Totem Pole and Power Poles

Power lines and a totem pole standing in the village. Located at the mouth of Knight 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 g...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: A. de Menil
Format: Still Image
Language:unknown
Published: 1967
Subjects:
Kwakwaka'wakw > - Monument > Northwest Coast > Native > First Nation > Art >
Kwakwaka'wakw > - Mimkwamlis (Village Island) > Monument > Northwest Coast > Native > First Nation > Art >
First Nations
Online Access:https://digital.lib.sfu.ca/billreid-3761/totem-pole-and-power-poles
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Summary:Power lines and a totem pole standing in the village. Located at the mouth of Knight 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 a crushing blow to potlatching in December 1921.

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