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Item is a photograph of:
Back row, from left: Jack Hanuse and George Alfred
Middle row, from left: Nora Alfred (later married Arthur Dick) and Mary Alfred (later married Jack Hanuse)
Front: Hazel Alfred (nee Hunt)
Information supplied by Elders from Alert Bay in January 2001

Item is a photograph of:
Back row, from left: Jack Hanuse and George Alfred
Middle row, from left: Nora Alfred (later married Arthur Dick) and Mary Alfred (later married Jack Hanuse)
Front: Hazel Alfred (nee Hunt)
Information supplied by Elders from Alert Bay in January 2001

Item is a photograph of a wedding cake

Image is of Josiah and Mercy watching Norman perform his squirrel dance on top of the canoe log.

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.

Image is of Bill Reid standing in front of the canoe log and delivering his address at the welcome ceremony.

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.

The Mungo Martin memorial pole having just been raised in Alert Bay.

A detail of the Mungo Martin memorial pole just after being raised in Alert Bay.

The Mungo Martin memorial pole having just been raised in Alert Bay.

The Mungo Martin memorial pole being prepared to be raised in Alert Bay.

Items from the Museum of Anthropology including house posts, feast dishes, a bentwood box, and model totem poles, on display in Montréal for the Northwest Coast exhibit for "Man and His World".

Image depicts the interior of a big house, possibly at Alert Bay, BC. People are dressed in regalia and some kind of event is in progress.

Image taken at a pole raising ceremony in Masset. The pole was carved by Robert Davidson, Jr. This image shows Davidson speaking into a microphone, wearing what appears to be ceremonial clothing and a headdress. A crowd is gathered around him.

Image taken at a pole raising ceremony in Masset. The pole was carved by Robert Davidson, Jr. This image is of a bald eagle sitting at the top of a tree.

Image taken at a pole raising ceremony in Masset. The pole was carved by Robert Davidson, Jr. This image shows two men (one is Davidson) and a woman standing at a microphone. They are inside at a banquet.

Image taken at a pole raising ceremony in Masset. The pole was carved by Robert Davidson, Jr. This image shows the pole lying on the ground, with a crowd gathered around it.

Image taken at a pole raising ceremony in Masset. The pole was carved by Robert Davidson, Jr. This image is an aerial shot showing the totem pole lying on the ground and the hole in the ground into which it will be propped. Part of the crowd is also visible.

Image taken at a pole raising ceremony in Masset. The pole was carved by Robert Davidson, Jr. This image is an aerial shot showing the totem pole lying on the ground near the hole in the ground into which it will be propped. Ropes are attached to the pole to raise it, and people have begun to line up to help pull the ropes.

Image taken at a pole raising ceremony in Masset. The pole was carved by Robert Davidson, Jr. This image is an aerial shot showing the totem pole lying on the ground near the hole in the ground into which it will be propped. Ropes are attached to the pole to raise it, and people have begun to line up to help pull the ropes.