Image depicts the Battle Hill National Historic Site in Kitwanga, B.C.. The sign located there says: "The small knoll in the valley was a native fortress. Legends maintain that it was man-made: built to repel marauding coastal tribes. The hill was the scene of local tribal battles, and at one time was crowned with the defenders' buildings. Known as Dhawdezp, the unique mound is a prominent feature in the legends and history of the Indian people."
Kitwanga, BC
9 Archival description results for Kitwanga, BC
Full on photograph of a totem pole in a fenced area. Printed annotation on recto reads: "Indian Totem Poles, Kitwanga, B.C."
Photograph depicts four Indigenous totem carvings at Kitwanga with two wooden houses in the background.
Image depicts an old Hudson Bay Company house, with a totem pole in the foreground, in Kitwanga, B.C.
Image depicts a totem pole in Kitwanga, B.C.
Image depicts a totem pole in Kitwanga, B.C.
Image depicts a row of totem poles in Kitwanga, B.C.
Handwritten annotation on verso reads: “Left to Right: Leonard Bright; Joe Daniels (chief) J.B.; I.C., Richard Morgan; Howard Morgan, Kitwanga, B.C., November 11/74 tour”.
Photograph of three unidentified people, Joe Daniels, J.B. [?], Iona Campagnolo, and an unidentified man sitting at a table (see also item 2009.6.1.98).
Handwritten annotations on verso read: “Oct 16/74,” and “Kitwanga, BC, November 11th/74 tour”.