First Nations of North America--British Columbia

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[Smoothing canoe hull before race]

[Smoothing canoe hull before race]

Item is a photograph likely showing the Indigenous canoe race events of the Canada Day Youth Festival. Inscription on the back of print states, "Getting ready. Smoothing the bottom."

Sko-Mish-Oath : the territory of the Squamish Indian People : Indian villages and landmarks : Bur...

Sko-Mish-Oath : the territory of the Squamish Indian People : Indian villages and landmarks : Burrard Inlet and Howe Sound before the whitemans came

Item is a print of a map by Major James Skitt Matthews, City Archivist, showing villages, landmarks and rivers of Howe Sound and Burrard Inlet using their indigenous names. The map also shows elevations and wildlife populating the area. It was compiled between 1931 and 1937, with the assistance of August Jack Haatsalano (Khahtsahlano), whose attestation is included on the map. Notes on the map explain the map's nomenclature.

Matthews, James Skitt, Major

[Six First Nations girls in the Narvaez Pageant at Ambleside Park]

[Six First Nations girls in the Narvaez Pageant at Ambleside Park]

Item is a photograph showing a group of unidentified girls, likely from Squamish First Nation who were involved in the Pageant. The women are dressed in costumes styled as traditional Indigenous clothing for the event which was a reenactment of the landing of Spanish explorers led by José María Narváez and a fundraiser organized by the West Vancouver Lions Club.

School for Indian girls

School for Indian girls

Item is a photograph showing a group portrait of Indigenous girls and a teacher. Later operating as the St. Michael's Indian Residential School, the school was previously known by different names such as the Indian Girls' Home at Alert Bay or the Boarding School for Girls.

Scenery Shop pamphlet

Item is a pamphlet created for the Scenery Shop by owner W.L. Webber. Pamphlet includes legends of Siwash Rock and the thunder bird "Tootooch" on one side and an illustrated map showing Vancouver, Surrey, Coquitlam, Burnaby, North Vancouver, Sea Island and Lulu Island on the other side.

Webber, W.L.

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