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Unity Pole

Jack Long

1979 2 min

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This vignette shows the ceremonial totem-pole raising by the Nisgha Nation at Ayanish.

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  Canada Vignettes

  1978 43 films

  Discover this series of classic shorts exploring every facet of Canadian culture and history.

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This vignette shows the ceremonial totem-pole raising by the Nisgha Nation at Ayanish.

See also

Indigenous Peoples in Canada (First Nations and Métis)

Canada - Images of a Country

All subjects

Credits

• director
  Jack Long
  
• camera
  Jack Long
  
• producer
  Peter Jones
  
• executive producer
  John Taylor
  
• script
  Colin Browne
  
• editing
  Colin Browne
  
• narrator
  Stan Peters
  

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