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Solomon Wilson interview
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1969 (Creation)
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3 audio reels (ca. 1.5 hours) : 9.5 cm/sec, 1 track, mono ; 13 cm
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CALL NUMBER: T1168:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Solomon Wilson recalls Haida language and life RECORDED: [location unknown], 1969 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Solomon Wilson talks about his birth in Vancouver in 1887 and his father's work with the Hastings Mill. He speaks about Maude Island Village -- his uncle's village, the spread of smallpox to ;the Indian population, his childhood, his family, an Indian story about the earth's axel and earthquakes, the Haida language, word usage and names of geographical locations, family crests and potlatches. TRACK 2: Solomon Wilson discusses his childhood, leaving home at age 13 to go to school and incidents at residential school. He talks about his work fishing for halibut, Peter Wallace's cannery, Doughty's saltery, cannery and reduction plant at Alliford Bay (1912), the Maude Island village, villages of history, and the Skidegate village, Haida chiefs and hereditary, family tribes, crests and religion.
CALL NUMBER: T1168:0002 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Solomon Wilson recalls Haida language and life RECORDED: [location unknown], 1969 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Solomon Wilson speaks about his views on religion, the Haida and fighting, an incident in Port Hardy, Haida home life past and present, totem poles and Christianity, the selling of ceremonial; artifacts, Haida intermarriage, disappearance of the Haida language, white contact and the start of the fur trade. TRACK 2: Solomon Wilson discusses local celebrations, weddings, the integrated school, Haida representation on the school board, the influence of TV and the making of canoes at Sandspit.
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Imbert Orchard, 1974-1975
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A digital copy is available. Please contact staff for further information.
- Transcript on file.
- 2 preservation compact discs made from original or master audio reel(s), 2003-09-01.
- Master of 1168:0002 Track 2 [original missing] on audio reel
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- Copying Restriction: Clients requesting research/private copies must fill out CBC form.
- Use Restriction: Not for broadcast or commercial use without written permission of the CBC.
- Copyright Status: Copyright Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.
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Accession number(s): T1168
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Previously described as AAAB1295
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Orchard ; QC-[1-3, 4]
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speaker: Solomon Wilson, interviewer: Imbert Orchard, sound recording: Ian Stephen