The totem poles and monuments of Gitwangak village / George F. MacDonald.

Main entry:

MacDonald, George F.

Title & Author:

The totem poles and monuments of Gitwangak village / George F. MacDonald.

Publication:

Ottawa, Ont. : National Historic Parks and Sites Branch, Parks Canada, Environment Canada ; Hull, Quebec, Canada : Canadian Govt. Pub. Centre, Supply and Services Canada [distributor], 1984.

Description:

160 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Series:

Studies in archaeology, architecture, and history, 0821-1027

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-160).
A photographic survey of Gitwangak Village -- An account of the potlatches of Hlengwah -- the totem poles and monuments at Gitwangak Village.

Summary:

Additional keywords : Aboriginal peoples, First Nations.
"The Gitksan Indian village of Gitwangak is the best-documented totem village on the Northwest Coast. The village lies on the bank of the Skeena River in northern British Columbia, near the hilltop site of a Gitksan fort that was destroyed in the 1830's. The totem poles, erected between 1840 and 1942, are a surviving set of artifacts that record, in a unique way, the history of the Kitwanga fort and the families that occupied it."--Back cover.

Resources:
French equivalent / Équivalent français

ISBN:

0660115603 (pbk.)
9780660115603 (pbk.)

Subject:

Gitxsan Indians.
Totem poles British Columbia Gitwangak.
Gitxsan Indians Funeral customs and rites.
Totems British Columbia Gitwangak.
Native peoples British Columbia Funeral customs and rites.
Totems Colombie-Britannique Gitwangak.
Gitksan.
Mâts totémiques Colombie-Britannique Gitwangak.
Gitksan Rites et cérémonies funéraires.
Totems
Antiquities
Totem poles
Gitwangak (B.C.) Antiquities.
Gitwangak (C.-B.)
British Columbia Gitwangak

Added entries:

Studies in archaeology, architecture, and history.

Holdings:

Location: Library main canada 16679
Call No.: PO16103 CAN; ID:87-B16241
Status: Available

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