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Image from a Pow Wow at the Capilano Reserve in North Vancouver, BC.

Portrait of an older woman wearing traditional dress and headpiece. She is standing in a grassy area. Woman is Taha, wife of Chief George Slahholt of the Burrard Reserve [Coast Salish] in North Vancouver and mother of Dan George

Image of a group of dancers in a field, with a crowd gathered behind them watching. There appears to be about six dancers.

Portrait of an older woman wearing traditional dress and headpiece. She is standing in a grassy area. Woman is Taha, wife of Chief George Slahholt of the Burrard Reserve [Coast Salish] in North Vancouver and mother of Dan George

Image of Chief Dan George using a heavy logging jack to roll the rough shaped canoe over. This image is similar to the one printed on page 18 of the book Somewhere Between.

Image of a Chief Dan George carving a canoe. He is standing on one end of the canoe looking down it lengthwise. The basic shape of the canoe has been made, but no finishing details are visible.

Image of a Chief Dan George carving a canoe. He appears to be working on hollowing out the inside if the canoe. The basic shape of the canoe has been made, but no finishing details are visible.

Image of a canoe in the process of being carved. It is sitting in an open grassy area by a body of water. The basic shape of the canoe has been made, but no finishing details are visible.

Close-up image of a Chief Dan George looking down onto a canoe that is in the process of being carved.

Image of a totem pole, with a woman standing in front of it. The pole appears to be the same as the one featured on page 67 of Carter's book "From History's Locker," which has the caption: "One of the finest remaining totems on the coast stands alone in the village of Mamalilacoola."

Image of what appears to be the remains of an old stone carving sitting on the ground.

Image of a Jack Peters seated at a table with copper remnants. Peters is described in Carter's book "From History's Locker," as being the "only year-round resident" of Dead Point reserve ("Tga-tsuamuquame").The pieces of copper are "from one of the last great potlatches."

Image of a body of water with a forested shoreline.

Image of the lower portion of a totem pole at the village of Chiklesaht, on the northwest coast of Vancouver Island. This pole is featured on pages 126-127 of Carter's book "From History's Locker," with the caption: "The only standing totem left at the village of Chiklesaht. The carvings are Sea Otter, Seal and Bear... Bottom section of the same pole shows clearly the bear mother motif with her paws covering the eyes of a human face."

Close-up image of a figure in a totem pole at the village of Chiklesaht, on the northwest coast of Vancouver Island. This pole is featured on pages 126-127 of Carter's book "From History's Locker," with the caption: "The only standing totem left at the village of Chiklesaht. The carvings are Sea Otter, Seal and Bear... Bottom section of the same pole shows clearly the bear mother motif with her paws covering the eyes of a human face."

Image of the lower portion of an unidentified totem pole.

Portrait of Chief John L. George, of the Burrard tribe, holding a small carved pole.

Image of a kermode bear.