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Wooden raven rattle composed of two complementary parts in the form of raven. Reclining figure on raven's back connected to a frog by protruding tongue. Carved wooden face, perhaps a frontlet for a headdress. Handwritten annotation in pen on verso reads: “W.E. Collison.” Stamped annotation on verso reads: “Department of Mines and Resources, Photographic Section. Oct. 6, 1939”. Numeric annotation on verso: “47-5”

Photograph depicts Eli Gosnell’s Unity totem pole being lifted by ropes and people with logs at a raising event in front of Nisga’a Elementary Secondary school in New Aiyansh.

Photograph depicts Eli Gosnell’s Unity totem pole being lifted by ropes and people with logs at a raising event in front of Nisga’a Elementary Secondary school in New Aiyansh.

Photograph depicts Eli Gosnell’s Unity totem pole being secured by a man on a ladder at a raising event in front of Nisga’a Elementary Secondary school in New Aiyansh.

Photograph depicts Eli Gosnell’s Unity totem pole being lifted by ropes and people with logs at a raising event in front of Nisga’a Elementary Secondary school in New Aiyansh.

Photograph depicts the top of Eli Gosnell’s Unity totem pole as it was raised at an event in front of Nisga’a Elementary Secondary school in New Aiyansh.

Photograph depicts Eli Gosnell’s Unity totem pole being lifted by ropes and people with logs at a raising event in front of Nisga’a Elementary Secondary school in New Aiyansh.

Photograph depicts Eli Gosnell’s Unity totem pole being lifted by ropes and people with logs at a raising event in front of Nisga’a Elementary Secondary school in New Aiyansh.

Photograph depicts Eli Gosnell’s Unity totem pole being lifted by ropes and people with logs at a raising event in front of Nisga’a Elementary Secondary school in New Aiyansh.

Photograph depicts Eli Gosnell’s Unity totem pole being lifted by ropes at a raising event in front of Nisga’a Elementary Secondary school in New Aiyansh.

Photograph depicts Eli Gosnell’s Unity totem pole being lifted by ropes and people with logs at a raising event in front of Nisga’a Elementary Secondary school in New Aiyansh.

Photograph depicts Eli Gosnell’s Unity totem pole being lifted by ropes and people with logs at a raising event in front of Nisga’a Elementary Secondary school in New Aiyansh.

Photograph depicts Eli Gosnell’s Unity totem pole being lifted by ropes and people with logs at a raising event in front of Nisga’a Elementary Secondary school in New Aiyansh.

Photograph depicts Eli Gosnell’s Unity totem pole being lifted by ropes and people with logs at a raising event in front of Nisga’a Elementary Secondary school in New Aiyansh.

Power lines, vehicles, and forest visible in background.

Buildings and power lines in background.

Neighbourhood, forest, and hills in background.

Handwritten annotation on verso reads: “wearing Rod Robinson’s leather coat at the raising of Eli Gosnell’s great pole at Aiyansh, Nov./78”

Power poles and buildings visible in background.

Buildings and forest in background.

Photograph depicts elders, chiefs, and councillors outside the new Kispiox Cultural Building while a totem pole was raised at the official opening of the facility. Photograph was taken on Campagnolo's Skeena riding tour.

Photograph depicts the Queen Charlotte Islands museum site overlooking Skidegate Inlet and next to a gravel beach.

Pump drill consisting of a length of wood with a heavy wooden whorl fixed toward the bottom end and a crossbar-like pump arm attached to the upper end; pump arm is free to move up and down the main length of wood through a hole in the arm's center. The notched ends of the pump arm are attached to the top of the pump by twisted gut cord. The central length of wood is rounded and handle-like at the base, tapering towards the top. Handwritten annotation in pen on verso reads: “W.E. Collison.” Stamped annotation on verso reads: “Department of Mines and Resources, Photographic Section. Oct. 6, 1939”. Numeric annotation on verso: “48-6”

Mark Sutton, in Christian Army uniform, is seated while his wife stands next to him. A drum is visible in the background.

Handwritten annotation in pen on recto reads: “Saved to serve. Mark Sutton & wife. Mark Sutton Indian name ‘Chean’ (?) & wife.” Handwritten annotation in pen on verso reads: “Chapter VI. No. 1. Mark Sutton & wife. Only survivor of crew of canoe shot by war party. Twice doomed but “Saved to Serve.”

