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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Village

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Date: 1967
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: Located at the mouth of Knight Inlet, between the north east coast of Vancouver Island and the mainland, the Mamalilikala band have inhabited this site for centuries. Mimkwamlis was once the largest village on the coast and it is also where the government and First Nations met head to head in a crushing blow to potlatching in December 1921.

Village and Poles

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Date: 1966
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: Village and Poles at Klawock.

Village and Post

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Date: 1967
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: Welcome or potlatch figure on the shore. This figure has a tree grwoing form the top giving the appearance of hair.

Village at ""Ksan

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Description: Houses, Housefront Paintings and Totem pole at 'Ksan Historical Village

Village at the Mouth of the Nass River

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Date: 1881
Description: A view of the church and houses at Gingolx.

Village Detail

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Date: 1885-09-11
Name(s): Dawson, George Mercer, 1849-1901
Description: Detail of village panorama. This is an early picture where the bird atop the sisiutl (two headed serpent) is missing its head. Pictures of this monument taken years later show the bird with wings and head replaced.

Village from the Water

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Date: 1967
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: Houses, boardwalk and old boat on the shoreline.

Village from Water

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Date: 1968
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: Welcome or potlatch figure on the shore. This figure has a tree grwoing form the top giving the appearance of hair.

Village Island, de Menil Collection

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Date: 1968
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: Located at the mouth of Knights Inlet, between the north east coast of Vancouver Island and the mainland, the Mamalilikala band have inhabited this site for centuries. Mimkwamlis was once the largest village on the coast and it is also where the government and First Nations met head to head in the final crushing blow to potlatching. In December 1921 Chief Dan Cranmer hosted a large potlatch that had taken seventeen years of planning and preparation. By having the potlatch at ‚Mimkwamlis, Chief…

Village Island, de Menil Collection

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Date: 1968
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: Located at the mouth of Knights Inlet, between the north east coast of Vancouver Island and the mainland, the Mamalilikala band have inhabited this site for centuries. Mimkwamlis was once the largest village on the coast and it is also where the government and First Nations met head to head in the final crushing blow to potlatching. In December 1921 Chief Dan Cranmer hosted a large potlatch that had taken seventeen years of planning and preparation. By having the potlatch at ‚Mimkwamlis, Chief…

Village Island, de Menil Collection

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Date: 1967
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: Located at the mouth of Knights Inlet, between the north east coast of Vancouver Island and the mainland, the Mamalilikala band have inhabited this site for centuries. Mimkwamlis was once the largest village on the coast and it is also where the government and First Nations met head to head in the final crushing blow to potlatching. In December 1921 Chief Dan Cranmer hosted a large potlatch that had taken seventeen years of planning and preparation. By having the potlatch at ‚Mimkwamlis, Chief…

Village Island, de Menil Collection

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Date: 1967
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: Located at the mouth of Knights Inlet, between the north east coast of Vancouver Island and the mainland, the Mamalilikala band have inhabited this site for centuries. Mimkwamlis was once the largest village on the coast and it is also where the government and First Nations met head to head in the final crushing blow to potlatching. In December 1921 Chief Dan Cranmer hosted a large potlatch that had taken seventeen years of planning and preparation. By having the potlatch at ‚Mimkwamlis, Chief…

Village Island, de Menil Collection

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Date: 1967
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: Located at the mouth of Knights Inlet, between the north east coast of Vancouver Island and the mainland, the Mamalilikala band have inhabited this site for centuries. Mimkwamlis was once the largest village on the coast and it is also where the government and First Nations met head to head in the final crushing blow to potlatching. In December 1921 Chief Dan Cranmer hosted a large potlatch that had taken seventeen years of planning and preparation. By having the potlatch at ‚Mimkwamlis, Chief…

Village Island, de Menil Collection

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Date: 1967
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: Located at the mouth of Knights Inlet, between the north east coast of Vancouver Island and the mainland, the Mamalilikala band have inhabited this site for centuries. Mimkwamlis was once the largest village on the coast and it is also where the government and First Nations met head to head in the final crushing blow to potlatching. In December 1921 Chief Dan Cranmer hosted a large potlatch that had taken seventeen years of planning and preparation. By having the potlatch at ‚Mimkwamlis, Chief…

Village Island, de Menil Collection

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Date: 1967
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: Located at the mouth of Knights Inlet, between the north east coast of Vancouver Island and the mainland, the Mamalilikala band have inhabited this site for centuries. Mimkwamlis was once the largest village on the coast and it is also where the government and First Nations met head to head in the final crushing blow to potlatching. In December 1921 Chief Dan Cranmer hosted a large potlatch that had taken seventeen years of planning and preparation. By having the potlatch at ‚Mimkwamlis, Chief…