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A display of items to be given away at a potlatch
Part of MOA General Media collection
This photograph, originally taken by William or Jean Halliday, shows a display of items to be given away at a potlatch in Alert Bay. The caption for the slide gives the date as 1910 but the BC Archives lists the date for this photograph as between 1897 and 1933. This photograph is housed at the BC Archives, #H-03976.
Agnes Alfred and Daisy Sewid-Smith at Jimmy Sewid's house
Conversation between Agnes Alfred and her granddaughter Daisy Sewid-Smith., recorded by Martine Reid at Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy Sewid's house, Campbell River on February 18, 1975.
Side 1: Agnes Alfred ad Daisy discuss the 1921 "illegal" potlatch at Village Island followed by the arrest of many participants, including herself and her husband.
Side 2: Regular and larger canoes, Agnes' may names and the origins of the names, where she was born, her houses, menstruation, pregnancy, having children, reincarnation, aristocracy, etc.
Martine J. Reid
Alert Bay Potlatch for Tony Hunt, name giving and presenting his personal song
Part of Anthony Carter fonds
Image looking toward the seated drummers at the potlatch, with carved columns, a dancer, and the fire visible.
Anthony Carter
Alert Bay Potlatch for Tony Hunt, name giving and presenting his personal song
Part of Anthony Carter fonds
Image of a group of performers, including children, in the center of the potlatch.
Anthony Carter
Alert Bay Potlatch for Tony Hunt, name giving and presenting his personal song
Part of Anthony Carter fonds
Image of dancers at the potlatch with a set of poles in the background.
Anthony Carter
Alert Bay Potlatch for Tony Hunt, name giving and presenting his personal song
Part of Anthony Carter fonds
Image of a masked dancer at the potlatch.
Anthony Carter
Alert Bay Potlatch for Tony Hunt, name giving and presenting his personal song
Part of Anthony Carter fonds
Image of a masked dancer at the potlatch.
Anthony Carter
Alert Bay Potlatch for Tony Hunt, name giving and presenting his personal song
Part of Anthony Carter fonds
Image of dancers at the potlatch with a set of poles in the background.
Anthony Carter
Alert Bay Potlatch for Tony Hunt, name giving and presenting his personal song
Part of Anthony Carter fonds
Image of a dancer at the potlatch, with set of poles in the background and fire in the foreground.
Anthony Carter
Alert Bay Potlatch for Tony Hunt, name giving and presenting his personal song
Part of Anthony Carter fonds
Image of a masked dancer at the potlatch.
Anthony Carter
Alert Bay Potlatch for Tony Hunt, name giving and presenting his personal song
Part of Anthony Carter fonds
Image of attendees of the potlatch.
Anthony Carter
Alert Bay Potlatch for Tony Hunt, name giving and presenting his personal song
Part of Anthony Carter fonds
Image of attendees of the potlatch.
Anthony Carter
Alert Bay Potlatch for Tony Hunt, name giving and presenting his personal song
Part of Anthony Carter fonds
Image of a masked dancer at the potlatch.
Anthony Carter
Alert Bay Potlatch for Tony Hunt, name giving and presenting his personal song
Part of Anthony Carter fonds
Image of the seated crowd at the potlatch.
Anthony Carter
Alert Bay Potlatch for Tony Hunt, name giving and presenting his personal song
Part of Anthony Carter fonds
Image of a dancer and the crowd at the potlatch.
Anthony Carter
Alert Bay Potlatch for Tony Hunt, name giving and presenting his personal song
Part of Anthony Carter fonds
Image looking toward the seated drummers at the potlatch, with carved columns and the fire visible.
Anthony Carter
Alert Bay Potlatch for Tony Hunt, name giving and presenting his personal song
Part of Anthony Carter fonds
Image of dancers at the potlatch.
Anthony Carter
Alert Bay Potlatch for Tony Hunt, name giving and presenting his personal song
Part of Anthony Carter fonds
Image of a group drumming on a pole at the potlatch.
Anthony Carter
Alert Bay Potlatch for Tony Hunt, name giving and presenting his personal song
Part of Anthony Carter fonds
Image of dancers at the potlatch with pole carving in the background.
Anthony Carter
Alert Bay Potlatch for Tony Hunt, name giving and presenting his personal song
Part of Anthony Carter fonds
Image of dancer at the potlatch who has taken off his mask and is holding it. The fire is in the foreground, and poles are in the background.
Anthony Carter