The majority of this file contains historical images of the Tlingit and Tahltan First Nations and their respective villages. The other images are of Tlingit or Tahltan artifacts housed in various museums in Canada and the United States. The historic images are of Tlingit or Tahltan villages which include images of Northwest Coast architecture, houses posts and totem poles, canoes, and other household items such as bowls, weavings, and bentwood boxes. There are also some images of the Tlingit people in regalia. The textual records contained in this file is a paper titled "The History of the Babine Carriers," written by Wilfred Adam for the class Education 479, Cross Cultural Education.
Includes correspondence and research related to Tlingit collection at MOA; one disc of photos of items in eth collection; and a copy of "Opening the Curtain: Tlingit and Haida Elders and Spiritual Leaders Discuss the Meanings and Classifications of Cultural Artifacts and Human Remains in Museum Collections" (February 1998).
Subseries contains records related to the <i>Tlingit Long-tail Canoe</i> exhibit held in Gallery 3 at MOA. The exhibit features a newly carved 38 foot Tlingit long-tail canoe created by Mr. Calvin Hunt to honour his great, great Tlingit grandmother, Anisalaga (nee Mary Ebbets). The exhibit ran from October 15 – December 13, 2009. Records include correspondence and proposals regarding the creation of the exhibit, photographs and photocopies of canoes and public relations materials promoting the exhibit.
File mainly contains textual records related to the Tlingit Long-tail Canoe Exhibit. Textual records mainly consist of photocopies of historical photographs of Tlingit canoes. Other textual records include copies of correspondence between McLennan and the Royal British Columbia Museum, where many of the images were obtained from, and information about the exhibit, including a promotional handout, and a project report.
The images contained in this file are historic photographs of Tlingit canoes.
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