All Images – First Nations

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Images with the accession 1986.229 are part of the Denzil Ridout fonds.

Images with the accession 1993.049 are part of the From Mission to Partnership Photograph collection.

Images with the accession 1996.095 are part of the United Church of Canada. Division of Mission in Canada fonds.

Images with the accession 1998.165 are part of the Bessie French fonds.

638 images
Two similar carvings are placed on either side of a table covered in Haida blanket. There are two smaller carvings on the table.

[Haida carvings]

Haida Gwaii, [19--]

First Nation: Haida

UCCA, 1993.049P/14
Various carvings, bowls, and other craft and artifacts are displayed on four tiered table display. Textiles are hanging above the table.

[Haida artifacts and crafts from the Haida Gwaii]

Haida Gwaii, [191-?]

First Nation: Haida

UCCA, 1993.049P/15N
Three carved pipes are displayed around a wooden carved box on table.

[Carved Haida pipes and tobacco case, Masset Reserve]

Haida Gwaii, 1919

First Nation: Haida

Photographer: C.P. Patch

UCCA, 1993.049P/16
Indigenous person wearing traditional regalia stands in doorframe with a small children to his left.

Billy Williams in full Haida regalia with his daughter

Haida Gwaii, [19--]

First Nation: Haida

Photographer: Miss Blackwood

UCCA, 1993.049P/17
Indigenous person dressed in traditional Haida regalia is sitting. A child stands to his left and an adult is standing to his right, both wearing Western clothing.

Billy Williams in full Haida regalia with his wife and daughter

Haida Gwaii, [19--]

First Nation: Haida

Photographer: Miss Blackwood

UCCA, 1993.049P/18
An Indigenous person wearing traditional Haida clothing is standing side facing. A small child is standing to his left.

Billy Williams in full Haida regalia with his daughter

Haida Gwaii, [19--]

First Nation: Haida

Photographer: Miss Blackwood

UCCA, 1993.049P/19
An Indigenous person wearing traditional Haida clothing is standing back facing. A small child is standing to his left.

Billy Williams in full Haida regalia with his daughter

Haida Gwaii, [19--]

First Nation: Haida

Photographer: Miss Blackwood

UCCA, 1993.049P/20
Close up of upper body of Indigenous person wearing traditional Haida clothing.

Billy Williams in full Haida regalia

Haida Gwaii, [19--]

First Nation: Haida

Photographer: Miss Blackwood

UCCA, 1993.049P/21
Close up of two seated Indigenous people. One is holding a dog in his arms.

Old Jim Boss, his wife, and favourite dog, Bella Bella, B.C.

Bella Bella, [between 1898 and 1910]

First Nation: Heiltsuk

Photographer: [Dr. R.W. Large]

UCCA, 1993.049P/22N
Closeup of Indigenous person sitting on tree trunk, hands clasped and a pipe in their mouth.

Old Dick Jakesuwallis: the oldest man in Bella Bella

Bella Bella, [between 1898 and 1910]

First Nation: Heiltsuk

Photographer: [Dr. R.W. Large]

UCCA, 1993.049P/23N
Three Indigenous people sitting on wooden steps in front of wooden buidlings.

Old Mr. and Mrs. Wilson and old Jacob White, Bella Bella

Bella Bella, [between 1898 and 1910]

First Nation: Heiltsuk

Photographer: [Dr. R.W. Large]

UCCA, 1993.049P/24N
Two Indigenous people standing in front of door, holding hands. One is dressed in a suit and cap and the other in a long dark dress.

Tom Humchitt, Bella Bella Chief, and his wife

Bella Bella, [190-?]

First Nation: Heiltsuk

UCCA, 1993.049P/25N
Four people are in dug out canoe in the water, two are sitting and two are standing with paddles on either end. Two dogs are on shore walking along the water.

Riding in a dug-out canoe, Bella Bella

Bella Bella, [190-?]

First Nation: Heiltsuk

UCCA, 1993.049P/26
Two Indigenous people are posing for the camera, one dressed in whie blouse and skirt is stitting on a wooden chair, the other is dressed in a suit and standing next to the other.

James Starr and his wife, Bella Bella

Bella Bella, [190-?]

First Nation: Heiltsuk

Photograph published in the Missionary Bulletin vol. 3, no.1, 1905.

UCCA, 1993.049P/27
Two Indigenous adults standing with two children along the road. Trees are in the distance.

[Heiltsuk family from Bella Bella]

Bella Bella, [19--]

First Nation: Heiltsuk

UCCA, 1993.049P/28
Closeup of Indigenous person wearing a shawl and head scarf, sitting in front of wooden house.

Old Ida, Bella Bella

Bella Bella, 1909

First Nation: Heiltsuk

Photographer: [Dr. R.W. Large]

UCCA, 1993.049P/32
Image of wooden school house with a person standing in doorway. A tree is in front of the building.

School house in old Bella Bella

Bella Bella, 1900

First Nation: Heiltsuk

UCCA, 1993.049P/33
Faded image of wooden church with a steeple surrounded by broken wooden fence.

[Mission Church at Bella Bella]

Bella Bella, 1900

First Nation: Heiltsuk

UCCA, 1993.049P/34
A group of Indigenous youth posed, seven in the back wearing pants and hats. Four wearing dresses are sitting on the ground. One is holding a baby.

[Dakelh youth from Babine Lake area]

Bella Coola, [19--]

First Nation: Babine

UCCA, 1993.049P/37
Close view of totem poles and wooden boardwalk in front of them. Snow capped mountains are in the distance.

A scene in the old [...] village of Bella Coola

Bella Coola, 1928 July

First Nation: Nuxalk

Photographer: Rev. J.E. Rendle

UCCA, 1993.049P/40