Item is an audio cassette tape with no date and the annotation "How to write Kwakiutl" and "Copie" on both sides. Item was numbered by creator with roman number I.
File includes one photograph of Canadian Museum of History Object ID VII-G-354 which is a Tsartlip grave figure. The contents of this file were used to create object labels for MOA's Great Hall.
Series contains textual records contextualizing the petroglyphs and pictograms found in the graphic materials. Narrations include descriptions of the sites and their geologic evolution over the years that is leading to the loss of rock surface and petroglyphs and pictograms. Text also documents E. F. Meade’s hypothesis on how some of the petroglyphs and pictographs may have been carved and painted and his interpretations on the reasons behind the locations and purpose of some of them. The author also mentions conversations with local Indigenous peoples inquiring about the petroglyphs and pictographs and areas where he could not get documented due to issues with his equipment. Lastly, narrations include quotations and references to accounts by Capt. Vancouver, Archibald Menzies, and Alexander McKenzie describing the shore and locating some of Vancouver’s descriptions based on Meade’s knowledge of the coast and archaeology.
File consists of images of Chief Dan George with a band, as well as an image of him by himself with a drum and a few images of the North Vancouver area.
Image of the entrance to a cave with two people standing past the entrance. Handwritten annotation on back "This is when I went to see the Cave, the Nawalakwaeiy in 1994." Item was originally numbered by creator with number 107.
