The Nanaimo District Museum gratefully acknowledges the financial investment by the Department of Canadian Heritage in the creation of this online presentation for the Virtual Museum of Canada.
Snuneymuxw First Nation Administration Office
www.snuneymuxw.ca (opens in a new window)
The Elders
Reception, staff and volunteers
Dr. Loraine Littlefield, Anthropologist
Geraldine Manson, Elders' Cultural Coordinator
Nanaimo District Museum
www.nanaimomuseum.ca (opens in a new window)
Debbie Trueman, General Manager
David Hill-Turner, Curator
Royal British Columbia Museum
Dr. Martha Black, Curator of Ethnology
Jim Cosgrove, Manager, Natural History
Dr. Grant Keddie, Curator of Archaeology
Shelley Reid, Senior Collections Manager, Human History
Dr. Dan Savard, Collections Manager, Audio Visual
Brian Seymour, Collections Manager, Ethnology
Malaspina University-College
Helene Demers
Dr. Lynette Harper
Liz Harvey, work-study student, annotated bibliography
Patrick Ross, Vice-President of Student Services
Zero One Design Inc.
www.zeroonedesign.com (opens in a new window)
David Alexander - Project Coordinator, Web Designer
Michael Chorko - Web Designer, Programmer
Dave Freeman - Web Designer, Programmer
Jonathan Lathigee - Web Designer, Database Work
Jason Trill - Web Designer, Programmer
Nicholas Tuele - Project Consultant
Susan Burns - Copy Editor
Colleen MacIsaac - Illustrator
Angela Andersen - Researcher, Writer, Videographer, Photographer
Liz Crocker - Researcher, Writer, Videographer, Interpretive Planner
Interview subjects
Elder Bill Seward
Elder Ellen White (Kwulasulwut)
Geraldine Manson (Tstassiacan)
Darren Good (sum salay staa)
D'ann Owens, archaeologist
Dr. Bjorn Simonsen, archaeologist
Photo Contributors
Noel Brown
Jenny Klafki, Parks Canada
Dr. Nancy Turner, Robert D. Turner
Burke Museum (opens in a new window)
Canadian Museum of Civilization (opens in a new window)
Aboriginal Education, School District 68
Stella Bates
Melissa Hall
Sarah Kell
Appreciation to
The Snuneymuxw Community
Garnet White and Amber Johnny, Snuneymuxw students, lacrosse interviews
Joe White, lacrosse champion
Donna Gerdts, Linguist, Simon Fraser University
Barbara Winter, Simon Fraser University
Simon Fraser University Film Studies students, canoe racing footage
Martha Black, feedback and bibliography on collections returns