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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Berry Picking with Cedar Baskets

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Date: 1972
Description: Edith Campbell and her grandaughter picking huckelberries. These scenes of food gathering and processing were initiated in order to record some of the traditional food practices among the Gitxsan and to fill some of the gaps left by earlier anthropologist and cultural observers. The objective was to create colour images of practices that were partially captured in earlier black and white photographs and in early texts such as those written by Marius Barbeau and William Beynon. The Book Builders…

Berry Preperation

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Date: 1972
Description: Edith Campbell from Gitanyow, B.C.

Big House

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Date: 1967
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: Alert Bay house frame and posts at UBC Totem Park.

Bill Reid

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Date: 1980
Name(s): MacDonald, George F.
Description: Bill Reid touching the cheek of the Bear Mother figure. The cubs are shown above her head on either side.

Bill Reid

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Date: 1980
Name(s): MacDonald, George F.
Description: Bill Reid assessing his house reconstruction at Skidegate.

Bill Reid Totem Pole

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Date: 1978
Name(s): MacDonald, George F.
Description: The Bill Reid pole at the Band Council Office in Skidegate was raised in 1978, this pole was the first to be raised in Skidegate in over one hundred years.

Bill Reid Totem Pole

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Date: 1980
Name(s): MacDonald, George F.
Description: Bill Reid pole in front of the Skidegate Band Council Office.

Bill Reid Totem Pole

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Date: 1978
Description: Bill Reid pole laying on the beach waiting to be erected at Skidegate.

bird like mortuary pole

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Date: 1967
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: Mortuary pole with a bird like depiction

bird like mortuary pole

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Date: 1967
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: Remains of a mortuary post, the top depicts a bird.

bird like mortuary pole

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Date: 1967
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: Remains of a mortuary post, the top depicts a bird.

bird like mortuary pole

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Date: 1967
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: Remains of a mortuary post, the top depicts a bird.

bird like mortuary pole

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Date: 1967
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: Remains of a mortuary post, the top depicts a bird.

Bird Petrogrlyph

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Date: 1966
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: Bird-like petroglyph design

Bison Horn

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Description: Bison horn, designs incised on horns.