Photographs of Neah Bay, Washington, and Haida Gwaii (formerly known as the Queen Charlotte Islands), British Columbia, created during the summer of 2010 and March 2011, that document the culture of Makah Indians and Haida Indians. The collection also includes a group of images that document the centennial birthday celebration in 2010 of Claude Morrison, who is also known as Mii Ju, Mķijuu, and Kúng Skiís., A group of images documents Makah Indians and participants in the Inter-Tribal Ocean-Going Canoe Journey, Paddle to Makah, at Neah Bay, Washington, in July 2010, Images of Haida Gwaii include views of Masset and portraits of Haida artisans, including Gwaai Edenshaw, Jaalen Edenshaw, and Donnie Edenshaw. Discrete groups of images document the wedding between Donnie Edenshaw and Beverly Anne Samuels, and the coronation ceremony of hereditary chief Percy Williams in Skidegate, as well as an end-of-winter feast at the community hall in Masset on March 12, 2011, and Six oversize photographic prints in the collection include photographs of Haida artwork, as well as portraits of Haida artisans Gwaai Edenshaw and Evelyn Vanderhoop
Description:
Accompanied by descriptions of the images by the photographer (in box 1)., Title devised by cataloger., and Stored in 6 boxes.
Subject (Geographic):
Alaska, British Columbia, Haida Gwaii (B.C.), Hydaburg (Alaska), Masset (B.C.), Neah Bay (Wash.), and Washington (State)
Photographs of a fishing on the Columbia River and near the coast of Sand Island, Washington, and scenes of the town of Chinook and the McGowan Columbia River Salmon canary
Description:
Stamped on verso of mounts: Northern Pacific Railroad, Edward W. Nolan Collection.
Publisher:
J. F. Ford
Subject (Geographic):
Washington (State), Chinook (Wash.), and Sand Island (Wash.)
Photographs of logging operations in Shelton, Washington Territory, along the line of the Satsop railroad. Included are views of loggers, ox and horse teams hauling logs, trains loaded with cut timber, and the office and store of the Satsop Rail Road Company
Photographs that primarily document the activities of Makah Indians in the vicinity of Neah Bay, Washington, August 2005, A series of images documents Makah Indian canoes participating in the Inter-Tribal Ocean-Going Canoe Journey, Paddle to Elwha, in August 2005. The journey included Peril Point in Clallam Bay, Washington, and Sooke and Beecher Bay in British Columbia, as well as arriving for an inter-tribal rendezvous at Port Angeles, Washington, Images in the state of Washington include the Makah Days celebration in Neah Bay, fishing with gillnets on the Sooes River, a series of portraits created in a longhouse of the Makah Indians, and a prison sweat lodge ceremony at the Clallam Bay Correctional Facility in Clallam Bay, and A series of images documents the dedication of a totem pole in Comox, British Columbia
Description:
Photographs signed by the photographer on verso. and Collection includes brief descriptions of the photographs by the photographer.
Subject (Geographic):
Washington (State), Beecher Bay, Clallam Bay (Wash.), Comox (B.C.), Makah Indian Reservation (Wash.), Neah Bay (Wash.), Port Angeles (Wash.), Sooes River (Wash.), and Sooke (B.C.)
Subject (Name):
Luck, Owen Craig, 1947-, Clallam Bay Corrections Center, and Makah Days (2005 : Neah Bay, Wash.)
Subject (Topic):
Gillnetting, Indians of North America, Fishing, Makah Indians, and Totem poles
