Contact Print: The Opening Ceremonies of the First Nations Longhouse | discoverygarden

Image

Naming Ceremony: UBC Vice President Dr.Daniel R. Birch Receives the Cree Name Mitche from Elder Dr.Ahab Spence and Verna J. Kirkness

Naming Ceremony: UBC Vice President Dr.Daniel R. Birch Receives the Cree Name Mitche from Elder Dr.Ahab Spence and Verna J. Kirkness

Summary

Content type	Content type Image
Collection(s)	Collection(s) Contact Print: The Opening Ceremonies of the First Nations Longhouse

Abstract/Description

Description / Synopsis	Description / Synopsis UBC Vice President Dr.Daniel R. Birch receives the Cree Name Mitche from Elder Dr.Ahab Spence, witnessed by Kathy Louis and Elder Margaret White. Verna J. Kirkness said of the name "in the language of the Cree people [Mitche] means "Heart" with the spiritual connotation of "life"" (The First Nations Longhouse: Our Home Away From Home, p.16).

Identifiers

Local Identifier	Local Identifier PC-020-003-007-25

Subjects and Classifications

Keywords	Keywords Cree, Elders
Subject Name Person	Subject Name Person Spence, Ahab Kirkness, Verna J. Louis, Kathy White, Margaret Birch, Daniel R.

Summary

Content type	Content type Compound Object
Collection(s)	Collection(s) First Nations House of Learning Grand Opening
Resource Type	Resource Type Photograph
Genre	Genre black and white photograph

Abstract/Description

Description / Synopsis	Description / Synopsis Contact Print Containing Images From the Opening Ceremony of the First Nations Longhouse
Target Audience	Target Audience general

Conference/Event

Conference/Events	Conference/Events First Nations House of Learning Grand Opening

Physical Description

Extent	Extent 1 photograph, black and white, 4x3cm
Reformatting Quality	Reformatting Quality access
Digital Origin	Digital Origin digitized other analog

Access and Rights

Rights Statement	Rights Statement NO KNOWN COPYRIGHT

Subjects and Classifications

Keywords	Keywords First Nations Longhouse (Vancouver, B.C.)--History, First Nations House of Learning, Indian Architecture--British Columbia--Vancouver, First Nations--University of British Columbia, University of British Columbia--First Nations programs
Subject Topic	Subject Topic First Nations
Subject Name Organization	Subject Name Organization First Nations House of Learning (FNHL)
Temporal Subject	Temporal Subject 1993 May 23
Geographic Subject	Geographic Subject British Columbia--Vancouver
Hierarchical Geographic Subject	Hierarchical Geographic Subject Canada British Columbia

Cite this

Technical Metadata

Language	English
Authored by	ecolley
Name	Naming Ceremony: UBC Vice President Dr.Daniel R. Birch Receives the Cree Name Mitche from Elder Dr.Ahab Spence and Verna J. Kirkness
Authored on	2025-11-26
MIME type	image/jpeg
File size	158170
Width	1000px
Height	666px
Media Use	Original File

Download

Original File (jpg) — 154.46 KB

Share