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Remaining houses and monuments at the unoccupied village of Xaina.

Children at play on the shore and in a conoe.

Children playing in the intertidal zone.

View from Kitkatla.

Four-part Panorama of Kitkatla, British Columbia. The village is home to the Gitxaala Nation. It is one of the longest continually inhabited communities in all of North America. The ancestry of the people living here dates back 10,000 years.

Looking east from the Captain Gold's Dogfish House.

Indian village Chilkat, Alaska

Adelaide de Menil, in communication with Bill Reid, traveled the Northwest Coast from Vancouver Island to Southeast Alaska photographing the monumental art of Coastal First Nations. Many of the images she captured show totem poles, and architecture in the final stages of decay before returning to the forest. The title of these images reflect the date that they were taken, and the roll and frame number assigned by Ms. de Menil.

Adelaide de Menil, in communication with Bill Reid, traveled the Northwest Coast from Vancouver Island to Southeast Alaska photographing the monumental art of Coastal First Nations. Many of the images she captured show totem poles, and architecture in the final stages of decay before returning to the forest. The title of these images reflect the date that they were taken, and the roll and frame number assigned by Ms. de Menil.

Plank houses and frames on beach

View of houses at Blunden Harbour from the water.

Houses, boardwalk and old boat on the shoreline.

Blunden Harbour is a small harbour and native Indian reserve located on the mainland side of Queen Charlotte Strait, roughly 25 kilometres to the northeast of Port Hardy. The people who lived here referred to themselves as the 'Nak'waxda'xw, and are known historically as the Nakoaktok. In 1964, the community voted to relocate to Port Hardy after the Canadian Department of Indian and Northern Affairs threatened to cut off support for housing, education, and services if they remained in their…

Blunden Harbour is a small harbour and native Indian reserve located on the mainland side of Queen Charlotte Strait, roughly 25 kilometres to the northeast of Port Hardy. The people who lived here referred to themselves as the 'Nak'waxda'xw, and are known historically as the Nakoaktok. In 1964, the community voted to relocate to Port Hardy after the Canadian Department of Indian and Northern Affairs threatened to cut off support for housing, education, and services if they remained in their…

Blunden Harbour is a small harbour and native Indian reserve located on the mainland side of Queen Charlotte Strait, roughly 25 kilometres to the northeast of Port Hardy. The people who lived here referred to themselves as the 'Nak'waxda'xw, and are known historically as the Nakoaktok. In 1964, the community voted to relocate to Port Hardy after the Canadian Department of Indian and Northern Affairs threatened to cut off support for housing, education, and services if they remained in their…