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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Totem Poles At Totem Park

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Date: 1966
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: Kaigani Haida totem poles at Totem Park, Alaska.

Totem Poles At Totem Park

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Date: 1966
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: Kaigani Haida totem poles at Totem Park, Alaska.

Totem Poles At Totem Park

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Date: 1966
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: Kaigani Haida totem poles at Totem Park, Alaska.

Totem Poles At Totem Park

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Date: 1966
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: Kaigani Haida totem poles at Totem Park, Alaska.

Totem Poles At Totem Park

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Date: 1966
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: Kaigani Haida totem poles at Totem Park, Alaska.

Totem Poles At Totem Parkx

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Date: 1968
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: Kaigani Haida totem poles at Totem Park, Alaska.

Totem Poles At Totem Parkx

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Date: 1968
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: Kaigani Haida totem poles at Totem Park, Alaska.

Totem Poles At Totem Parkx

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Date: 1968
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: Kaigani Haida totem poles at Totem Park, Alaska.

Totem Poles At Totem Parkx

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Date: 1968
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: Kaigani Haida totem poles at Totem Park, Alaska.

Totem Poles at Yalis

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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.

Totem Poles of Chief Gwinuu

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Date: 1910
Name(s): Emmons, George Thornton, 1852-1945
Description: The totem poles are (from left to right): All-Frogs, The Raven-Drum (in the foreground, facing the opposite direction of the other poles), Starfish-Person, Raven-Soaring and the Eagle-Person

Totem Poles of Chief Gwinuu

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Date: 1924
Name(s): Barbeau, Marius, 1883-1969
Description: The totem poles identified from left to right: All-Frogs, the Cane or Ribs-of-the-Frog (in the foreground), Starfish-Person, the Raven-Soaring, the Frog-Hanging and the Eagle-Person.The crests on the Cane or Ribs-of-the-Frog pole relates to Gwinuu's canoe being attacked by the starfish (Ga maats).

Totem Poles of Gamlakyeltxw

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Date: 1910
Name(s): Emmons, George Thornton, 1852-1945
Description: The Sleeping-Place-of-the-Raven, People-of-the-Smoke-Hole or Real-People-of-the-Ladder, and People-of-the-Smoke-Hole or Sendihl pole.

Totem Poles of Gitanyow

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Date: 1910
Name(s): Emmons, George Thornton, 1852-1945
Description: Looking south through the totem poles at the village of Gitanyow.

Totem Poles of Gitanyow

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Date: 1910
Name(s): Emmons, George Thornton, 1852-1945
Description: The totem poles of Chief Luuxhon and Chief 'Willitsxw. Note the pole in the centre that is facing the opposite direction.