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George and Joanne MacDonald Northwest Coast Image Archive

Picture of a totem from the George and Joanne MacDonald Northwest Coast Image Archive

The Bill Reid Centre’s George and Joanne MacDonald Image Archive contains images of Northwest Coast First Peoples, their villages, and their visual and material belongings. Many of the images collected by the MacDonalds are not unique, and can be found in museums and archives around the world. Throughout his career, Dr. MacDonald sought to bring these important resources together under one roof with the intent of creating access for Northwest Coast First Nations, and in particular artists, whose passion for historic imagery and visual documentation of their cultural belongings he witnessed first-hand. The archive is a reflection of the MacDonalds’ research interests, their careers in archaeology and anthropology, their many relationships in the field, and their deep respect and admiration of the diverse nations of the Northwest Coast.

This collection uses the "Open to Collaborate" Cultural Institution (CI) Notice to indicate that The Bill Reid Centre and SFU Library are committed to developing new modes of collaboration, engagement, and partnership over Indigenous collections and data that have colonial and/or problematic histories or unclear provenance. This notice is also representative of SFU's institutional commitment to change, and to develop new processes for the care and stewardship of past and future heritage collections.

The images in this collection are made available here for research and educational purposes. Other uses may require permission; users are responsible for contacting copyright holders to obtain such permission.

Contributed by The Bill Reid Centre, Simon Fraser Unversity.