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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ftsfrazerunivdc:oai:digital.lib.sfu.ca:billreid_360 2023-05-15T16:16:16+02:00 Village Island, de Menil Collection Adelaide de Menil Mimkwamlis (Village Island) 1968 https://digital.lib.sfu.ca/billreid-360/village-island-de-menil-collection unknown billreid:360 local: V.I.BC 68-7-10R-16 uuid: 20ce3218-f5d3-481c-b721-2b07470a3e88 https://digital.lib.sfu.ca/billreid-360/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--Bear-- Kwakwaka'wakw --- Mimkwamlis (Village Island)--Housepost--Bear-- Photographs StillImage 1968 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) Halliday ENVELOPE(-128.617,-128.617,54.476,54.476) Indian |
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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. |
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Adelaide de Menil |
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Village Island, de Menil Collection |
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Village Island, de Menil Collection |
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Village Island, de Menil Collection |
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Village Island, de Menil Collection |
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Village Island, de Menil Collection |
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village island, de menil collection |
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1968 |
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https://digital.lib.sfu.ca/billreid-360/village-island-de-menil-collection |
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Mimkwamlis (Village Island) |
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ENVELOPE(-128.617,-128.617,54.476,54.476) |
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Halliday Indian |
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Halliday Indian |
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First Nations |
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First Nations |
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© 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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