear and Frog totem in the foreground. 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 hired local Haida workers to restore these totems. When restoration was not possible, replicas were carved. Twenty-one poles were brought to Hydaburg, five of which were able to…
