Identity area
Type of entity
Person
Authorized form of name
Agnes Cranmer
Parallel form(s) of name
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
Other form(s) of name
- Agnes Hunt
Identifiers for corporate bodies
Description area
Dates of existence
History
Agnes "Big Granny" Cranmer (nee Hunt) of Tsax̱is (Fort Rupert), carried the name Gwanti'lakw, meaning "born to be heavy (referring to wealth)." Agnes married hereditary Chief Dan Cranmer of the 'Namgis band of Alert Bay, and they had several children, including Bill and Doug Cranmer (Kesu'), and Gloria Cranmer. Franz Boas stayed at her house on one of his visits. Later, Agnes Cranmer and her first cousin Nunu (Helen Knox) gave Boas' descendants, Norman and Doris Boas, names at a potlatch. She taught traditional dancing for many years at the 'Namgis Band School and served as a resource consultant for the Learning Kwak'wala series (1980-1981) and for its accompanying teacher training program.
Places
Legal status
Functions, occupations and activities
Mandates/sources of authority
Internal structures/genealogy
General context
Interview with Agnes Cranmer for CBC, 1967 https://ourspace.uregina.ca/bitstream/handle/10294/906/IH-BC.34.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y and https://search-bcarchives.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/agnes-cranmer-interview