Photograph features a portrait of an elder taken from the neck up. Handwritten annotation on recto, along bottom of photo reads: “Chief Stlaituk”(?)

Three Indigenous men stand in a canoe poling their craft along a shoreline while one man sits and steers. An unidentified village is visible along the opposite shore.

Photograph features a steep cliff across still water.

Handwritten annotation on verso reads: "Place of Scalps / Kincolith BC"

Photograph features a steep cliff across water, rocky shore in foreground.

Handwritten annotation on verso reads: "Up the 'Big Creek' at Kincolith B.C. Rock face called 'the place of echoes' by the Indian people."

Photograph depicts people looking at longhouses at totem poles at 'Ksan, BC.

Image depicts the First Nations village of Pavilion, B.C.

Handwritten photo album caption below this photo reads: “Packing for home: ^Sick Indian.” Arrow is pointed at man facing plane and holding small bundle. Three other men in uniform stand with luggage in front of plane (one believed to be unidentified man from item 2006.20.12.18). A fifth man in suit is semi-visible, loading plane.

Photograph depicts train of mules packing many items through cleared area near the Blackwater River, B.C. Power line, trees and hill in background. Hugh Taylor believed to be present on this journey.

Photograph depicts two First Nations men and two pack dogs loaded with bags. A small group of people can be seen in distance in front of semi-visible building. Stand of trees in background. Handwritten photo caption below photograph reads: "Indians & Pack Dogs - Fort St. James."

Exterior side view of a Catholic church built between 1876-1878 by Father George Blanchet. Handwritten annotation on verso in pencil reads: “Our Lady of Good Hope, Stuart Lake, Fort St. James, BC ”

Photograph depicts a group of men gathered around hole in ice. Two men in centre handle a net full of fish. Village can be seen on shore in background.

Handwritten annotation on verso reads: "Oolichan Fishing Nass River".

Photograph depicts groups of men gathered on ice. One man sits on ice sled in foreground. Village can be seen on shore in background.

Handwritten annotation on verso reads: "Chapt. II. No. 1. Fishing Bay. Olachan fishery on the ice."

Photograph depicts two men standing beside beds of fish laid out to dry. More oolichan fish hang on tall structures in background.

Handwritten annotation on verso reads: "'Food for winter' Oolichans drying at Fishing Bay, Nass River".

Photograph depicts small square building with an elevated door, log pile on its left, and stand of trees in background. Handwritten photo caption below photograph reads: "Old Salmon cache. Fort St James, BC June 1923".

Photograph depicts narrow valley between steep cliffs.

Handwritten annotation on verso reads: "on left Vertical side of old Indian fort at Nagas W. Coast Q.C.I".

Photograph depicts two white buildings, one with the sign "Nisga'a Government Administration building". Road in foreground, vehicles and hills in background.

Three men stand in centre, each wearing a chief's dress and head-dress. Family members stand and sit on either side. Carved boxes and masks are positioned in foreground. The group poses in front of drapery hung against tall wooden wall.

Community members have stated that the people in this photo are from the Gitwilluyaxw clan from the wolf tribal house of Ksdiyaawak. The photo was taken at Gitlax̱t’aamiks along the Nass River.

Handwritten annotation on verso reads: "Tsimpshian Chiefs & family. Goods [for or fr.] Potlatch".

Handwritten annotation on verso reads: "For heading of page 15 of Introduction to 'Trophies from a Long Trail.' Nishka Chief in his robes and Head-dress."

Handwritten annotations on verso read: "little infant slumbers [?] & light"; "Nisga infant in native 'papoose' carrier"; " 'Papoose' in native cradle".

Chief Allen sits in chair on raised wooden platform, with bear skin over his knee, and two more bear skins laid on wood blocks in front of him. House stands behind picket fence in background. Pot and pan sit to right of chair in foreground.

Handwritten annotation on verso reads: "Albert Allen Kincolith (Nisga Chief)".

Photograph depicts elders, chiefs, and councillors outside the new Kispiox Cultural Building following the pole-raising at the official opening of the facility. Photograph was taken on Campagnolo's Skeena riding tour.

Photograph depicts fenced area in front of church building with turret. Other community buildings can be seen in background.

Handwritten annotation on verso reads: "Metlakatla Church. Replacement for larger church lost in village fire 1903?" See also item 2009.7.1.55 for similar image depicting new church building at Metlakatla, B.C.