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Table of Contents
Totem Poles According to Location
Page 435
Tsimsyan-Niskæs
Page 435
Gitiks and Angyadæ Villages (Down Nass River)
Page 435
Pole of Negwa'on of Angyada
Page 435
Gitwinksihlk (At the Canyon of the Nass)
Page 435
Pole of Gwaneks and 'Weelarhæ
Page 435
Half-Protruding Pole
Page 438
Gitlarhdamks (Up River)
Page 439
Wolf Phratry
Page 439
Pole of Towq
Page 439
Pole of 'Neesyoq and 'Neeskyinwæt
Page 442
Totem Poles of 'Neesyoq
Page 442
Pole of Kyærhk
Page 444
Roasted-Person
Page 444
Pole of Sqateen
Page 445
Spearing-the-Sky
Page 445
Village-on-Tree
Page 448
Packing-Robins
Page 448
Two Totems of Kstiyaorh
Page 448
Totem Pole of Kungyaw
Page 448
Commemoration of Temnunrh
Page 449
Eagle Phratry
Page 451
Whereon-Sits-the-Woodpecker
Page 451
Fireweed Phratry
Page 451
One-Fireweed
Page 451
Whereon-Sits-the-Goose
Page 452
Tsimsyans Proper (Port Simpson, Skeena River, Southern Tsimsyans)
Page 453
Port Simpson
Page 453
List of Totem Poles at Port Simpson
Page 453
Killer-Whale Phratry
Page 454
Pole of Neeswairhs
Page 454
The Liguidihl
Page 455
Pole Called Mirage
Page 455
Mirage Hlækan
Page 454
Sun as a House-Front Painting
Page 455
Pole of Neesloot and Weenæs (Garfield)
Page 456
Porpoise-Like Pole
Page 456
Gamayæm's Flagpole
Page 456
Fireweed Pole
Page 456
Pole of Suhallait (Garfield)
Page 456
Raven Phratry
Page 457
The Mortuary Pole of Dakawmilsk (Garfield)
Page 457
Totem Poles of the Sea-Lion
Page 457
Pole of the Raven
Page 458
Klameen Pole of Neeshawt
Page 458
Chief-Raven House Front
Page 458
Raven and Salmon-River Crests
Page 458
Pole of the Dog
Page 459
Dog on Totem Poles
Page 459
Bullhead Poles of Nteetshleelks
Page 459
Wolf Phratry
Page 459
Pole of Halaidem-kan
Page 460
Dancer-of-Wood (Garfield)
Page 460
Eagle Phratry
Page 460
Dogfish-Fin of Legyarh
Page 460
Pole of Lukawl
Page 460
Mixed
Page 460
Tsimsyan Pole at the Field Columbian Exhibition (Deans)
Page 460
Totem Pole of Skeena River (Harriman)
Page 461
Tsimsyans Proper (Canyon of the Skeena)
Page 461
Robin-Woman and Blue-Bill-Duck-Woman (Myth)
Page 463
Totem Poles at the Kitselas Canyon (Emmons)
Page 464
Fireweed and Killer-Whale Phratry
Page 464
Fireweed Pole of Neeshaiwærhs
Page 464
Fireweed Poles of Neesnawæ
Page 465
Four Welmis House Posts of Læns
Page 466
Raven Phratry
Page 468
Grandfather-of-Red-Hair Pole
Page 468
Poles of Larahnitsk
Page 468
Pole of Thunder
Page 468
Island (Gitrhahla) Tsimsyans
Page 469
Island (Gitrhahla) Tsimsyans
Page 469
Gispewudwade Phratry
Page 469
Carved Crests of Hale
Page 469
Totem of Light (Hale)
Page 470
Pole of Kiyout
Page 470
Whole-Killer-Whale of Tsakawle
Page 470
Garment-of-Blackfish
Page 471
Raven Phratry
Page 471
Ten-Faces-Across-the-Top
Page 471
Poles of Wakhæs
Page 472
Wolf Phratry
Page 472
The White-Owl
Page 473
Metlakatla
Page 473
Neeslaranos Poles in the Chapel
Page 473
Southern Tsimsyans (Gitamat, Kitlawp)
Page 473
Trick-Ladder of Tseebasæ
Page 473
Where-the-Blackfish-Collide
Page 473
Snag Crest
Page 473
Pole at Gitamat
Page 474
Pole Commemorating Kapskoltsh (Now at Stockholm, Sweden)
Page 474
Haidas
Page 479
Skidegate and Southern Tribes
Page 479
Skidegate and the Southern Villages (Dawson)
Page 479
Skidegate Indian Village (Dawson)
Page 483
Totems of Chief Skidegate (Swanton)
Page 483
Totem Pole Carvers at Skidegate
Page 483
Pole of The-Younger-Brother (Swanton)
