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Journal of a voyage from Fort Vancouver, Columbia to York factory, Hudson's Bay, 1841
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Manuscripts
Enclosed in William Denny letter to John Campbell, 1757 June 18 (LO 3853 or LO 3854).
LO 459
Visual Materials
The photograph documented the Bighouse Wakas pole of Ḱwamx’udi, Chief Wakius (Charlie James Wakius) (1870-1938) of the Kwakwaka'wakw First Nations of 'Yalis (Alert Bay, British Columbia). The Kwakwaka'wakw people carved poles to record their history and culture to preserve their traditions. The photograph shows a full Thunderbird in flight atop the pole with a Killer Whale in its talons; beneath the whale is a wolf with its head facing down; a human that represents the Wakius ancestors stands above a Hokw-Hokw, a bird that can crack a human skull; a Grizzly Bear; and at the bottom is the Raven which was used as an entrance during celebrations, the beak made from a canoe opened. Also shown in the photograph are four men standing to the left of the Waka pole near the regular door used for daily activities. The building front does not have the painted wings of the Raven as shown in various other photographs. Annotation in pencil on verso, "2105 - Bush."
photPF 3860
