Kwakwaka'wakw

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Collection Citation: Identification of specific item; Date (if known); William R. Heick photographs, image #, NMAI.AC.354; National Museum of the American Indian Archives Center, Smithsonian Institution.

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Scope and Contents: 19 photographs taken among the Kwakwake'wakw people during the filming of two short documentaries "Blunden Harbour" and "Dances of Kwakiutl." Images depict women on a beach, dancing and spectators during Winter Ceremonial, totem poles, buildings, and people in regalia. Identified in the photographs are Chief Charlie George and his wife, Chief Willie Seaweed (Heyhlamas), and Mungo Martin and his wife. Image numbers P27983-P28000.

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NMAI.AC.354

NMAIA

William R. Heick photographs

Creator

Heick, William R. (1916-2012)

Summary

This collection includes 56 oversize photographs taken by William R. Heick between 1951 and 1962 among the Diné, Pomo, Pikuni, Hupa, and Kwakwake'wakw communities.