Page 483
Grave-Post of Chief Skidegate (Swanton)
Page 483
Sea-Monster Pole (Deans)
Page 485
Totem of the Rotten-House-People (Swanton)
Page 487
A Gitins House with Poles and Posts (Swanton)
Page 488
Pole and House of Cathlingscoon (Deans)
Page 488
Inside House Posts of Thunderbird Now at Victoria (Swanton)
Page 490
Inside House Posts of Thunderbird at the Provincial Museum, Victoria, B.C. (W. A. Newcombe)
Page 491
Beaver, Raven, Sun, and Grizzly Pole (Deans)
Page 491
Grave Poles of Skidegate and Old Gold Harbour (Swanton)
Page 494
Totem Poles at New Gold Harbour (Jacobsen)
Page 495
Totem Poles of Tsahl
Page 496
Migration of Hippa Island Families (Swanton)
Page 498
Children-of-Nastow
Page 498
Cumshewa
Page 499
Pole of Kohlans
Page 499
Pole of Gitkagyas (Swanton)
Page 499
Raven and Thunderbird Pole
Page 499
Skedans
Page 504
The Skedans' Close Association with Gitrhahla (Swanton)
Page 504
Pole of Neeswas (Swanton)
Page 512
Tanu
Page 512
Poles of Tanu (W. A. Newcombe)
Page 512
Grizzly and Killer-Whale
Page 512
Ninstints
Page 526
The Ninstints Tribe Becoming Extinct (Deans)
Page 526
The Ninstints, Described by Swanton
Page 526
The Ninstints Tribe as Now Described
Page 528
The Ninstints Eagles (Swanton)
Page 530
Whale-Slave's Totem Pole (Deans)
Page 530
Anget Totem
Page 534
Raven with Protruding Tongue
Page 534
Unidentified
Page 538
Killer-Whale Totem in Bremen, Germany
Page 538
House Posts at the Pitt-Rivers Museum, Oxford, England
Page 538
Grizzly Bear and Raven of Massett (C. F. Newcombe)
Page 546
McGill Totem Pole in Montreal
Page 553
Massett Group
Page 561
Northern Villages of the Haidas in 1878 (Dawson)
Page 561
Tian and Hippah Island
Page 563
An Inside Pole of Edensaw at Kyusta (Swanton)
Page 563
Kyusta Village
Page 563
Yakun Village
Page 565
Raven of Klaskun
Page 565
Ginaawan Pole (Swanton)
Page 567
Pole at Fox Warren, England (Tyler)
Page 567
Pole at the Pitt-Rivers Museum, Oxford, England (Tyler)
Page 567
Raven Totem of Massett, Now in Jasper Park
Page 568
Who Carved the Jasper Pole
Page 570
Old Massett
Page 570
Stihltæ's Pole at Massett (Swanton)
Page 570
Qingi Poles and Beams of Massett (Swanton)
Page 570
Pole of Weeæ's Wife at Massett (Swanton)
Page 570
Pole of Qogis (Swanton)
Page 571
Pole of Great Breakers (Swanton)
Page 571
Pole of He-Whose-Voice-Is-Obeyed (Swanton)
Page 572
Pole of Kuiyans (Swanton)
Kaigani Haidas (Southern Alaska)
Page 575
Kaigani Haidas (Niblack)
Page 575
Origin of the Kaigani Haidas (Swanton)
Page 578
Migrations of the Haidas (Beynon)
Page 585
Kasaan Village (Niblack)
Page 585
Totem Poles of Old Kasaan (Corser)
Page 585
House at Old Kasaan (Keithahn)
Page 591
House Posts in Chief Skowl's House (Niblack)
Page 591
Mortuary Columns Near Howkan (Niblack)
Page 591
Poles at Sukkwan (Keithahn)
Page 599
Old-Witch Pole of Sukkwan (Keithahn)
Page 599
Tlingits
Page 602
Southern Villages
Page 602
Pole from Tongas (Deans)
Page 602
Totems of Tongas (Corser)
Page 602
Mortuary Column of Chief Kootenah (Niblack)
Page 608
Fog-Woman and Kudjuk at Ketchikan (Keithahn)
Page 608
Poles at Tuxecan (Keithahn)
Page 609
Wrangell
Page 610
Totem Poles of Wrangell (Andrews)
Page 610
Totems of Shaiks
Page 610
Wolf Totem of 1869 (Andrews)
Page 618
Wolf Totem (Corser)
Page 618
Pole of Katishan (Swanton)
Page 618
Kadashan Totem Poles (Corser)
Page 618
Koodashan of the Tarqueneedy (Corser)
Page 619
