Ksan Performing Arts Group 18_13

• Other Authors: G.F. MacDonald Collection
• Format: Still Image
• Language: unknown
• Published: 1972
• Subjects: Tsimshian > Gitxsan > Dance Regalia > Button Blanket >; Tsimshian > Gitxsan > Ksan > Dance Regalia > Button Blanket >; Morrison; Tsimshian; Tsimshian*
• Online Access: https://digital.lib.sfu.ca/billreid-649/ksan-performing-arts-group-1813

Miriam Danes' mother Bertha Star, Mary Johnson, Elsie Morrison and Lottie Muldow. During the late sixties and early seventies, 'Ksan Performing Arts Group was created. 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.