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Tony Hunt and Peter McNair interview
Part of Imbert Orchard fonds
RECORDED: [location unknown], 1969 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Tony Hunt discusses Mungo Martin, who was the biggest influence in his life that led to him being a carver. Mr. Hunt discusses work with the Provincial Museum at Thunderbird Park in Victoria; differences in styles in poles among different native peoples; and materials and paints used in carving totems. Then Peter McNair describes the two Kwakiutl styles of carving. TRACK 2: Mr. Peter McNair continues by discussing the history of totem carving in the Queen Charlottes; the connections between totems and clans; the revitalization and preservation of totem poles, including the 'Ksan project; and Thunderbird Park.
The item is a microform copy of a thesis by Leslie Allan Dawn titled "Ksan: museum, cultural and artistic activity among the Gitskan Indians of the Upper Skeena, 1920-1973." ix, 264 leaves: illus. Thesis (M.A.), University of Victoria, 1981. Vita. Bibliography: leaves 222-226. Canadian theses on microfiche, 58532.
The item consists of nine unedited film elements of a travelogue made between 1968 and 1973. It tells the story of 'Ksan, a restored Gitskan village near Hazelton which officially opened in 1970 as a centre for Indigenous culture, arts and crafts.
