Group stands in foreground on what appears to be a wooden teeter totter. Fence crosses midground in front of water, and hills can be seen on opposite shore in background. Handwritten annotation on recto of mounted slide reads: "play ground in Legak [sic]".
Group of eight men and seven children stand in front of crest pole on unidentified building.
Handwritten annotation below image reads: "[..?] Alaska. Indian Totem Pole, Eagle Crest South Eastern Alaska."; on verso: "Chapter XXI Illustrations No. 2. [Kinnanook?] Section of Indian Village showing Totem pole of Eagle crest."
Photograph depicts Gloria George and First Nations crowd members dancing at the Smithers Bulkley Valley Exhibition.
Photograph depicts Glen Vowell First Nations children performing a dance in a semi-circle at a potluck.
Photograph depicts Glen Vowell First Nations children performing a dance in a semi-circle at a potluck.
Photograph depicts Glen Vowell First Nations children performing a dance at a potluck.
Photograph depicts Glen Vowell First Nations children performing a dance in a circle at a potluck.
Photograph depicts Glen Vowell First Nations children performing a dance on stage at a potluck.
Photograph depicts Glen Vowell First Nations children performing a dance on stage while an elderly woman beats a drum.
Photograph depicts Glen Vowell First Nations children performing on stage.
Photograph depicts a Glen Vowell First Nations child watching a solo performance of a boy wearing a button blanket on stage at a potluck.
Photograph depicts 8 men posing in suits and ties, and a young girl, Ruth Adams, holding trophy seated in foreground. The group is gathered in open field, large building and hills visible in distance. Man on far right stands in uniform.
Handwritten annotation on verso reads: "Gitlakdamix Village Council 1923. [Charlie Morven] Chairman. / Geo. Manase. / John Davis. / Dennis Woods. / Andrew Nass. / James Adams. Secretary. / Frank Blackwing. Chief Constable. / Walter McMillan (Nass). Constable."
Full on photograph of a totem pole in a fenced area. Printed annotation on recto reads: "Indian Totem Poles, Kitwanga, B.C."
Photograph depicts girls dancing at the opening of the Haisla Recreation Centre in Kitamaat Village.
Consists of an audio recording of George Meyers singing Redstone songs, recorded by Paul.
Consists of an audio recording of George Meyers singing Redstone songs.
Photograph depicts a group of men, women, and children walking across beach towards water. Buildings visible on shore in left background.
Handwritten annotation on verso reads: "Funeral party - en route to boat Metlakatla BC (Taking body over to Grave Island".
Photograph depicts a tomb elevated over grassy area.
Handwritten annotation on image reads: "26. Front of Indian tomb."; on verso: "Upper Nass River."
Photograph depicts the early settlement of Fort George. The buildings to the left of the fence are believed to be owned by the Hudson's Bay Company. The land to the right of the fence belonged to the Fort George Reserve, the home of today's Lheidli T'enneh Band who relocated to a reserve at Shelley when this reserve was sold in 1912. Handwritten annotation on verso and recto of this photograph reads: "Fort George from opposite side of Fraser River".
Footage of title text that reads: “The Bella Coola Indians and Their ‘Food from the Sea’ Photographed by Al Elsey."
Speculated locations of the location of this footage include Bella Bella, Bella Coola or the Bella Coola River.
Footage of thee men in dugout canoe bringing in ooligan nets full of ooligan fish on what is believed to be the Bella Coola river. Two of the men bring in the net while the third bails water. The men then bring in the canoe to shore using long poles. Women then join and help transport the fish to shore and then place the fish in large "stink box" where they are stirred with a stick.
Begins with footage of maps of the Bella Coola area, Tweedsmuir Park, and Wells Gray Park. Then there is a title slide that reads "Steelhead Unlimited on the Bella Cover River". There is general scenery footage of mountains, streams, rivers, a black bear, a white robin, Eagles.
Footage of men floating down minor river rapids in a rubber boats the men banking their boat and fishing from shore.
Footage of Ooligan fishing and processing : paddling the long dugout canoe with the nets in the water, hauling the fish to shore, placing them in "stink boxes" to extract the grease, and wrapping up the nets .
Possible locations of the footage is Bella Coola, Bella Bella, Bella Coola River, Dean River, Chilcotin region, Tweedsmuir Provincial Park or Wells Gray Park.
