Chief Robert Joseph - Part 1: Culture and Ancestry

Simon Fraser University's Centre for Dialogue presents part one in a series of videos about Chief Robert Joseph. In this interview, Chief Joseph discusses his childhood memories of Kwakwaka'wakw culture and explains why understanding the context of culture and ancestry is critical in the present day.
Chief Joseph is the recipient of SFU's 2014 Jack P. Blaney Award for Dialogue, for a lifetime of outstanding achievements promoting reconciliation among Canada's Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal peoples.
More information about the award: www.sfu.ca/dialogue
Related videos include:
Chief Robert Joseph - Tribute Video
Chief Robert Joseph - Part 1: Culture and Ancestry
Chief Robert Joseph - Part 2: Residential School Experience
Chief Robert Joseph - Part 3: Reconciliation
Chief Robert Joseph - What is Dialogue?
Video Credits:
Produced by SFU Creative Services and Simon Fraser University's Centre for Dialogue. Some photographs contributed by:
- Royal BC Museum, photo, "Hegums"
- Halliday, Wm., photo, "Village at Alert Bay", Vancouver Public Library 9885
- Reconciliation Canada, photo, "Shelley Joseph dancing with a thunderbird mask and secret society regalia"
- Halliday, Wm., photo, "Potlatch at Alert Bay", Vancouver Public Library 8664
- Paull, Albert, photo, "Men with potlatch bowls, masks, talking sticks and button blankets at Kingcome Inlet", Vancouver Public Library 1706
- Canada's World, photo, "U'mista cultural centre, Alert Bay, BC". CC BY-NC 2.0: www.flickr.com/photos/canadasworld/2803068889/
- Reconciliation Canada, photo, "Thunderbird mask"
- A. Davey, photo, "Funerary Totem with Chief and Thunderbird". CC BY 2.0: www.flickr.com/photos/adavey/3...
- U'mista Cultural Society, photo, "Willie Seweed next to Thunderbird Totem Pole"
- U'mista Cultural Society, photo, "Bighouse in Alert Bay"