Kwakiutl village at Fort Rupert, British Columbia, 1914

• Main Author: Curtis, Edward S., 1868-1952
• Other Authors: University of Washington Libraries
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Subjects: Kwakiutl Indians > Structures; Kwakiutl Indians > Arts & crafts; Totem poles > British Columbia > Fort Rupert; Canada; Indian; British Columbia; Rupert; tlingit; Tsimshian; Tsimshian*; Alaska
• Online Access: http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/loc/id/2274; http://content.lib.washington.edu/cgi-bin/htmlview.exe?CISOROOT=/loc&CISOPTR=2274

Houses and totem poles. This village of Tsahi was founded in 1840 when the tribe abandoned Kalokwis on Turnour Island in order to be near the Hudson's Bay Company post which was being established at Fort Rupert on Vancouver Island. The totem pole in the foreground commemorates the legendary his...