Alert Bay Potlatch for Tony Hunt, name giving and presenting his personal song
- 25-03-07-a038052
- Stuk
- June 18, 1971
Part of Anthony Carter fonds
Image of a masked dancer at the potlatch.
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Alert Bay Potlatch for Tony Hunt, name giving and presenting his personal song
Part of Anthony Carter fonds
Image of a masked dancer at the potlatch.
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Alert Bay Potlatch for Tony Hunt, name giving and presenting his personal song
Part of Anthony Carter fonds
Image of attendees of the potlatch.
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Alert Bay Potlatch for Tony Hunt, name giving and presenting his personal song
Part of Anthony Carter fonds
Image of attendees of the potlatch.
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Alert Bay Potlatch for Tony Hunt, name giving and presenting his personal song
Part of Anthony Carter fonds
Image of a group drumming on a pole at the potlatch.
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Alert Bay Potlatch for Tony Hunt, name giving and presenting his personal song
Part of Anthony Carter fonds
Image looking down onto the central fire at the potlatch, with carved columns in the background.
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Alert Bay Potlatch for Tony Hunt, name giving and presenting his personal song
Part of Anthony Carter fonds
Image looking toward the seated drummers at the potlatch, with carved columns, a masked dancer, and the fire visible.
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Alert Bay Potlatch for Tony Hunt, name giving and presenting his personal song
Part of Anthony Carter fonds
Image looking out toward the center of the potlatch from the seated area.
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Kwakiutl Indian Dance Costumes, Vancouver Island, B. C., Canada. Back of postcard states: "Mrs. Ben Alfred, Sr., Mrs. Alfred, Mrs. Cramner, and Mrs. Sewid; Long House West Bay." Photo by E. J. Cooke; published by J Barnard, Photographer, LTD, Victoria B. C.
Photograph of a dancer at an outdoor gathering (potlatch?), with a large crowd watching.
Photograph of a dancer at an outdoor event, possibly a potlatch. A crowd is around the dancer, including others in ceremonial dress.
Dancers at potlatch, Alert Bay (?)
Photograph of dancers at an indoor potlatch or other event, likely in or near Alert Bay, BC.
Part of John Mennie fonds
Item is a photograph of Mary Hanuse (nee Alfred) and Alfred James (Jack) Hanuse. Married February 22, 1935 Information supplied by Elders from Alert Bay in January 2001. Jack and Mary Hanuse, nee Alfred. Information supplied by William Wasden, MOA intern 2005
Part of John Mennie fonds
Item is a photograph of unidentified people at wedding party
Part of John Mennie fonds
Item is a photograph of Hazel Alfred (nee Hunt) and George Alfred. Hazel was the daughter of Jonathan Hunt and Alice Hunt of Fort Rupert, and George was the son of Moses and Agnes (Axu) Alfred. Married September 17, 1935. Information supplied by Elders from Alert Bay in January 2001
Part of John Mennie fonds
Item is a photograph of Hazel Alfred (nee Hunt) and George Alfred. Hazel was the daughter of Jonathan Hunt and Alice Hunt of Fort Rupert, and George was the son of Moses and Agnes (Axu) Alfred. Married September 17, 1935. Information supplied by Elders from Alert Bay in January 2001
Mungo Martin Pole Raising in Alert Bay
Part of MOA General Media collection
The Mungo Martin memorial pole about to be raised in Alert Bay.
Ceremony for the Mungo Martin memorial pole rasing
Part of MOA General Media collection
Elders perform the ceremony for the raising of the Mungo Martin memorial pole in Alert Bay.
The series contains records created during a number of visits and projects completed with the Kwakwaka'wakw of Alert Bay.
After meeting David Grubb at the Salish Conferences in the early 1970s, Jensen was invited by Grubb to attend a potlatch on Gilford Island, just off Alert Bay. It was the first potlatch that she attended, and Jensen photographed it in black and white without flash.
Around the same time, Gloria Cranmer Webster began involving her UBC colleague Powell in discussions on the development of a Kwak’wala orthography. The two worked on this project during their breaks at work, with the main end goal to create accurate labels for artefacts at the museum, then located in the basement of the library on campus.
In 1975, after she moved back to Alert Bay, Webster contacted Powell and asked him to assist her in the creation of a language and culture book for Kwak’wala speaking people. Powell travelled to Alert Bay, the first of many trips to do such work. Over the next few years, Powell and Jensen were invited to Alert Bay on a number of occasions to attend potlatches, pole raisings, and other community events. Jensen photographed the events, as well as other aspects of the community such as the day care and band school.
In 1980 Webster, on behalf of the U’Mista Cultural Centre, secured salaries for both Jensen and Powell for one full year. They were hired to produce language and culture books, but in reality helped with many other aspects leading to the opening of the Centre. They rented a house in the village and lived there full time for the year, immersing themselves in the community, and creating a body of records that integrates both work and community life. Jensen had permission to photograph extensively, and these are all included in this series. Powell did linguistic research and worked with teachers from both the band school and the provincial school that were located in the village. Jensen also photographed language and culture lessons to be used in the books being produced. During the year they lived in Alert Bay, they produced 12 language books and a teacher’s manual for U’mista.
In 1982 Powell and Jensen purchased a house in Alert Bay, further cementing their intentions to maintain connections to the community. They continued to attend and photograph events and potlatches between projects.
In 1983 the Kwak’wala Teacher Training Program (KTTP) was developed by Powell and Jensen. The program was a college credit course for local area teachers to train them to lead language and culture lessons in their classes. Jensen and Powell divided their teaching duties, involving another teacher named Joy Wild. The program was successful for two years.
Over the next 20 years many of their visits were social in nature, although they continued to keep a detailed record of the events they attended. In 2001 they completed a CD-ROM for the Learning Kwak’wala series. This project had been ongoing for some time.
The series also contains photographic records of two events that took place outside the realm of the language projects. The Canadian Museum of Civilisation hired Doug Cranmer to carve a new Wakas Pole to replace the decaying version in Stanley Park and contacted Jensen to document the event. The second set of photographs records a trip organised by U’Mista Cultural Centre for scholars and experts to visit Mimkwamlis (Village Island) and T’sadzis’nukwakme’ (New Vancouver).
The records kept in this series consist of recordings, photographs, research notes, draft teaching aids, and copies of completed resources for both children’s education and the KTTP.
The series consists of eleven sub-series:
A. U’Mista research/background
B. Research materials
C. Field notes
D. Publications
E. Kwak’wala teacher training program
F. Kwak’wala CD-ROM project
G. Kwak’wala photographs
H. Potlatch photographs.
I. Wakas pole raising in Stanley Park 1987 photographs
J. Trip to Village Island and Tzatsisnukomi (New Vancouver) photographs 2005.
K. Audio recordings
Part of John Mennie fonds
Item is a photograph of six unidentified females and three unidentified males posing with two wedding cakes
Part of John Mennie fonds
Item is a photograph of Gertie and Alex Hanuse, brother of Ethel Alfred. Information supplied by Elders from Alert Bay in January 2001