Kadashan and Goonyah Poles (Corser)
Page 620
Grave Posts (Swanton)
Page 620
Grave Posts of Tcukanedi (Swanton)
Page 620
Grave Post Stuwuga (Swanton)
Page 620
Grave of Shustocks (Niblack)
Page 620
Graves at the Bear Totem Store (Corser)
Page 621
Dancing Cane (Swanton)
Page 621
Kayak Totem Pole (Corser)
Page 621
Beaver of Kilisnu and Kicksetti Totem Myth (Corser)
Page 622
Beaver, Duktut, and Kayak Pole (Corser)
Page 623
Totem of Kolteen (Keithahn)
Page 623
New Tagcook Pole (Keithahn)
Page 623
Devil's Thumb (Keithahn)
Page 627
Goonya Totem (Corser)
Page 627
Northern Tlingits
Page 627
Totem Poles at Sitka (Corser)
Page 627
Mountain-House of the Ravens (Shotridge)
Page 629
House Posts of the Wolf House at Sitka
Page 629
Totems at Kake (Kindle)
Page 629
Sitka Totems (Corser)
Page 632
Tlingit House Posts (Krause)
Page 633
Bella Coolas
Page 636
House Portal at the Old Pagan Village
Page 636
House Frontal Pole of Tallio
Page 637
Two Doorway Carvings (Deans)
Page 637
Two House Frontals at Tallio (W. A. Newcombe)
Page 637
House Post Collected by Jacobsen for Chicago
Page 645
Chief Clelaman's Memorial
Page 645
Kwakiutls
Page 651
Fort Rupert
Page 651
Kyinanuk Family of Tongas (Tlingit)
Page 651
David Hunt's Totem Pole
Page 657
The Hunt Totem Pole
Page 657
Statue To-Speak-Through (Hope Island, Boas)
Page 660
Commemoration of Hegwugyelagwaw
Page 660
Monument of Kwakwabales
Page 663
Graveyard Pole of Tsawlarhlehlilaakwe
Page 663
Speak-Through Post
Page 663
Alert Bay and Other Kwakiutl Villages
Page 673
Thunderbird of Wawkyas
Page 673
Talking Stick of Chief Wawkyas
Page 673
Talking Stick of Chief Wakius (Goodfellow)
Page 680
Sisa-kaulas (Goodfellow)
Page 681
Raven Totem (Corser)
Page 682
Raven-of-the-Sea
Page 682
Sun Totem
Page 685
Sinsintlæ Post (Boas)
Page 685
Chief Sesarhawles' Pole
Page 685
Bullhead Graveyard Pole
Page 685
Graveyard Pole of Tsagalahl
Page 685
Doorway to a Koskimo House (Shotridge)
Page 685
Newettee Totem Pole (Boas)
Page 696
The Tsonogoa of Old Nahwittee
Page 696
Pole of the Denarhtoq (Knight Inlet)
Page 696
Poles of Tsawadi (Knight Inlet)
Page 696
Inside Poles of Tsawadi (W. A. Newcombe)
Page 696
Post of Sadi (Knight Inlet)
Page 696
House Posts Showing Dsonoqua
Page 696
House Posts of Lelarha (Boas)
Page 698
House Posts of the Nannimoach (Deans)
Page 698
Commemoration Statues (Boas)
Page 702
Bella Bella Pole 1
Page 702
Bella Bella Pole 2
Page 704
Carved Posts of Nahwittee (2)
Page 704
House Posts of Cape Mudge
Page 708
Totem Poles of Alert Bay (Corser)
Page 708
Paintings and Carved Posts (Leeson Photos)
Page 723
Nootkas
Page 724
Nootkas Had No Totem Poles (Emmons)
Page 724
No Totem Poles Formerly (Sapir)
Page 726
Bear and Seal Carved Posts of Alberni
Page 726
Bear and Anitsatnas (Clayoquot)
Page 731
Quatsino Totem Pole
Page 731
Skate Painting of Alberni
Page 731
Inside-House Poles at Sarita (W. A. Newcombe)
Page 731
Welcome Poles at Ohiat (W. A. Newcombe)
Page 731
Salishes
Page 731
Totem Poles and Posts Among the Salish (Barnett)
Page 731
South of Deep Bay (Barnett)
Page 753
House Post at Comox (Emmons)
Page 755
Salish Inside-House Poles (W. A. Newcombe)
Page 759
Inside-House Pole (W. A. Newcombe)
Page 759
Comox Totem Poles and Paintings (Barnett)
Page 759
Grave Posts from Ruby Creek (W. A. Newcombe)
Page 760
Synthesis and Compilation
Page 762
The Growth of Heraldry or Totemism on the North Pacific Coast
