Tanaktak House, Harbeldown Island c1914.
Curtis, Edward S., 1868-1952
1 photographic print. | Stairs leading up to wooden building, topped with Kwakiutl ceremonial art; in foreground one totem pole on the left, and one pole on right with ornamentation on bottom half.

#TanaktakHouse #Curtis #EdwardS #Kwakiutl #BritishColumbia #Canada #1910-1920 #Arts&crafts #Buildings #KwakiutlIndians #Structures #Totempoles #undefined

https://www.loc.gov/item/00652626/

Mamalelekala chief's mortuary house c1914 November 13.
Curtis, Edward S., 1868-1952
1 photographic print.

#Mamalelekala #Curtis #EdwardS #1910-1920 #BritishColumbia #KwakiutlIndians #Morgues&mortuaries #Structures #Totempoles #undefined

https://www.loc.gov/item/2003652775/

One of the #Wsanec #CoastSalish #TotemPoles at Butchart Gardens. *click image to expand view*

#MonochromeMonday #IndigenousArt #NativeArt #VictoriaBC #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #PacificNorthwest #Cascadia #PNW

Kwa-Ma-Rolas Totem Pole in Chicago, Illinois

Kwanu'sila the Thunderbird has been silently watching over Chicago for more than 100 years (kind of).
Kwa-Ma-Rolas Totem Pole

Totem pole tribute to residential school victims arrives in Vancouver
https://bc.ctvnews.ca/totem-pole-tribute-to-residential-school-victims-arrives-in-vancouver-1.6451707

On National Indigenous Peoples Day (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Indigenous_Peoples_Day) a pole carved as a tribute to children who died in residential schools received an escort into Burrard Inlet from HMCS Edmonton and a Canadian Coast Guard hovercraft.

Kwakwakaʼwakw: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kwakwaka%CA%BCwakwhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kwakwaka%CA%BCwakw

#Canada #indigenous #TotemPoles #Kwakwakawakw #FirstNations #ResidentialSchools #HumanRightsViolarions #HumanRights

Now streaming on Knowledge Network "Haida Modern"

Robert Davidson has come to be regarded as one of the world's foremost modern artists.

#Canada #HaidaGwai
#BC #art #carving #TotemPoles #reconciliation