- 50-A033428
- Stuk
- Fall 1985
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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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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Gi'wa in shed at beach - Marshall Windsor
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Gi’wa in shed at beach. Marshall Windsor right foreground. Note Gi’wa sweatshirt beside unfinished paddle. Paddlers carved their own paddles .
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Sports Day parade in front of Dental Clinic and R.W. Large Hospital
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Sports Day - Gi'wa canoe [and?] Delbert Reid
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Sports day parade ["Lazy Dazy flower children"]
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Sports Day ribbons [on children]
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Liz and Don Wilson stringing oolichaas for smoking (from Bella Coola)
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Cemetery at Old Town - Wolf Girl headstone detail
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Cemetery at Old Town - Utensils at grave
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Salmon berries [children picking]
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Totem pole – Storey Point, Bella Bella
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Totem pole – Storey Point, Bella Bella
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Moses Hamchitt in Lootaas canoe
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Cyril Carpenter talking [blessing Ceremony for the two Gi’wa logs]
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Longhouse remains – Deer Pass Narrows – corner post
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