Page 762
Mythical Beings and Crests (Ravenhill)
Page 768
Crests of the Gitksan Tribes
Page 768
Crests and Totems (Deasy)
Page 769
Lack of System Among Haidas, Tsimsyans, and Tlingits (Swanton)
Page 769
Lack of Uniformity in Classification of Crests Among Haidas, Tsimsyans, and Tlingits (Swanton)
Page 769
Comparative Study of Myths Embodied in Totem Poles (Boas)
Page 770
Spider Woman and Butterfly Myths in Siberia (Bogoras)
Page 770
Mythical and Folklore Themes (Thompson)
Page 770
Numbers
Page 772
Carved Columns in the North (Deans)
Page 772
Appraisal (Dawson)
Page 772
Tuxecan Poles in 1922
Page 773
Painted House-Front and Doorway Carvings
Page 773
Native Paints (Niblack, 1885)
Page 773
Painting on Poles and House Fronts (Emmons, 1930)
Page 773
House-Front Paintings (Emmons)
Page 773
How Totem Poles Were Painted (Keithahn)
Page 774
Painted Houses Among the Tlingits (Swanton)
Page 774
House-Front Paintings Among the Tsimsyans
Page 777
House-Front Paintings at Gitsalas (Tsimsyan)
Page 777
Why the Gitandaw Have House Fronts Painted
Page 777
House-Front Paintings in a Gitksan Myth
Page 780
Painted Houses of Hale (Gitrhahla)
Page 780
Mural Carving and Painting at Gitrhahla
Page 780
House Paintings of Where-Opens-the-Sky (Gitrhahla)
Page 782
Painted House Fronts Among the Kwakiutls (Deans)
Page 782
Killer-Whale at Lirhsiwæ (Boas)
Page 782
Painted House Fronts of the Kwakiutls (Boas)
Page 782
Crests Painted on House Fronts of the Kwakiutls
Page 783
House-Front Paintings Among the Coast Salishes (Boas)
Page 783
Monumental Carvings
Page 783
Classification Among the Haidas (Dawson)
Page 783
Types of Carved Poles (Swanton)
Page 783
Totem Poles and Mortuary Columns (Niblack)
Page 785
Types of Carved Columns (W. A. Newcombe)
Page 785
Kaigani Mortuary Columns (Niblack)
Page 785
Memorial Poles Among the Tlingits (Swanton)
Page 786
Types of Totem Poles Among the Tlingits (Jones)
Page 786
Grave Posts Among the Haidas (Dawson)
Page 786
Types of Totem Poles (Keithahn)
Page 786
Inside House Posts Among the Tlingit (Keithahn)
Page 787
Types of Haida Totem Poles
Page 787
Names for Totem Poles Among the Niskæ
Page 787
Tlingit Name for Totem Pole (Jones)
Page 787
Comparisons Between Tsimsyans and Haidas
Page 787
Definition of Totem Pole (Raley)
Page 788
Definition of Totem Pole (Dudoward)
Page 788
Stone Pillar of Gitsalas
Page 788
Models of Poles and Posts Among the Haidas (Swanton)
Page 788
Substitutes for Totem Poles (Garfield)
Page 788
Totem Carvers, Technique
Page 789
Types of Carvers Among the Kitka'ata Tsimsyans
Page 789
How a Haida Pole Was Made (Deans)
Page 791
The Old House with Totem at Kayan (Swanton)
Page 791
Selection and Carving of a Pole Among the Haidas
Page 791
Method of Selecting and Carving a Pole (Keithahn)
Page 793
The Technique of Carving Totem Poles (Keithahn)
Page 795
Tools for Carving Among the Tlingit (Keithahn)
Page 795
Carvers at Wrangell
Page 795
How a Totem Pole Was Erected (Keithahn)
Page 795
How Haida Poles Were Made (Deans)
Page 796
Technique of the Gitksans
Page 796
Gitksan Carvers of Totem Poles
Page 798
Kwakiutl Totem-Pole Carvers
Page 798
The Northern Frontier of Red Cedar (Keithahn)
Page 800
Northern Frontier of Totem Poles (Keithahn)
Page 800
Evolution of Design Among the Tlingit (Swanton)
Page 800
Abalone Shells on Totem Poles
Page 800
The Growth of Totem-Pole Carving - Early Records
Page 801
I.
