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Title: Mehodihi Our Great Ancestors Lived That Way Well-Known Traditions of Tahltan People


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MehodihiOur Great Ancestors Lived That
WayWell-Known Traditions of Tahltan People
  • Camille Callison
  • ccalliso_at_interchange.ubc.ca
  • Library 500 Foundations of Information
    Technology
  • September 26, 2003

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EVERYONE IS INVITED
  • The Tahltan Nation and the Museum of Anthropology
    invite you join in celebrating
  • Mehodihi Our Great Ancestors Lived That Way
  • WELL-KNOWN TRADITIONS OF TAHLTAN PEOPLE
  • Show runs from October 18, 2003 to October 31,
    2004

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The Exhibit
  • First museum exhibit of the Tahltan Nation
  • Tahltan community members, MOA Curator of
    Ethnology, Pam Brown (Heiltsuk) and Guest
    Curator, Tanya Bob (Tahltan) worked cooperatively
    on this expression of Tahltan art and culture

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Tahltan Land
  • Present day Tahltan communities of Dease Lake,
    Iskut and Telegraph Creek are located within the
    Stikine River Basin
  • Dease Lake and Iskut are located on the
    Stewart-Cassiar Hwy.
  • Telegraph Creek is located below the Grand Canyon
    of the Stikine

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My Father
  • My Dad, Dempsey Callison, is pictured at the
    place of his and my grandmothers birth, Shesley,
    B.C.
  • My sister, Cynthia, named her daughter Shesley
    after a landmark of our heritage north of
    Telegraph Creek

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My Sisters I
  • Candis, Cynthia and I (from the right) in our
    regalia at my sister, Cynthias, wedding
  • Button Blanket are worn for ceremonial occasions
    by Tahltan people

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The Next Generation with a Flash from the Past
  • My niece, Shesley with my part Tahltan Bear Dog,
    Et-tea.
  • Tahltan Bear Dog are one of four breeds
    indigenous in Canada at the time of contact with
    Europeans but unfortunately they are almost
    extinct.
  • For more information
  • http//www.everythinghusky.com/features/beardog.ht
    ml

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Part of my Heritage
My horse, Outlaw and my dog, Et-tea with me July
2003
My son Matthew I on our Quarter Horse Stud
June 1984
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  • For more information on Tahltan Land
  • http//www.panorama-map.com/z-pointsite/STIKINE/st
    ikine.html
  • Experience the wild! Trip Planning
  • Golden Bear Outfitting Area owned by my Father,
    Dempsey Callison
  • Tahltan School CD ROM
  • Many thanks to the Museum of Anthropology for
    permission to use material from the Mehodihi
    exhibit. For more information on the museum
  • Museum of Anthropology at UBC
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