Ksan Performing Arts Group 18_04

• Other Authors: G.F. MacDonald Collection
• Format: Still Image
• Language: unknown
• Published: 1972
• Subjects: Tsimshian > Gitxsan > Mask > Dance Regalia >; Tsimshian > Gitxsan > Ksan > Mask > Dance Regalia >; Canada; British Columbia; Skeena; Tsimshian; Tsimshian*
• Online Access: https://digital.lib.sfu.ca/billreid-641/ksan-performing-arts-group-1804

During the late sixties and early seventies, 'Ksan Performing Arts Group was created. The performing group has played an important part to ensure that the culture has been preserved with dignity. They have been the true ambassadors for 'Ksan, for the Gitxsan and the communities in the Upper Skeena, for the Northwest Coast Native People, and for British Columbia and Canada. These images are from the group's first national performance, Breath of Our Grandfathers, at the National Arts Centre in Ottawa. The material of their performance comes from ancient history. Names of many of the original poets, musicians, composers, choreographers and dramatists are now unknown. The regalia and props used in the performance by the group were all designed and crafted by local Gitxsan artists in the 1960s and 70s.