Original photographs for sourcebook in context on sourcebook pages

Interviews conducted by Judy Thompson with Julia and Charley Callbreath, Peggy and Dale Campbell, interviews from Tahltan visit to MOA December 11-12, 2000 with Pat and Edith Carlick and Robert and Jenny Quock, Melva Quock, and Sally Havard. Also present were Pam Brown, Allison Conin, and Judy Thompson; October 2000 interview with Linda and Virginia Bob by Tanya Bob about Tahltan collections

Contact information for invitations to Tahltan community members for exhibit opening

Includes trip budget, notes, transcripts from Tahltan visit to MOA in December 2000, and correspondence.

Includes museum activity sheets completed by children at MOA, a list of Tahltan objects for a visit and photos of the visit.

Photographs from Canadian Museum Association awards ceremony and photographs of visits to museums with Indigenous exhibits

Likely related to research to help identify, name, and describe Tahltan items at MOA

Powell first went to La Push, the Quileute village in Washington State, in 1969 to complete research for his PhD dissertation Proto-Chimakuan: A Reconstruction. While he documented the language he also developed relationships with the local families. During Jensen’s initial visit to La Push, the couple began their first collaborative work with the Quileute, as Jensen photographed the community for eventual use in a language book.

Powell completed his dissertation in 1974, but the language revival projects had only just begun for Jensen and Powell. Over the next 36 years, they spent time in La Push every year, sometimes travelling down for a weekend, and sometimes staying for a month or two. The results of these regular visits are a number of general linguistic books for adults and children; Big Books on culture specific themes to be used in schools; teaching materials to be used by Quileute language and culture teachers; cultural resource studies; dictionaries; and translated stories and resources for smaller language revitalization projects. The records in this series consist of Powell’s research notes; drafts and outlines for the language books; photographs documenting the community; Jensen’s photographs taken of particular subjects for use in language and culture books; audio and visual records of events, stories, and cultural activities.

Jensen and Powell have a continuing relationship with the Quileute and are currently involved in an ongoing language revitalization project. Another dictionary is due to be published in 2009.

The series consists of eleven sub-series:
A. Research
B. Field notes
C. Administrative records
D. Publications
E. Village life photographs
F. Modern basket weavers’ photographs
G. Counting book photographs
H. Historical photographs and artefacts
I. Photographs of La Push folks
J. Audio recordings
K. Quinault materials

The newsletter contains 7 articles about the museum as well as photographs, facsimiles of artworks, and general visitor information. Subjects include the exhibition Recalling the Past: A Selection of Early Chinese Art from the Victor Shaw Collection and MOA's Asian collections, Stó:lō Chief Frank Malloway, events related to the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC), MOA's new collections management system, an award of merit granted to the production team of From Under the Delta, the publication of The Potter's Art edited by Carol Mayer, and the launch of a multi-museum admission program called The Great Escapes. Also included is a Calendar of Events.