Pole-in-Sand

Raised by Chief Wiseks (Stephen Morgan) of the Fireweed phratry (Gisgahst) at the 1945 potlatch. The pole represents the great sandbar at the mouth of the Skeena River. It was a supernatural (Spanaxnox) that protected the Gitxsan from Tlingit and Haida raiders. The Stone Bear memorial in the foregro...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: G. MacDonald
Format: Still Image
Language:unknown
Published: 1972
Subjects:
Tsimshian > Gitxsan > Totem Pole > Gitsegukla > Gitseguecla > Kitseguecla >
Tsimshian > Gitxsan > Gitsegukla > Totem Pole > Gitsegukla > Gitseguecla > Kitseguecla >
Skeena
Skeena River
Kitseguecla
tlingit
Tsimshian
Tsimshian*
Online Access:https://digital.lib.sfu.ca/billreid-5139/pole-sand
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spelling ftsfrazerunivdc:oai:digital.lib.sfu.ca:billreid_5139 2023-05-15T18:33:20+02:00 Pole-in-Sand G. MacDonald Gitsegukla 1972 https://digital.lib.sfu.ca/billreid-5139/pole-sand unknown billreid:5139 local: Gitsegukla42 uuid: 0a9d5559-aa34-4060-9133-bbf51ee6bc77 https://digital.lib.sfu.ca/billreid-5139/pole-sand Tsimshian--Gitxsan--Totem Pole--Gitsegukla--Gitseguecla--Kitseguecla-- Tsimshian--Gitxsan--Gitsegukla--Totem Pole--Gitsegukla--Gitseguecla--Kitseguecla-- Photographs StillImage 1972 ftsfrazerunivdc 2019-07-10T07:05:10Z Raised by Chief Wiseks (Stephen Morgan) of the Fireweed phratry (Gisgahst) at the 1945 potlatch. The pole represents the great sandbar at the mouth of the Skeena River. It was a supernatural (Spanaxnox) that protected the Gitxsan from Tlingit and Haida raiders. The Stone Bear memorial in the foreground is In memory of Chief Mark We-get". The bear originally had a small branch attached to its back." Still Image tlingit Tsimshian Tsimshian* SFU Digitized Collections (Simon Fraser University) Skeena ENVELOPE(-130.198,-130.198,53.646,53.646) Skeena River ENVELOPE(-130.113,-130.113,54.015,54.015) Kitseguecla ENVELOPE(-127.833,-127.833,55.083,55.083)
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topic Tsimshian--Gitxsan--Totem Pole--Gitsegukla--Gitseguecla--Kitseguecla--
Tsimshian--Gitxsan--Gitsegukla--Totem Pole--Gitsegukla--Gitseguecla--Kitseguecla--
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Pole-in-Sand
topic_facet Tsimshian--Gitxsan--Totem Pole--Gitsegukla--Gitseguecla--Kitseguecla--
Tsimshian--Gitxsan--Gitsegukla--Totem Pole--Gitsegukla--Gitseguecla--Kitseguecla--
description Raised by Chief Wiseks (Stephen Morgan) of the Fireweed phratry (Gisgahst) at the 1945 potlatch. The pole represents the great sandbar at the mouth of the Skeena River. It was a supernatural (Spanaxnox) that protected the Gitxsan from Tlingit and Haida raiders. The Stone Bear memorial in the foreground is In memory of Chief Mark We-get". The bear originally had a small branch attached to its back."
author2 G. MacDonald
format Still Image
title Pole-in-Sand
title_short Pole-in-Sand
title_full Pole-in-Sand
title_fullStr Pole-in-Sand
title_full_unstemmed Pole-in-Sand
title_sort pole-in-sand
publishDate 1972
url https://digital.lib.sfu.ca/billreid-5139/pole-sand
op_coverage Gitsegukla
long_lat ENVELOPE(-130.198,-130.198,53.646,53.646)
ENVELOPE(-130.113,-130.113,54.015,54.015)
ENVELOPE(-127.833,-127.833,55.083,55.083)
geographic Skeena
Skeena River
Kitseguecla
geographic_facet Skeena
Skeena River
Kitseguecla
genre tlingit
Tsimshian
Tsimshian*
genre_facet tlingit
Tsimshian
Tsimshian*
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