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Nisga’a Chief Txaalaxhatkw (Frank Bolton), of the Eagle Clan of Gitlaxt'aamiks, wearing a cedar shoulder sash and ermine cape, holding two raven rattles.
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Nisga’a Chief Israel Sgat’iin in Gitlaxt’aamiks, wearing a “silver tipped” grizzly bear robe, circa 1912.
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Resolving the Nisga’a Land Question was a task taken to heart by our Nisga’a men and women. L-R: Dr. Frank Calder, Hubert Doolan, Senator Guy Williams, Eli Gosnell, unknown, William McKay, and James Gosnell.
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The Nisga’a Land Commit- tee of 1913. (L-R) 4th row: Charlie Elliot, Mark Smith, Brian Peal, Charlie Brown, William Stevens. 3rd row: Mattew
Russ, Jeremiah Clayton, Charlie Davis, Leonard Douglas, Benjamin Benson, George Pollard. 2nd row: Benjamin Monroe, Peter Calder, William Lincoln, George Woodfield, Lazarus Moody, Andrew Mercer, William Angus, Alfred McKay, George Eli, Johnny Moore. 1st row: Paul Mercer, John Wesley, Steven Allan, Arthur Calder (Dr. Frank Calders Dad), Charlie Barton, William Foster, Sam Pollard, William McNeil.
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Nisga’a President, James Gosnell, when asked by Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Elliot Trudeau to explain the Nisga’a postion regarding the Land Question — thundered out the famous phrase, “We own this land, lock, stock, and barrel...”
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The old Nisga’a Village of Gitlaxt’aamiks, gracing the banks of the mighty Nass River.
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Nisga’a Chief and family pictured with masks, blankets, and hoohlgan (Chieftain’s) boxes inlaid with precious shells.
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Dr. Frank Calder after whom the famous Calder Case is named, outside the Supreme Court of Canada in Ottawa for the Nisga’a Final Agreement third reading debate November,1999.
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The Nisga’a delegation led by Dr. Joseph Gosnell and Herbert Morven at the Throne Speech in Ottawa, October 12, 1999.
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Nisga’a chiefs and members of the negotiating team outside the entrance to the parliament building in Ottawa, for the Throne Speech, October 12, 1999.
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Nisga’a Pts’aans (totem poles) watchover a car coming onto the bridge over the Nass River leading into the Nisga’a Village of Gitwinksihlkw.
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Four magnificent Pts’aans (totem poles) grace the entrance way to the Nisga’a village of Gitlaxt’aamiks administration building.
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Nisga’a chiefs, elders, matriarchs, youth, and guests celebrate the raising of a Pts’aan (totem pole) in Gitwinksihlkw.
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There is a renaissance of Nisga’a carving. We are seeing the great river and ocean-going canoes being brought back to life.
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