Lootaas expedition visits - Haida paddlers
- 50-A033498
- Item
- [1987]
Part of Gordon and Louanne Houston fonds
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Lootaas expedition visits - Haida paddlers
Part of Gordon and Louanne Houston fonds
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Moses Hamchitt in Lootaas canoe
Part of Gordon and Louanne Houston fonds
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Longhouse remains – Deer Pass Narrows – corner post
Part of Gordon and Louanne Houston fonds
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Part of Gordon and Louanne Houston fonds
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Part of Gordon and Louanne Houston fonds
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Lootaas expedition visits - Haida paddlers on beach. Note eagle down.
Part of Gordon and Louanne Houston fonds
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Salmon berries [children picking]
Part of Gordon and Louanne Houston fonds
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Longhouse remains – Deer Pass Narrows – corner post
Part of Gordon and Louanne Houston fonds
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Robert Windsor funeral. Gi’wa prepares to leave.
Part of Gordon and Louanne Houston fonds
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Part of Gordon and Louanne Houston fonds
Robert Windsor funeral. Gi
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Part of Gordon and Louanne Houston fonds
Robert Windsor funeral. Note black flag & white sashes.
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School “fun Potlatch” - students and “gifts.”
Part of Gordon and Louanne Houston fonds
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School “fun Potlatch” - Kindergarten.
Part of Gordon and Louanne Houston fonds
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Lootaas expedition visits - Miles Richardson and Bill Reid arrive.
Part of Gordon and Louanne Houston fonds
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Lootaas expedition visits - Lootaas and Gi’wa
Part of Gordon and Louanne Houston fonds
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Totem pole – Storey Point, Bella Bella
Part of Gordon and Louanne Houston fonds
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Gordon and Louanne Houston fonds
During their time living in Bella Bella, the Houstons took many photographs of the lives of the Heiltsuk First Nation community documenting the day-to-day lives of the Heiltsuk First Nation as well as ceremonial activities. The colour slides document the construction, painting, and launching of the Gi’wa, a Heiltsuk canoe which sailed with the Lootaas, the Haida canoe built by Bill Reid for Expo 86. Some of the slides document the welcome feast at Bella Bella in honour of the Haida crew of the Lootaas. The colour slides also document several potlatches and wedding feasts held in the community hall, and the local Sports Day parade. Slides also depict the role of the fishing in the community, such as smoking salmon and processing roe. Other photos document gravestones on a nearby cemetery island, derelict canneries, petroglyphs and pictographs, totem poles and house posts, all in or near Bella Bella.
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Lootaas expedition visits - Gi’wa goes out to meet the Lootaas. Frank Brown at stern.
Part of Gordon and Louanne Houston fonds
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Part of Gordon and Louanne Houston fonds
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Totem pole – Storey Point, Bella Bella
Part of Gordon and Louanne Houston fonds
Houston (family)