On information card: "The City of the Dead" / The Getikshan Indians built houses over graves, in which are placed the possessions of the dead. Hazelton, BC.
On information card: "the City of the Dead" - The Getikshan Indians built houses over graves, in which are placed the possessions of the dead. Close up of one house; Hazelton, BC.
Folder containing correspondence regarding the Native Brotherhood of British Columbia's Annual Convention (Prince Rupert) and Diefenbaker's honorary Chieftainship.
Report includes the following papers:
Report of the Chief Clerk by H. W. Dorsey
The Salishan Tribes of the Western Plateaus by James A. Teit, edited by Franz Boas
Tattooing and Face and Body Painting of the Thompson Indians, British Columbia by James A. Teit, edited by Franz Boas
Ethnobotany of the Thompson Indians of British Columbia by Elsie Viault Steedman
The Osage Tribe: Rite of the Wa-xo'-be by Francis La Flesche
An image of a large group of Aboriginal men dressed in ceremonial regalia. They are standing on a roadway with unidentified buildings in the background. Colours have been added to the photograph in a chromolithograph process.
"National publication for the Indians of Canada." Focus on Indigenous issues, events at residential schools and legal decisions. Previously published as Indian Missionary Record.
Articles reflect the attitudes and policies of the time.
"National publication for the Indians of Canada". Focus on Indigenous issues, events at residential schools and legal decisions. Previously published as Indian Missionary Record.
Articles reflect the attitudes and polices of the time.
"National publication for the Indians of Canada". Focus on Indigenous issues, events at residential schools and legal decisions. Previously published as Indian Missionary Record.
Articles reflect the attitudes and polices of the time.
[Haida] ceremony being performed for Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Connaught. Performer in middle, drummers on left and right; crowd in background.
File contains a portion of the transcript of the National Round Table on Aboriginal Health and Social Issues of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples. This part of the volume contains the welcomes and thanks of the co-chairs and others on Day 1.
British Columbia Heritage Series. Series 1, Our Native Peoples ; vol. 3
Social Studies Bulletin
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Author/Creator
Provincial Archives [of British Columbia]
Description
Booklet relating to the Tsimshian people of northern coastal BC, describing various aspects of Tsimshian culture such as daily subsistence, spirituality, shamanism, family life and legends.