The majority of this file contains historical images of the Tlingit and Tahltan First Nations and their respective villages. The other images are of Tlingit or Tahltan artifacts housed in various museums in Canada and the United States. The historic images are of Tlingit or Tahltan villages which include images of Northwest Coast architecture, houses posts and totem poles, canoes, and other household items such as bowls, weavings, and bentwood boxes. There are also some images of the Tlingit people in regalia. The textual records contained in this file is a paper titled "The History of the Babine Carriers," written by Wilfred Adam for the class Education 479, Cross Cultural Education.
File contains a combination of historical and modern day images of canoes used by First Nation groups living on the Northwest Coast. The historical images contain images of village life and uses of the canoe in a historical context. The modern day images show canoes housed in various museums in Canada and the United States. The textual records contained in this file are photocopies of images of canoes, both from historical photographs and of modern day photographs.
Item is an image of a group of people on a boat. According to annotations, photograph was taken in Igluligaarjuk (also known as Chesterfield Inlet, Nunavut)
Item is an image of four boats leaving a wharf and six people on said wharf. According to annotations, photograph was taken near York Factory, Manitoba
Item is an image of a coast with one person by the water and five people in a canoe. There is a village on the background. According to annotations, photograph was taken in Hazelton by Mr. Vowel (?)
Item is an image of a woman by a building. There are some buildings, poles, and canoes in the background. According to annotations, photograph was taken in G?aw (also known as Old Massett) in the Haida Gwaii archipielago
Item is a photograph of a building on stilts labelled "JORGENSEN BROS SHELL" and another labelled "MACHINE SHOP." Three boats appear in the harbour; an individual is on the gangway. Three buildings appear across the street from the harbour