Early Travel and Exploration
Page 801
1.
Captain James Cook (1778)
Page 801
2.
Captain George Dixon (1785)
Page 801
3.
De la Pérouse (1785)
Page 803
4.
Haswell (1787)
Page 803
5.
John Meares (1788)
Page 803
6.
John Bartlett (1790)
Page 803
7.
Etienne Marchand (1791)
Page 803
8.
Manuel Quimper (1790)
Page 805
9.
Hoskins (1790)
Page 806
10.
Captain Joseph Ingraham (1791)
Page 806
11.
Captain George Vancouver (1792)
Page 806
12.
Jacinto Caamano (1792)
Page 808
13.
Boit (1792)
Page 809
14.
Camille de Roquefeuille (1816)
Page 809
15.
Capitaine Péron (1824)
Page 810
16.
Jonathan S. Green (1829)
Page 810
II.
Comments by Later Observers
Page 810
17.
James Deans (1862-1870)
Page 810
18.
James Deans (1870-1880)
Page 810
19.
James G. Swan (1874)
Page 813
20.
James Deans (1860's)
Page 814
21.
James Deans (1884)
Page 816
22.
A. P. Niblack (1888)
Page 817
23.
J. R. Swanton (1904)
Page 817
24.
John W. Arctander (1909)
Page 817
25.
Mrs. Lewis Shotridge (1913)
Page 818
26.
Livingston F. Jones (1914)
Page 818
27.
Edward L. Keithahn (1945)
Page 818
28.
Fred S. Johnston (1947)
Page 818
29.
Poles in Alaska in the 1880's (Keithahn)
Page 318
30.
The Age of Totem Poles (Keithahn)
Page 819
31.
The Art of the Northwest Coast Is Recent (Keithahn)
Page 821
32.
The Age of Totem Poles (W. A. Newcombe)
Page 821
33.
Nass Origin of Detached Poles (Raley)
Page 821
34.
Age of the Gitksan Poles on Upper Skeena River
Page 821
III.
In Mythology and Tales
Page 821
35.
The Raven Makes a Totem Pole (Swanton)
Page 821
36.
Dreaming of Totem Poles
Page 822
37.
The First Totem (Paul)
Page 824
IV.
Opinions of the Tsimsyan and Haida Informants as to Age of Art of Carving and Erecting Totem Poles
Page 825
38.
Edensaw
Page 825
39.
Mrs. Susan Grey
Page 825
40.
Henry Young
Page 825
41.
Alfred Young
Page 828
42.
Dennis Wood
Page 828
Early Culture Contacts on the Northwest Coast
Page 831
Early Russian Contacts in Alaska from 1785 to 1795 (Quimby)
Page 833
Haida Carvers Widely Travelled
Page 837
Workshop Items
Page 837
Sources of Information
Page 843
Bibliography
Page 845
Addenda
Page 848
Conservation and Restoration of Totem Poles
Page 849
Conservation of Totem Poles
Page 849
Totem Restoration in Recent Decades (Keithahn)
Page 854
Totem Poles Destroyed (Keithahn)
Page 855
Totem Poles at Sitka Not Really Sitkan (Keithahn)
Page 856
Restoration of Gitksan Totem Poles
Page 859
Restoration of Totem Poles Among the Tsimsyans
Page 859
Why Fallen Totems Are Abandoned
Page 859
Edition Notes
v. 1 According to crests and topics. v. 2 According to location.
Includes original title pages.
Originally published: National Museum of Canada, 1950. (Bulletin ; 119) (Anthropological Series ; no. 30)
Includes bibliographical references: p. 845-848.
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