The first portion of the film begins with a map of Tweedsmuir Provincial Park and then cuts to a motor boat on a lake, possibly Fenton Lake, and men fishing on the lake. The next clip is of more men fly-fishing on a river, possibly the Bella Coola River or the Dean River. A short clip follows of two children in a boat with a man pushing them along with a rod. There is footage of the scenic landscape, which is most likely the Bella Coola Valley, and a cabin, which is believed to be Elsey's. A woman believed to be Mrs. Elsey sits on the porch and then arranges her flowers. The film shows some ducks on the lake, two squirrels playing and the Elsey's dog in a boat. Mrs. Elsey pulls the boat ashore in the next clip and then the film shows her working in her vegetable garden. There is more scenic filming of the valley and a man cutting down a tree with a chain saw. There is footage of a grouse beating it's wings, chipmunk looking for seeds, birds in a marsh, three moose in a marsh, and a bald eagle perched and flying.
There is a break in the film and the second portion begins with footage of cabin in the mountains, a baby in a cradle, an elder First Nations woman, and a gathering of First Nations peoples by a tent. There is a shot of a picnic site sign labelled "Burnt Bridge Picnic site Parks Branch" and another sign that reads "Kalyskt Creek." There is then footage of the creek and a truck driving down a dirt road. There is then a group of people boarding a motor boat in a river and driving up and down the river, which could possibly be the Dean River or the Bella Coola River. There is then more filming of a cabin in the mountains, possibly Elsey's, and a man cleaning a large fish he caught. Then there is footage of men in a rubber raft floating down a river and fishing from the raft, and then some other men traveling in a motor boat.
There is an another break and the third portion of the film begins with footage of birds on a lake and footage from a boat showing the mountains. On land there is filming of two bears walking, men hunting the bear, killing the bear, and skinning the bear. The film cuts back to the boat and the filming the mountains along the water. The people on the boat then pull up crab traps from the water and cook the crabs on the boat. The film ends with footage of salmon jumping and a man filleting his fish catch.
Carved wooden flute. Stamped annotation on verso reads: “Department of Mines and Resources, Photographic Section. Oct. 6, 1939”. Numeric annotation on verso: “33-6”
Photograph depicts five totem poles of various sizes in a fenced enclosure with a forested area in the background. Photographer’s stamp on verso: “W.E. Nicholson, 268 E. 10th, Vancouver 10, B.C.”
Forest in background, wooden logs lie in foreground.
Photograph depicts five First Nations children leaning over the deck on the M.S. Columbia. Stamped annotation on recto: “Oct – 64”. Handwritten annotation in pen on verso reads: “Mamalicula”
Forest in background, wooden logs lie in foreground.
Forest in background, wooden logs lie in foreground.
Typed annotation on recto: "Indians of the Stuart Lake Section British Columbia." Two children in traditional dress, the younger wrapped in decorative flowered blanket, being carried on the back of the older. Side of wood building in background.
Photograph depicts a young First Nations man and a First Nations boy posed for the camera.
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 a First Nations women seated in front of a wooden lattice.
Photograph depicts a First Nations woman and child standing next to a man holding a bucket with a wood house in the background.
Typed annotation on recto: "Indian papoose at Fort St. James Stuart Lake, B.C." Child, wrapped in plaid blanket, being carried on back of woman in a field, other people in background.
Photograph depicts a First Nations woman standing in a cleared forest area.
Rocky shoreline featuring a small dwelling, totem pole, net rack, canoes pulled up to shore, barrels and boxes and a tent.
Handwritten annotation in pencil on verso reads: “Kunhalas [sic] at entrance to C--- Harbour”.
Photograph depicts an Indigenous stone carving. Annotation on recto of photograph states: "A. 79' W Bergson."
Image depicts a faded First Nations' rock painting.
Image depicts an unknown woman pointing towards some faded First Nations' rock paintings.
Typed annotation on recto: "Indian Girl at Fort St. James Stuart Lake, B.C." Young woman smoking in front of unidentified building.
Photograph depicts First Nations people wearing button blankets in a crowd and looking up at Eli Gosnell’s Unity totem pole at a raising event in front of Nisga’a Elementary Secondary school in New Aiyansh.
Photograph depicts an unidentified First Nations woman and child sitting in an auditorium in an unknown location. Possibly related to Camapgnolo's Lake Placid Trip.
Photograph depicts a First Nations man standing beside a gravestone that reads: "In Memory of Jim, Jack and Sam."
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 man and woman standing on steps to a round tower in fenced area. Roofs of other buildings can be seen below on right; water and shore visible in background.
Printed on image: "Indian Jail, Metlatkla".
Photograph depicts an unmarked First Nations gravesite featuring two crosses at Moberly Lake.
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 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.
Photograph depicts a First Nations family with a mother, father, and young girl posed for the camera in front of the house.