Photograph of pole and gravestones in a cemetery in Alert Bay, BC.

Photograph of pole and gravestones in a cemetery in Alert Bay, BC.

Photograph of pole and gravestones in a cemetery in Alert Bay, BC.

Kwakwaka'wakw (Kwakiutl) Memorial Totem Poles, on Namgis Burial Grounds, Alert Bay, Cormorant Island, BC, British Columbia, Canada -Front Totem Pole: Kolus sits atop Cedar Man, above Sun Figure and Killer Whale. A cross and two buildings are visible image left of the totem poles.

Image of totem pole and cross gravestones, with forest in the background.

Image of a cemetery with two totem poles and a few graves with crosses.

Image of a cemetery with two totem poles and a few graves with crosses.

Item is a hand-tinted glass lantern slide of an Indigenous burial site. Based on the original order of the collection, photograph might have been taken in Alert Bay.

Item is a hand-tinted glass lantern slide of a totem in a burial ground. Based on the original order of the collection, photograph might have been taken in Alert Bay.

Item is a hand-tinted glass lantern slide of an house and Indigenous burial site. Based on the original order of the collection, photograph might have been taken near Alert Bay.

Item is a photograph of a cemetery in Alert Bay, with cross-bearing grave markers and painted totem poles.

Image of a gravestone in the shape of a cross, with the words "In Memory of Our Ancient Grave. Hundreds of Remains." This cemetery is near Yale at I:yem, near today's Saddle Rock highway tunnel.