Village Island, de Menil Collection

Located at the mouth of Knights Inlet, between the north east coast of Vancouver Island and the mainland, the Mamalilikala band have inhabited this site for centuries. Mimkwamlis was once the largest village on the coast and it is also where the government and First Nations met head to head in the f...

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Other Authors: Adelaide de Menil
Format: Still Image
Language:unknown
Published: 1967
Subjects:
Kwakwaka'wakw > - Housepost > Detail > Bear >
Kwakwaka'wakw > - Mimkwamlis (Village Island) > Housepost > Detail > Bear >
Indian
Halliday
First Nations
Online Access:https://digital.lib.sfu.ca/billreid-248/village-island-de-menil-collection
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spelling ftsfrazerunivdc:oai:digital.lib.sfu.ca:billreid_248 2023-05-15T16:16:16+02:00 Village Island, de Menil Collection Adelaide de Menil Mimkwamlis (Village Island) 1967 https://digital.lib.sfu.ca/billreid-248/village-island-de-menil-collection unknown billreid:248 local: V.I.BC 67-7-15D-03 uuid: 61ae8bc5-bf63-4b0b-8b31-f1a2731b3253 https://digital.lib.sfu.ca/billreid-248/village-island-de-menil-collection © Adelaide de Menil. This image is to be used solely for the purpose of research or private study; and any use of the image for a purpose other than research or private study requires the authorization of the copyright owner of the work in question. Kwakwaka'wakw --- Housepost--Detail--Bear-- Kwakwaka'wakw --- Mimkwamlis (Village Island)--Housepost--Detail--Bear-- Photographs StillImage 1967 ftsfrazerunivdc 2019-07-10T07:05:08Z Located at the mouth of Knights Inlet, between the north east coast of Vancouver Island and the mainland, the Mamalilikala band have inhabited this site for centuries. Mimkwamlis was once the largest village on the coast and it is also where the government and First Nations met head to head in the final crushing blow to potlatching. In December 1921 Chief Dan Cranmer hosted a large potlatch that had taken seventeen years of planning and preparation. By having the potlatch at ‚Mimkwamlis, Chief Cranmer hoped to avoid notice, but Indian Agent Halliday knew of it and arrested forty-five people confiscating the cultural treasures associated with the potlatch ceremony. The people were charged with making speeches, dancing and gift-giving, and were taken to Alert Bay where they awaited trial. It would be almost 60 years before the objects were returned to their rightful owners. Still Image First Nations SFU Digitized Collections (Simon Fraser University) Indian Halliday ENVELOPE(-128.617,-128.617,54.476,54.476)
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topic Kwakwaka'wakw --- Housepost--Detail--Bear--
Kwakwaka'wakw --- Mimkwamlis (Village Island)--Housepost--Detail--Bear--
spellingShingle Kwakwaka'wakw --- Housepost--Detail--Bear--
Kwakwaka'wakw --- Mimkwamlis (Village Island)--Housepost--Detail--Bear--
Village Island, de Menil Collection
topic_facet Kwakwaka'wakw --- Housepost--Detail--Bear--
Kwakwaka'wakw --- Mimkwamlis (Village Island)--Housepost--Detail--Bear--
description Located at the mouth of Knights Inlet, between the north east coast of Vancouver Island and the mainland, the Mamalilikala band have inhabited this site for centuries. Mimkwamlis was once the largest village on the coast and it is also where the government and First Nations met head to head in the final crushing blow to potlatching. In December 1921 Chief Dan Cranmer hosted a large potlatch that had taken seventeen years of planning and preparation. By having the potlatch at ‚Mimkwamlis, Chief Cranmer hoped to avoid notice, but Indian Agent Halliday knew of it and arrested forty-five people confiscating the cultural treasures associated with the potlatch ceremony. The people were charged with making speeches, dancing and gift-giving, and were taken to Alert Bay where they awaited trial. It would be almost 60 years before the objects were returned to their rightful owners.
author2 Adelaide de Menil
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title Village Island, de Menil Collection
title_short Village Island, de Menil Collection
title_full Village Island, de Menil Collection
title_fullStr Village Island, de Menil Collection
title_full_unstemmed Village Island, de Menil Collection
title_sort village island, de menil collection
publishDate 1967
url https://digital.lib.sfu.ca/billreid-248/village-island-de-menil-collection
op_coverage Mimkwamlis (Village Island)
long_lat ENVELOPE(-128.617,-128.617,54.476,54.476)
geographic Indian
Halliday
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Halliday
genre First Nations
genre_facet First Nations
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https://digital.lib.sfu.ca/billreid-248/village-island-de-menil-collection
op_rights © Adelaide de Menil. This image is to be used solely for the purpose of research or private study; and any use of the image for a purpose other than research or private study requires the authorization of the copyright owner of the work in question.
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