The social organization and the secret societies of the Kwakiutl Indians - by Franz Boaz - Online Scanned copy

Thought some might be able to use as a reference, or those in older grades. Early Canadiana Online - Page Image

www.firstnations.de article on the Kwakwaka'wakw peoples

The collector of the majority of Kwakwaka'wakw artifacts in the world's museums (including those illustrated above) was George Hunt (1854 - 1933) Hunt (K'ixitasu') was the son of an English fur trader at Fort Rupert and his Tlingit wife, Mary Ebbetts (Ansnaq), daughter of Chief Tongas from Alaska. Hunt spoke Kwakwala and he learned how to render it in phonetic writing. For most of his life, Hunt worked as an informant, translator and collector for outsiders who came to Tsaxis including Israel Powell, Jacob Adrian Jacobsen, Franz Boas and Edward Curtis.

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