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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Three-in-a-Row Pole

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Date: 1966
Name(s): Ochs, Peter
Description: Detail of Half-Way-Out, which is depicted as the upper half of a human.

Thunderbird

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Date: 1923 to 1925
Name(s): Barbeau, Marius, 1883-1969
Description: At the top of the pole is a Thunderbird, followed by two Frogs or Flying-Frogs. At the base of the pole is a Whole-Being.

Thunderbird

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Date: 1966
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: Bird Figure at the top of a Totem Pole. Most likely a thunderbird due to its hooked beak.

Thunderbird

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Date: 1967
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: Head of the Thunderbird on top of the Lagis pole.

Thunderbird and Frog

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Date: 1966
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: Top of a pole showing a Frog and a Thunderbird.

Thunderbird and Whale

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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.

Thunderbird and Whale Memorial

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Date: 1947
Name(s): Barbeau, Marius, 1883-1969
Description: A memorial pole that features a thunderbird at the top of the pole with a tall column above its head. At the base was a whale.

Thunderbird and Whale Memorial

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Date: 1968
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: This memorial, erected after 1878, was for the mother of the last Skitgades. On the top of the plain pole were a thunderbird and a whale. This is the only monument seen on approaching Tanu village in the 1960's.

Thunderbird and Whale Totems

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Date: 1960 to 1970
Description: Colour slides collected and donated by Adelaide de Menil. Slide jacket's contain descriptions, which have been copied to the titles. Slides not taken by de Menil read: Schallerer's Photo Shop, 212 Front Street, Ketchikan, Alaska.

Thunderbird at Top of Totem

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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.

Thunderbird from Lagis Pole

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Date: 1967
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: Thunderbird on top of the Lagis pole. Holes in the pole were made by woodpeckers.

Thunderbird in Front of Shops

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Date: 1966
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: The style is similar to Kwakwaka'wakw Kolus thunderbird carvings with spread wings and horned ears.

Thunderbird Mortuary

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Date: 1941
Description: At the north end of this row was an unusual mortuary supported on three posts. It had an elaborate crest carving of a thunderbird on the front plaque. The only comparable mortuaries are one at Tian and another at Yaku.

Thunderbird Mortuary

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Date: 1969
Name(s): MacDonald, George F.
Description: A mortuary post depicting a thunderbird, which is very similar to the eagle mortuary. Behind it is a grizzly bear mortuary.

Thunderbird Mortuary

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Date: 1968
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: A mortuary post depicting a thunderbird. The frontal plaque and separately carved beak have both fallen off.