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Item is a colour negative of a photograph of crew working on log at the Turnbull & Gail construction yard in Richmond (contractors for building the new Native Education Centre). Corresponds to info in text from WHERE THE PEOPLE GATHER or paperback TOTEM POLE CARVING. Photo shot for Douglas & McIntyre book
Geographic location: Turnbull & Gail construction yard in Richmond
Item is a colour negative of a photograph of crew working on log at the Turnbull & Gail construction yard in Richmond (contractors for building the new Native Education Centre). Corresponds to info in text from WHERE THE PEOPLE GATHER or paperback TOTEM POLE CARVING. Photo shot for Douglas & McIntyre book
Geographic location: Turnbull & Gail construction yard in Richmond
Item is a colour negative of a photograph of crew working on log at the Turnbull & Gail construction yard in Richmond (contractors for building the new Native Education Centre). Corresponds to info in text from WHERE THE PEOPLE GATHER or paperback TOTEM POLE CARVING. Photo shot for Douglas & McIntyre book
Geographic location: Turnbull & Gail construction yard in Richmond
Part of Joi Carlin fonds
Image is of welcome ceremony crowd including children and spectators holding umbrellas. Norman and Sadie Tait stand at right side of image while part of museum exterior can be seen in the background on the left side of image.
Part of Joi Carlin fonds
Image features Norman performing his squirrel dance on top of the canoe log. A family member wearing a button blanket with his back to the camera is beating a skin drum.
Part of Joi Carlin fonds
A Tait family member wearing a button blanket watches Norman perform his squirrel dance on top of canoe log.
Part of Joi Carlin fonds
A Tait family member wearing a button blanket watches Norman crouched on top of canoe log performing his squirrel dance.
Part of Joi Carlin fonds
Norman Tait performing his squirrel on top of the canoe log.
Part of Joi Carlin fonds
Image is of Josiah and Mercy watching Norman perform his squirrel dance on top of the canoe log.
Part of Joi Carlin fonds
Image is of Tait family members wearing button blankets and beating skin drums while Norman performs his squirrel dance on top of the canoe log.
Part of Joi Carlin fonds
Image is of Tait family members, Mercy and Josiah wearing button blankets and watching Norman as he performs his squirrel dance on top of the canoe log.
Part of Joi Carlin fonds
Image is of Norman performing his squirrel dance on top of the canoe log while two family members hold and beat skin drums. All three have their back to the camera.
Part of Joi Carlin fonds
Image is of Norman performing his squirrel dance on top of the canoe log while Mercy stands watching him with her back to the camera on the left side of image. Another Tait member appears on the right side of image holding a drum.
Part of Joi Carlin fonds
Image is of two Tait family members holding drums as they chant with their backs to the camera. Further away Norman appears blurred as he performs his squirrel dance on top of the canoe log.
Part of Joi Carlin fonds
Norman as he performs his squirrel dance on top of the canoe log. A set of paddles can be seen set against the canoe log. At the right of the image, a Tait family member is holding a skin drum with his back to the camera.
Series documents Nisga’a artist Norman Tait and his crew of carvers during a period in which they were prolific in their creation of totem poles.
Jensen first met Tait in the early 1970s when she would photographic artists’ works for Bud Mintz, Vancouver gallery owner. In 1985 she had the idea to produce a book documenting the carving of a totem pole from start to finish. She approached Tait, who initially refused but called Jensen back just a few days later to take her up on the offer, after being commissioned to create a pole for the Native Education Centre in Vancouver.
Jensen photographed Tait and his crew, which consisted of his brother Robert (Chip), his cousin Harry Martin (Hammy), his nephew Wayne Young and his eldest son Isaac (Ikey). She also made notes and audio recordings of Tait’s lessons to his crew, most of whom had never worked on such a large project. The photographs and tapes were used in the creation of the book Where the People Gather: Carving a Totem Pole. The project also led to the publication of a children’s version, Carving a Totem Pole and a paperback version titled Totem Pole Carving. The books were published in the early 1990s.
Jensen documented Tait’s next two major commissions: two poles for Capilano Mall in 1986, and a pole for Stanley Park in 1987.
In 1987 Tait adopted Jensen into the Nisga’a Eagle Clan and began to teach her about the responsibilities that came with the honour. The lessons were put into practice in 2001 when Tait asked Vickie to guard the body of a family member that had died.
The series includes photographic records of the creation of the four poles; audio recordings of lessons and interviews with Tait; transcripts of the audio tapes; and notes. The series consists of five sub-series:
A. Native Education Centre (NEC) pole photographs
B. Capilano Mall and Stanley Park poles photographs
C. Misc. photographs
D. Tait family and crew artists’ photographs
E. Audio tapes and transcripts.
Part of Joi Carlin fonds
The image is of Norman Tait and two of his sons on the left side of image and Joe David with his daughter tucked under his button blanket to the right side. The little girl clutching a small item is the only one facing the camera while the others are all looking away.
Part of Joi Carlin fonds
From left to right Sadie, Josiah, Mercy, Norman, Rob't, Ron, Wayne, and Isaac are pictured here standing in front of the canoe log.
Part of Joi Carlin fonds
Image features Mercy in conversation with a family member. Sadie Tait can be seen in the background to the left.
Item is a b&w negative of a photograph of people after log has been moved into the old UBC carving shed. 1st 3 rows of photos shows people after log has been moved into the old UBC carving shed. The textual info is in WHERE THE PEOPLE GATHER or paperback TOTEM POLE CARVING p. 40-41.) Text info for last 9 images is from pp. 42-45.
Notes:
• Norman told me that “they” had to pay for moving the log to UBC’s carving shed (i.e. it came out of his contract monies). After the Item is a b&w negative of a photograph of people after log has been moved into the old UBC carving shed.
Three photos of button blanket are possibly one that Dorothy Grant was making—three images that follow may be her and Doreen Jensen (Gitxsan carver) on the right. I don’t remember who they are talking to.
Geographic Location: all photos at area around the old UBC Carving Shed