Date: 2008
Name(s): MacDonald, George F.
Description: At the top of the pole is the Wolf, with its long tail extending up along the pole. Next is an Ensnared-Bear, followed by bear cubs, and at the bottom is the Bear-Mother, Xpisunt, the mythic ancestress who is holding a bear cub in her arms.
Date: 1965 to 1969
Name(s): Duff, Wilson, 1925-1976
Description: Detail of the bottom of the pole with the Bear-Mother, Xpisunt, the mythic ancestress who is holding a bear cub in her arms.
Date: 2008
Name(s): MacDonald, George F.
Description: Detail of the cub being held in the hands of the Bear-Mother, Xpisunt, at the base of the pole.
Date: 1968
Name(s): MacDonald, George F.
Description: At the top of the pole is the Wolf, with its long tail extending up along the pole. Next is an Ensnared-Bear, followed by Bear-Cubs, and at the bottom is the Bear-Mother, Xpisunt, the mythic ancestress who is holding a bear cub in her arms.
Date: 1913
Name(s): Newcombe, C. F. (Charles Frederick), 1851-1924
Description: Looking north from the Killer Whale House. The most interesting feature of this photograph is the bird figure that is propped on the ground. This figure, which was carved separately, was likely attached to the top of a memorial pole.
Date: 1966
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: Looking out twoard the water from Totem Park. 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: 1968
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: The pole in the centre of the frame has an eagle or thunderbird at the top, followed by Ha'ma'a, Raven, and Sea Monster. The Ha'ma'a is a mythical creature with a mouth like a crocodile and the body of a land mammal. 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: Various poles at Klawock. Carved figures on the poles include a number of human or ancestor figures as well as bears, and a whale. The top of the Woodworm pole is on the left.
Date: 1966
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: Various poles at Klawock. Carved figures on the poles include a number of human or ancestor figures as well as bears, seals, Raven, Bullhead and whales.
Date: 1966
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: Looking at the village and totem park from the water.
Date: 1901
Name(s): Newcombe, C. F. (Charles Frederick), 1851-1924
Description: Two mortuaries and a totem pole are visible at the overgrown village site.
Date: 1966
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: Various totem poles and house posts at the Saxman Totem Park. Saxman was a Tlingit community, founded in 1894 by members of the Taant'a ?w©an (Tongass People) and Sanyaa ?w©an (Cape Fox People) who lived in the area. The design of the poles and clanhouse in the park are Tlingit in origin.
Date: 1966
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: Various totem poles arranged in the park. 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…
Date: 1927
Name(s): Smith, Harlan Ingersoll, 1872-1939
Description: In the background, The Whole Being Pole. One of the All Hat exterior house posts of the House of Gaum. On it Sleeps Raven Pole. House of Gaum is house seven on the Gitlaxdzawk map (see Gitlaxdzawk_051).
Date: 1966
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: In the early 1920s, the construction of an Indian village was proposed for the area near Lumberman©s Arch in Stanley Park. The site was chosen because it was located on a massive shell midden, or cultural mound that was the result of many years of Coast Salish habitation. This large deposit of calcified shells covered an area 8 feet deep and spanning several acres. The original poles were all from the Alert Bay area, but others were purchased from the islands of Haida Gwaii and from Rivers…
