Article on Lower Cheh Loans into Chinook Jargon by Dale Kinkade and Jay Powell
- 3-3-02-3-02-C-1
- File
- c. 2005
Article on Lower Cheh Loans into Chinook Jargon by Dale Kinkade and Jay Powell
File consists of photographs documenting Norman Tait and his crew of carvers preparing to take part in the Asian Cultural Festival in Vancouver. The event was hosted by the Vancouver Museum, and the images show Norman Tait leading a family meeting about the event, as well as preparation of regalia, and the event itself.
File consists of black and white duplicates of colour slides taken by Jensen. Colour printing was expensive at the time, so Jensen printed the images in black and white to use for research purposes.
Back of the Shuswap Teacher's Manual
File consists of maps and research on Stanley Park, describing the park's layout, its Indian Village, "squatters," and the potential removal of the totem poles.
File consists of research notes and photocopied publications regarding Norman Tait, totem poles, masks, and relevant tools. Also includes an essay by Bill Reid on referring to sacred animals, invitations to a naming ceremony at Wilp's Tsa-ak Gallery, and contract materials for Norman Tait's carving of a totem pole for the New Native Education Centre.
Vickie Jensen's description (from November 2021 archival accession notes): "Barbeau article (#109) with Vickie's notes appended; Totem Poles by Marium Barbeau (#119); Eugene Arima & E.C. Hunt's article "Making Masks: Notes on the Kwakiutl 'Tourist Mask' Carving" with Vickie's notes about tools appended; Bill Reid article "The Anthropologist & The Article"; Copies of contracts, notes, etc. regarding the financial side of the Native Education Pole provided by Reva Robinson along with her personal note; Newspaper article about funding problems with construction of Native Education Centre; Various bias of Norman Tait; Invitation (2) to traditional naming of Wilp's Tsa-ak Gallery (1995)."
Backup of Nuu-chah-nulth Dictionary
File consists of a disk backup of the Nuu-chah-nulth dictionary.
Barbara Lane reports on Quileute hunting and fishing
Barbara P. Harri: various papers and dictionary ms
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.
Beatrice Gray and Charles Smith
File consists of photographs taken of Quileute objects in the Bert Kellogg Collection.
Big Beaver: the Celebration of a Contemporary Totem Pole by Norman Tait, Nishga
File consists of an ethnography thesis regarding the creation, raising, and cultural/historical context of Norman Tait's Big Beaver totem pole, which was raised at the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago, Illinois in April 1982. The thesis was authored for Fisher's M.A. degree in Anthropology at UBC.
File consists of photographs of silversmith Bob Neel, son of carver Ellen Neel, in Campbell River.
Book launch for 'The Transforming Image'
Book Photos: historic and Lynn Guy's photos of Yelton pole raising
File consists of illustrations by Norman Tait of Northwest art forms and figures, and images of totem poles, Salish architecture, Stanley Park, the raising of Robert Yelton's totem pole, and Susan Point's portals and giant spindle whorl.
Brabant Dictionary, English-Nootka A-Z unbound
File consists of a copy of Brabant's 1911 Dictionary of Nuu-chah-nulth, reprinted for use by William J. Folan and Joel Gunn.