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Various poles at Klawock. Carved figures on the poles include a number of human or ancestor figures as well as bears, and a whale. The top of the Woodworm pole is on the left.

Top of pole showing human or ancestral figure adorned with sea lions.

Cannibal Giant Goo-Teekhl of Klukwan. Kept by John Shorty (likely the man in the picture). The statue is discoloured due to it being fed grease. The monument originally flanked the enterance of Frog house, Ganaxtedi clan (Jonaitis 1986-Art of the Northern Tlingit).

Geese-teen, or Gease tene, a supernatural spirit helper. This fugure guarded the grave of Date-hun (Date-khoon) and was collected by George Thornton Emmons, 1852-1945 for the American Museum of Natural History.

David Milton and Sadie Mowatt performing a healing ceremony on Barlow Green. Ernest Hyzims drums behind David. Gitxsan healing shamans wear bearskin robes, aprons, and crowns of grizzly-bear claws. They also use a number of aids, including round rattles, skin drums, and charms. The shaman's rattle was used to call up power from other worlds. The rattle is round and usually plain. Carvings or decorations make the world of supernatural beings visible.

David Milton and Ernest Hyzims perform healing ceremony.

Elsie Morrison in the background on the left, Ernest Hyzims with the drum and Sadie Mowatt performs healing ceremony on Barlow Green.

Sadie Mowatt performing healing ceremony on Barlow Green as Ernest Hyzims drums in the background.

Dave Milton, Ernest Hyzims, Sadie Mowatt and Barlow Green is acting as the patient.

Dave Milton and Sadie Mowatt perform a healing cerremony on Barlow Green. During the late sixties and early seventies, 'Ksan Performing Arts Group was created. The performing group has played an important part to ensure that the culture has been preserved with dignity. They have been the true ambassadors for 'Ksan, for the Gitxsan and the communities in the Upper Skeena, for the Northwest Coast Native People, and for British Columbia and Canada.

A shaman's healing ceremony being performed by Ernest Hyzims, Dave Milton, Barlow Green, an unknown girl and Freda Diesing.

Dave Milton performing a healing ceremony. Freda Diesing looks on.

Sadie Mowatt performing as a shamaness in a healing display.. Tsimshian healing shamans do not usually wear masks while performing curing ceremonis. They wear bearskin robes, aprons, and crowns of grizzly-bear claws. They also use a number of aids, including round rattles, skin drums, and charms.

Sadie Mowatt performing as a shamaness in a healing display. . Among the Tsimshian, a shaman could be a man or a woman endowed with special powers. Shamans specialized in healing the sick, attracting fish or game, influencing the outcome of warefare, or predicting the weather.. The shaman's rattle, seen here, was used to call up power from other worlds. The rattle is round and usually plain. Carvings or decorations make the world of supernatural beings visible.

Sadie Mowatt shakes a rattle and performs as a shamaness. Miriam Danes and Alice Jefferies are seated in the background. Barlow Green is likely the performer on the ground being cured. The shaman's rattle, seen here, was used to call up power from other worlds. The rattle is round and usually plain. Carvings or decorations make the world of supernatural beings visible.