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Title: Hunt, George: To Boas. 1921 Dec. 14
Identifier(s): text:65919
Description: Just found out story of how the copper came to Charles Nowell. Involves a Ławitʼsis potlatch, where a "Nass Indian" (Nisga'a) had 3 coppers for sale. A ʼNa̱mǥis chief took one of the largest ones. A man named Morris had to leave suddenly, but left the smallest one to Nowell to try to resell it, but it was viewed as of poor quality by the Indians. Sending sketches of each. (These found now with letter of December 4.) Explains meanings and names of what is painted on them according to the old men. Some names are Heiltsuk. Describes hostilities between Kitkatla and Fort Rupert between 1851-1871.
Creator: Hunt, Georgeet al
Subject: Kwakwaka'wakw; Kwakiutl Indians; Kwagu'ł; Heiltsuk Indians; Tsimshian Indians; Nisga'a; Ławit'sis; Niska Indians
Date: 1921 Dec. 14

Title: Hunt, George: To Boas. 1931 December [circa]
Identifier(s): text:66509
Description: Sending pages 5199-5247. Found lots of mistakes in book.
Creator: Hunt, Georgeet al
Subject: Kwakwaka'wakw; Kwakiutl Indians
Date: 1931-12

Title: Hunt, George: To Boas. 1931 August [circa]
Identifier(s): text:66444
Description: Acknowledging receipt of payment for pages 4913-5056.
Creator: Hunt, Georgeet al
Subject: Kwakwaka'wakw; Kwakiutl Indians
Date: 1931-08

Title: Hunt, George: To Boas. 1901 Apr. 12
Identifier(s): text:64933
Description: Wrote Kawadelekala story of Dzawada̱ʼenuxw . Bought some masks that belong to that story. Sending them and some that belong to Nalanokomgelakw story. Visited caves but found little of interest. Heading to Knight Inlet tomorrow to visit other caves.
Creator: Hunt, Georgeet al
Subject: Kwakwaka'wakw; Kwakiutl Indians; Dzawada'enuxw; Nuu-chah-nulth; Nootka Indians; Da'naxda'xw; Lekwiltok; Awa'etłala
Date: 1901 Apr. 12

Title: Hunt, George: To Boas. 1899 Jan. 10
Identifier(s): text:64861
Description: Has been very sick for weeks as has wife and two boys. Will be able to go to Rivers Inlet soon where he expects to be able to get red cedar bark he's never heard of before. Bought some hamsewe and will get stories for it soon. Tells of recent incident with Harlan Smith where he Hunt had his sisters offer him free lodging. Smith had casts taken of Indians. Smith left all his traps with Hunt's sister. Mrs. Smith put something against Hunt's sister in a Victoria newspaper. "Indians said that they will never let Mr. Smith come to Fort Rupert again to [steal] their graves." Smith borrowed David's boat but returned it with keel worn down. Hemasaka went to Victoria where he heard a speech about Boas's comments about the Kwagu'ł. Hunt was called into a feast and told in front of everyone that "they don't want you or me to see the dance of any kind again." Mr. Spencer against Hunt and Boas. "The only thing I am wishing for is for my life be spared." Will not work for Mr. Spencer this year. Sending 25 pages of stories. Working on oldest man's recollection of how many generations of eldest sons and daughters he can recall, going back 17 generations.
Creator: Hunt, Georgeet al
Subject: Kwakwaka'wakw; Kwakiutl Indians; Kwagu'ł; Grave robbing
Date: 1899 Jan. 10

Title: Māmō'gwelēlā
Identifier(s): graphics:2985; local: APSimg6913
Description: Pencil sketch of a Kwakwaka'wakw copper.; Folder: Hunt, George #30; Funding provided by: Getty Foundation
Creator: Hunt, Georgeet al
Subject: Native American Images; Indians of North America--British Columbia; Kwakiutl Indians; Kwakwaka'wakw; Kwakwaka'wakw
Date: 1921

