Photographs of Haida Gwaii, British Columbia
Description of Photographs
Images of Haida include portraits of Haida artisans Christian White and Vernon White as well as dancers from the Tluu Xaada Naay Society (Canoe Peoples House) including Roberta Kennedy (Haida name Kung Jaadee), Cynthia Anne Samuels (Haida name Gulee), Tiffany Amber Vanderhoop, and Bryce Williams (member of the Coast Salish). Includes images from the coronation of Allen Davidson (Haida name Skil Hiilans) from the St'langng Laanaas clan as one of the potlatched hereditary leaders of Haida, which was also attended by fellow Haida leader Roy Collison (Haida name Gya awhlans) of the Kuun Laanaas clan. Other images include the burning of a headdress by Georgia Liddle Bennett (Haida name K'inggay 'liwaans).
Images related to the Kwakwak'awakw include views at Alert Bay on Cormorant Island of totem poles, the "big house," and the derelict St. Michael’s Indian Residential School. A group of images document a potlatch at the big house in Alert Bay led by Beau Dick (Kwakwak'awakw name Walas Gwa’yam) that includes an initiation ceremony for the Hamatsa society, dances, and the burning of traditional masks with identified attendees including Corey Bullpit, Bill Cranmer, Gwaliga Hart, and Christian White.
The collection also includes a view of the mural, Sunset Whale Tail, by Jeff King at Prince Rupert.
Signed, numbered, and dated by the photographer on versos of prints.
Edition number 1 of 15.
Dates
- 2012
Creator
- Luck, Owen Craig, 1947- (Photographer)
Language of Materials
Conditions Governing Access
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Arrangement
Extent
5 Linear Feet (3 boxes)
Catalog Record
A record for this collection is available in Orbis, the Yale University Library catalog
Persistent URL
Overview
Owen Luck (born 1947)
Processing Notes
Each folder in the collection contains a single inkjet print.
- Alert Bay (B.C.) -- Pictorial works
- Bennett, Georgia Liddle -- Portraits
- British Columbia -- Pictorial works
- Bullpit, Corey -- Portraits
- Coast Salish Indians -- Pictorial works
- Coast Salish Indians -- Portraits
- Cranmer, Bill -- Portraits
- Davidson, Allen -- Portraits
- Dick, Beau, 1955-2017 -- Portraits
- Haida Gwaii (B.C.) -- Pictorial works
- Haida Indians -- Pictorial works
- Haida Indians -- Portraits
- Hart, Gwaliga -- Portraits
- Indian masks -- British Columbia -- Pictorial works
- Indians of North America -- Pictorial works
- Indians of North America -- Portraits
- Inkjet prints
- Kennedy, Roberta -- Portraits
- Kwakiutl Indians -- Pictorial works
- Kwakiutl Indians -- Portraits
- Kwakiutl Indians -- Rites and ceremonies -- Pictorial works
- Photographs
- Prince Rupert (B.C.) -- Pictorial works
- Samuels, Cynthia Anne -- Portraits
- St. Michael's Indian Residential School (Alert Bay, B.C.) -- Pictorial works
- Totem poles -- British Columbia -- Alert Bay
- Vanderhoop, Tiffany Amber -- Portraits
- White, Christian, 1962- -- Portraits
- White, Vernon, 1980- -- Portraits
- Williams, Bryce -- Portraits
- Title
- Guide to the Owen Luck, Photographs of Haida Gwaii, British Columbia
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- by Matthew Daniel Mason
- Date
- February 2018
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
Part of the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library Repository
Location
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New Haven, CT 06511
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