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Vickie Jensen and Jay Powell fonds Bestanddeel Engels
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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.

Tracy Powell

File consists of photographs of carver Tracy Powell working on a Salish-style canoe in Anacortes. Jensen was asked by Samish tribal chairman Kenny Hansen to document the event.

The finishing stage (Rounding the pole)

File consists of photographs documenting the final stage of log preparation for the creation of the Native Education Centre pole by Norman Tait and crew. At the beginning of the file images depict the carvers making their finishing tools, including small single handed adzes and curved knives. This stage involves the carvers adding all the finishing details, such as teeth and eyelids, to the figures. It also includes the raising of the pole during a ceremony given by the Native Education Centre. The textual info is in WHERE THE PEOPLE GATHER or paperback TOTEM POLE CARVING

Stanley Park beaver crest pole

File consists of photographs documenting the raising of the pole carved by Norman Tait in Stanley Park on 31 October 1987. Tait's brother Alver is present in the images, as well as his daughter Valerie who apprenticed on the job. At the end of the pole raising ceremony, Vickie Jensen was formally adopted into Tait's family.

Shushwap language books

File consists of photographs taken for possible use in the Shushwap language education books "Let's study Shushwap: Books 1 and 2", "Learning Shushwap: Books 1 and 2", and "Shushwap Teachers Manual." The photographs provide recognizable locations to be used with the books, as well as illustrate activities and concepts (e.g. numbers).

Shari (Shera) Street

File consists of photographs of Shari (now known as Shera) Street. Street is a watercolour artist, and most of the photographs were taken for publicity purposes.

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