CA-K482Indigenous peoples & reconciliation

George Hunt, Kwakwaka’wakw ethnographer

George Hunt in 1898 (Harlan I. Smith, BC Archives). George Hunt · Harlan Ingersoll Smith · Photo source · Photo licence: Public domain. Resized for display; item previews may be cropped. The image remains under the licence shown.

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George Hunt, born at Fort Rupert to English and Tlingit parents and fully accepted into Kwakwaka’wakw society, was one of the most outstanding ethnographers of West Coast Indigenous peoples. He worked to preserve and share his people’s traditional knowledge, recording, translating and interpreting material that revealed the richness of Kwakwaka’wakw culture.

Scope & context

Hunt as described in his designation.

Sources behind this record

George Hunt National Historic Person ↗

Parks Canada (Directory of Federal Heritage Designations)

Importance; plaque text