Title: Names of places, house posts, canoes
Identifier(s): text:212647
Description: Index of Kwakwaka'wakw names of places, house posts, and canoes found in some of Boas & Hunt publications and manuscripts. The names are ordered according to Boas's method of alphabetizing Kwak'wala. In his spelling system, the order is: E // a // ä // e (i) // y // â // o (u) // w // h // b // p // p! // m // d // t // t! // s // dz // ts // ts! // n // g' // k· // k·! // gu (gw) // ku (kw) // k!u (k!w) // g // q // q! // l // ł // L // L (with dot below) // L!. The index gives references to published and manuscript sources with a letter code and the page and line number where the name is found in that source. The letter codes are: S = "Indianische Sagen von der Nord-Pacifischen küste Amerikas" (A. Asher & Co, 1895); M = "The social organization and the secret societies of the Kwakiutl Indians" (U.S. National Museum, 1897); III = "Kwakiutl Texts" (Publications of the Jesup North Pacific Expedition, Volume III, 1902-1905); X = "Kwakiutl Texts, Second Series" (Publications of the Jesup North Pacific Expedition, Volume X, 1906); C = "Kwakiutl Tales" (Columbia Contributions to Anthropology, Volume III, 1910); R = "Contributions to the ethnology of the Kwakiutl" (Columbia University Press, 1925); no letter code given = George Hunt manuscript.; Part of section W1a.12. Pagination digitally re-ordered to reflect related content. Handwritten pencil page numbering reflects original pagination when first cataloged.
Creator: Boas, Franz, 1858-1942et al; Hunt, Georgeet al
Subject: Kwakwaka'wakw; Kwakiutl Indians
Date: 1925

Title: Personal names in Kwakiutl
Identifier(s): text:212374
Description: Index of Kwakwaka'wakw names found in some of Boas & Hunt publications and manuscripts. The names are ordered according to Boas's method of alphabetizing Kwak'wala. In his spelling system, the order is: E // a // ä // e (i) // y // â // o (u) // w // h // b // p // p! // m // d // t // t! // s // dz // ts // ts! // n // g' // k· // k·! // gu (gw) // ku (kw) // k!u (k!w) // g // q // q! // l // ł // L // L (with dot below) // L!. The index gives references to published and manuscript sources with a letter code and the page and line number where the name is found in that source. The letter codes are: S = "Indianische Sagen von der Nord-Pacifischen küste Amerikas" (A. Asher & Co, 1895); M = "The social organization and the secret societies of the Kwakiutl Indians" (U.S. National Museum, 1897); III = "Kwakiutl Texts" (Publications of the Jesup North Pacific Expedition, Volume III, 1902-1905); X = "Kwakiutl Texts, Second Series" (Publications of the Jesup North Pacific Expedition, Volume X, 1906); C = "Kwakiutl Tales" (Columbia Contributions to Anthropology, Volume III, 1910); R = "Contributions to the ethnology of the Kwakiutl" (Columbia University Press, 1925); no letter code given = George Hunt manuscript.; Part of section W1a.12. Pagination digitally re-ordered to reflect related content. Handwritten pencil page numbering reflects original pagination when first cataloged.
Creator: Boas, Franz, 1858-1942et al; Hunt, Georgeet al
Subject: Kwakwaka'wakw; Kwakiutl Indians
Date: 1925

Title: List of names of clans and tribes
Identifier(s): text:212643
Description: Index of Kwakwaka'wakw names of clans and tribes found in some of Boas & Hunt publications and manuscripts. The names are ordered according to Boas's method of alphabetizing Kwak'wala. In his spelling system, the order is: E // a // ä // e (i) // y // â // o (u) // w // h // b // p // p! // m // d // t // t! // s // dz // ts // ts! // n // g' // k· // k·! // gu (gw) // ku (kw) // k!u (k!w) // g // q // q! // l // ł // L // L (with dot below) // L!. The index gives references to published and manuscript sources with a letter code and the page and line number where the name is found in that source. The letter codes are: S = "Indianische Sagen von der Nord-Pacifischen küste Amerikas" (A. Asher & Co, 1895); M = "The social organization and the secret societies of the Kwakiutl Indians" (U.S. National Museum, 1897); III = "Kwakiutl Texts" (Publications of the Jesup North Pacific Expedition, Volume III, 1902-1905); X = "Kwakiutl Texts, Second Series" (Publications of the Jesup North Pacific Expedition, Volume X, 1906); C = "Kwakiutl Tales" (Columbia Contributions to Anthropology, Volume III, 1910); R = "Contributions to the ethnology of the Kwakiutl" (Columbia University Press, 1925); no letter code given = George Hunt manuscript.; Part of section W1a.12. Pagination digitally re-ordered to reflect related content. Handwritten pencil page numbering reflects original pagination when first cataloged.
Creator: Boas, Franz, 1858-1942et al; Hunt, Georgeet al
Subject: Kwakwaka'wakw; Kwakiutl Indians
Date: 1925