Background
MacDonald, George Frederick was born on July 4, 1938 in Cambridge, Ontario, Canada. Son of George and Jane (Gorton) Macdonald.
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A Museum for the Global Village
(This study provides a cultural analysis of power and perf...)
This study provides a cultural analysis of power and performance in Gros Ventre war expedition songs. Symbolic content of Gros Ventre myth and ritual is elicited as a tool for analyzing the particular social relations that motivate war expeditions as action and value. Mythological and musical analysis combine in an investigation of structural and performative devices that frame song as a system of metacommunication.
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Haida Art by George MacDonald (1996-09-23)
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Haida Monumental Art: Villages of the Queen Charlotte Islands
(The Haida of the Queen Charlotte Islands in British Colum...)
The Haida of the Queen Charlotte Islands in British Columbia constructed some of the most magnificent houses and erected some of the most beautifully carved totem poles on the Northwest Coast. During the last quarter of the nineteenth century, images of the Haida's immense cedar houses and soaring totem poles were captured by photographers who travelled to then-remote villages such as Masset and Skidegate to marvel at, and record, what they saw there. Haida Monumental Art, initially published as a limited edition hardcover and now available in paperback, includes a large number of these remarkable photographs. They depict the Haida villages at the height of their glory and records their tragic deterioration only a few decades later. As well, this edition contains the complete text from the first edition, including site plans and detailed descriptions of fifteen major villages and several smaller sites, which are catalogued by house and pole. By combining archeology and ethnohistory, George MacDonald presents an integrated framework for understanding the physical structure of a Haida village. He explains how the houses and poles are part of a fascinating web of myth, family history and Haida cosmology, which provides a unique insight into Haida culture.
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Ninstints - Haida World Heritage Site
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Cultural history
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Ninstints: Haida World Heritage Site (New Press Canadian Classics)
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Ninstints, located on Anthony Island, one of the smallest and most southerly of the Queen Charlotte chain, contains the vestiges of the great wooden structures and houses of the Kunghit Haida people who abandoned the village in the late 1800s. George MacDonald combines archival material and scientific and photographic evidence to record what is known of the history of Ninstints and its people. Details are given of their houses, of their great chiefs, and finally of their exodus from Ninstints.
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Haida Art
(For centuries the Haida lived on the Queen Charlotte Isla...)
For centuries the Haida lived on the Queen Charlotte Islands, a remote archipelago off the Northwest Coast of North America. Art, myth and ceremony were an integral part of their lives, and over time they developed a rich, distinctive and powerful style of sculpture and painting. By the time the first Europeans landed on the shores of their homeland, Haida art had attained a refined and noble sophistication of style to display complex myths of creation and transformation. This superb volume, the definitive book on Haida art, presents the most treasured works in what is considered the world's best collection, at the Canadian Museum of Civilization. It is richly illustrated with 90 full-color photos of artworks (such as masks, pipes, rattles and other ceremonial objects), and 95 black-and-white photographs of artworks and rare historical images that provide glimpses into the past. The descriptive text by George MacDonald, author of the classic Haida Monumental Art, provides an informed overview of Haida art in a historical, cultural and cosmological context.
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George Frederick MacDonald
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Education
Bachelor, U. Toronto, 1961; Doctor of Philosophy, Yale University, 1966.
Career
Joined archaeological division, National Museum Canada, 1964-1966;
with west coast archaeological, National Museum Canada, 1966-1968;
head west Canada section, National Museum Canada, 1968-1969;
chief archaeological division, National Museum Canada, 1969-1972;
chief archaeological survey Canada, National Museum Canada, 1972-1978;
research fellow, Museum Fur Volkerkunde, Basel, Switzerland, 1977-1978;
senior archaeologist, National Museum Canada, 1978-1982;
research fellow, Florida State Museum, Gainesville, 1980-1981;
head new accomodation task force, National Museum Canada, 1982;
executive director, Canada Museum Civilization, since 1982. President Canada Museum Civilization Corporation, since 1995. Visiting fellow Museum Anthropology U. B.C., 1981.
Lecturer Trent University, University Ottawa, Carleton U., Simon Fraser U. Board directors National History Sites & Monuments, Canada, Canada Museum Construction Corporation.
Achievements
Works
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Ninstints: Haida World Heritage Site (New Press Canadian Classics)
(Ninstints, located on Anthony Island, one of the smallest...)
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Haida Monumental Art: Villages of the Queen Charlotte Islands
(The Haida of the Queen Charlotte Islands in British Colum...)
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Haida Art
(For centuries the Haida lived on the Queen Charlotte Isla...)
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A Museum for the Global Village
(This study provides a cultural analysis of power and perf...)
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Ninstints - Haida World Heritage Site
(Cultural history)
- Haida Art by George MacDonald (1996-09-23)
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Ninstints: Haida World Heritage Site (New Press Canadian Classics)
Membership
Member Canada delegate drafting committee United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization Convention on World Heritage, Paris, 1972. Canada delegate Commission Experts, Mohenjo, Daro, Pakistan, 1973. Member honorary committee National Museum American Indian National campaign, Washington, since 1991.
Member Canada Archeological Association (president 1968).
Connections
Married Joanne Elizabeth Rice, September 9,1961. Children: Christine, Grant.
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Nationality
Canadian
Awards
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Recipient James award Victoria College U. Toronto, 1961. Wenner Gren fellow Yale University, 1964-1965. Member Canada Council Government Canada, Yale, 1962-1963.Recipient James award Victoria College U. Toronto, 1961. Wenner Gren fellow Yale University, 1964-1965. Member Canada Council Government Canada, Yale, 1962-1963.