Item is a photograph of Ray Williston and other cabinet ministers paddling a birch bark canoe in the grass during BC Centennial celebrations in Prince George.
Originally mounted on poster with photographs 115.1, 115.2, 115.3.
Item is a photograph of Ray Williston and other cabinet ministers paddling a birch bark canoe in the grass during BC Centennial celebrations in Prince George.
Originally mounted on poster with photographs 115.1, 115.2, 115.3.
Photograph depicts a family consists of a woman and four children standing underneath or next to a lean-to style tent. Meat is drying above the campfire and the head of a horse is visible in the foreground.
Photograph depicts a First Nations family consisting of a woman and four children standing underneath or next to a lean-to style tent. Meat is drying above the campfire and a horse's head is visible in the foreground.
Photograph depicts an unmarked First Nations gravesite featuring two crosses at Moberly Lake.
Item consists of a letter written by John McCormick to a person named James; it is not made clear if James is a friend or relative. In both his letter to James, John McCormick makes several references to Victoria. His familiarity with Victoria suggests that he may have travelled from Victoria to Barkerville to mine for gold. In his letters to James, John McCormick describes having no money and living under poor conditions. He mentions the great fire that swept through Barkerville and that he lost nothing due to its distance from his house. McCormick also mentions that the Indians are dying quickly of Small Pox in Victoria.
This fonds illustrates Walt Taylor’s activities as a social activist in the Okanagan region of B.C. in the 1970s, and his involvement with political-environmental activist movements in the Bulkley Valley-Telkwa-Smithers area c.1980s-1990s. The Taylor fonds includes records of the Skeena Round Table for a Sustainable Society, the Northwest Study Conference Society and the Waging Peace Society; as well as, background research compiled for Taylor’s publication "Waging Peace for a Living: An Action Plan for survival of life on earth", (Victoria: Trafford Publishing, 1999). The Taylor fonds also contains records of significance relating to proposed economic developments, such as open-pit mining, fishing and forestry policies and nuclear power; and documents pertaining to political-environmental actions conducted by Northern BC stakeholders such as First Nations (Gitskan and Wet'su'wet'en) and NGO’s such as the Telkwa Educational Action Committee of Householders. Types of records comprising this fonds include correspondence to and from activist organizations; circulars to society members; background papers on social activist issues; background reports on BC First Nations environmental and land claims issues, background studies on environmental & economic impacts of industrial developments proposed for Northern BC, newspaper clippings, and various publications.
Sans titreFile consists of photocopies of 1960s records from the City of Prince George related to Island Cache that were organized by researchers involved with the Island Cache Recovery Project. Includes an Urban Renewal Report and municipal memoranda.
File consists of photocopied maps of Island Cache (Cottonwood Island) and Prince George.
Inscription on back of photo: "Cree Indians gathered for Treaty Money. Peace River."
Photograph depicts an Indigenous totem pole. Annotation on recto of photograph states: "Totems of Old Kasaan Alaska"
Photograph depicts three unidentified men standing in front of an Indigenous totem pole.
Photograph depicts three Indigenous totem carvings in front of various buildings on the shoreline.
Photograph depicts the interior of a church decorated with white streamers. Annotation on verso states: "Canada, B.C., Indian(?) Bella Bella Church decorated for Christmas by Indian "decoration""
Photograph depicts a totem pole and a tall wooden plant holder in front of a body of water.
Photograph depicts a totem pole along a shoreline with canoes overturned at its base. A forested area is visible in the background. Pole is likely on the territory of the Wuikinuxv Nation, also known as the Oweekeno Nation whose traditional territory includes the shores of Rivers Inlet and Owikeno Lake. Annotation on recto of photograph states: "Indian Totem Pole, Rivers Inlet, B.C"
Photograph depicts a Haida crest carving on a wooden pole in front of a house. Annotation on recto of photograph states: "Indian Totem Pole, Massett B.C."
Photograph depicts a First Nations cemetery built on a rocky shoreline.
Photograph depicts several houses and headstones built on a rocky shoreline with water in the foreground. Annotation on verso of photograph states: "Canada, B.C. Bella Bella - Indian Missions. Indian Grave houses and monuments"
Photograph depicts a group of First Nations boys with a minister posed for a photo on what appears to be a boat. Possibly a Mission School class photo.
Photograph depicts an unidentified Indigenous (Gitksan?) man standing on a porch behind a stone petroglyph found at Kispiox village along the Upper Skeena River. Annotation on recto of photograph states: "Indian stone relic unearthed at Kispaiyeks Indian Village, B.C., Upper Skeena River".
Photograph depicts a group of First Nations girls posed for a photo with two women on what appears to be a boat. Possibly a Mission School class photo.
Photograph depicts a man in a suit posing for the camera in front of a tree. Annotation on recto of photograph states: "Chief Dudeward Port Simpson B.C."
Photograph depicts an elderly First Nations women and First Nations man seated beside each other.
Photograph depicts three First Nations women facing the camera.
Photograph depicts a First Nations man seated on a chair beside his younger sister. Annotation on verso of photograph states: "Canada B.C Indian mission Indian and his little sister"
Photograph depicts a First Nations woman standing in a cleared forest area.
Photograph depicts two First Nations boys posed for the camera in the forest.
Photograph depicts an elderly Bella Bella First Nations man seated with a pipe. Annotation on verso of photograph states: "Old Bella Bella indian"
Photograph depicts a First Nations family with two older girls both holding young children, two young boys and one older boy all posed for the camera on a porch.
Photograph depicts a young First Nations man with his little sister posed for the camera on a porch. Annotation on verso of photograph states: "Canada B.C. Indian missions A Present day Edwardian Indian boy and his little sister"
Photograph depicts two First Nations boys standing on either side of a First Nations girl on a wooden walkway.
Photograph depicts an older First Nations boy posed for the camera.
Photograph depicts an elderly First Nations woman walking on a wooden walkway in front of a row of houses.
Photograph depicts a First Nations family with a mother, father, and two sons posed for the camera in a grassy area.
Photograph depicts a First Nations woman and child standing next to a man holding a bucket with a wood house in the background.
Photograph depicts three First Nations women posed in front of a house.
Photograph depicts a First Nations women seated with a young child and infant in front of a fence with a house in the background.
Photograph depicts an elderly First Nations women seated on a wooden walkway in front of a house.
Photograph depicts a young First Nations man and a First Nations boy posed for the camera.
Photograph depicts a First Nations man standing next to a First Nations woman seated in a rocking chair in front of a house.
Photograph depicts a First Nations women seated in front of a wooden lattice.
Photograph depicts a young First Nations boy and girl standing in front of a building.
Photograph depicts a crowd gathered near the shore of a body of water around a flag pole, with a band to the left. Annotation on verso of photograph states: "Myself accepting the flag pole etc., - Namu crowd in fore-ground - School children around the pole, + Band to the left."
Photograph depicts two First Nations girls holding two infants on a wooden walkway with trees in the background.
Photograph depicts a group seven of First Nations children seated on a dock with a woman standing in the background.
Photograph depicts a First Nations family with a father, mother, two young girls, and a dog seated on a porch in front of a house.
Photograph depicts two young First Nations women posed for the camera inside a house.
Photograph depicts four Indigenous totem carvings at Kitwanga with two wooden houses in the background.
Photograph depicts a First Nations family with a mother, father, and young girl posed for the camera in front of the house.
Photograph depicts a First Nations family with five young children, three women, and a man seated on the ground in front of a tent with wooden houses and trees in the background.