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Vickie Jensen and Jay Powell fonds British Columbia File
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B.C. Indian Language project

File consists of photographs taken for the B.C. Indian Language Project in Victoria, B.C. Jensen was asked to film Charlie Mack steaming a canoe on the Birkenhead River near Mt. Currie. While Jensen was filming, Dorothy Kennedy took large format negative coverage of the event. The file also includes photographs of Cora and Danny Wells' fish camp at the head of Lillooet Lake.

Nuxalk potlatch

File consists of photographs of a memorial potlatch hosted by hereditary chief Laurence and Amelia Poutlas at Bella Coola. Jensen was asked to photograph the event by Andrea Laforet for the Canadian Museum of Civilisation, as the museum had been involved in research for the potlatch, which was the first to be held in the area in a long time.

Robert Davidson pole raising

File consists of photographs taken during a trip to the Haida Gwaii (formerly Queen Charlotte Islands) for a pole raising by Robert Davidson. Whilst there, Dr. George MacDonald took Jensen and Powell on a side trip to an old village site.

Western Gitxsan general

File consists of photographs of people, places, and events in the Western Gitxsan villages of Kitwancool (Gitanyow), Kitwanga (Gitwangak) and Gitsegukla (formerly Kitsegukla) during the time that Jensen and Powell lived there.