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.

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664 images
Woman with husband and baby

[Woman] with husband and baby

Kispiox, [19--]

First Nation: Gitsxan

Photographer: Miss Blackwood

UCCA, 1993.049P/111
Old woman, Kispiox, B.C.

Old woman, Kispiox, B.C.

Kispiox, [19--]

First Nation: Gitsxan

Photographer: Miss Blackwood

UCCA, 1993.049P/112
Sweatbath at Glenvowell, B.C.

Sweatbath at Glenvowell, B.C.

Glen Vowell, [19--]

First Nation: Gitsxan

Photographer: Miss Blackwood

UCCA, 1993.049P/113
More fish drying

More fish drying

Kispiox, [19--]

First Nation: Gitsxan

Photographer: Miss Blackwood

UCCA, 1993.049P/114
Camp and fish shed

Camp and fish shed

Kispiox, [19--]

First Nation: Gitsxan

Photographer: Miss Blackwood

UCCA, 1993.049P/115
Kispiox - one of the villages I serve

Kispiox - one of the villages I serve

Kispiox, [19--]

First Nation: Gitsxan

"I spend one day a week here, and one day a week in Kitsegukla. Contrary to general belief, the Indians are still raising totem poles up here. Four or five are being made right now - and it is a vicious practice as it costs a fortune in terms of feasting and gifts to have one raised." -- note on back of photograph

UCCA, 1993.049P/119
Kispiox, Skeena River, B.C.

Kispiox, Skeena River, B.C.

Kispiox, [19--]

First Nation: Gitsxan

UCCA, 1993.049P/120
Kispiox Indian village, Skeena River

Kispiox Indian village, Skeena River

Kispiox, [19--]

First Nation: Gitsxan

Photographer: W.W.W. [Wrathall]

UCCA, 1993.049P/121
Boy with totem poles at Kispiox

Boy with totem poles at Kispiox

Kispiox, [19--]

First Nation: Gitsxan

UCCA, 1993.049P/122
Boy with totem poles at Kispiox

Boy with totem poles at Kispiox

Kispiox, [19--]

First Nation: Gitsxan

UCCA, 1993.049P/123
Kishpaix [Kispiox] head Chiefs

Kishpaix [Kispiox] head Chiefs

Kispiox, [19--?]

First Nation: Gitsxan

UCCA, 1993.049P/124N
Modern Indian houses on the Skeena River

Modern Indian houses on the Skeena River

Skeena River, [19--?]

First Nation: Unidentified

UCCA, 1993.049P/125
Modern Indian houses on the Skeena River

Modern Indian houses on the Skeena River

Skeena River, [19--?]

First Nation: Unidentified

UCCA, 1993.049P/126
Kitwanga totem pole

Kitwanga totem pole

Kitwanga, [19--]

First Nation: Gitsxan

UCCA, 1993.049P/129
Old Kasaan Totems

Old Kasaan Totems

Kitwanga, [19--]

First Nation: Gitsxan

UCCA, 1993.049P/130
Totem poles, Skeena River, Kitwanga, B.C.

Totem poles, Skeena River, Kitwanga, B.C.

Kitwanga, [19--]

First Nation: Gitsxan

UCCA, 1993.049P/131
Kitwangak Totems, G.T.P. Ry. Near Prince Rupert, B.C.

Kitwangak Totems, G.T.P. Ry. Near Prince Rupert, B.C.

Kitwanga, [19--]

First Nation: Gitsxan

UCCA, 1993.049P/132
Indian Chief, Skeena River, B.C.

Indian Chief, Skeena River, B.C.

Skeena River, [19--]

First Nation: Unidentified

UCCA, 1993.049P/133
Scenes from Kitwanga, Skeena River, B.C.

Scenes from Kitwanga, Skeena River, B.C.

Kitwanga, 1931

First Nation: Gitsxan

Photographer: [Dr. R.W. Large]

UCCA, 1993.049P/134
Scenes from Kitwanga, Skeena River, B.C.

Scenes from Kitwanga, Skeena River, B.C.

Kitwanga, 1931

First Nation: Gitsxan

Photographer: [Dr. R.W. Large]

UCCA, 1993.049P/135