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The Raven with Spindle Whorle Housepost sits at the southwest end of Sty-Wet-Tan and was carved by Susan Point, a Coast Salish artist from Musqueam.

A view through Sty-Wet-Tan, the Great Hall in the First Nations Longhouse. The Wolf and Wolf Pup Housepost is on the left, and the Man and Raven Housepost is on the right.

A view through Sty-Wet-Tan, the Great Hall in the First Nations Longhouse. The Wolf and Wolf Pup Housepost is on the left, and the Man and Raven Housepost is on the right.

The two-sided Beaver and Eagle Housepost sits at the southeast entrance to Sty-Wet-Tan, the Great Hall of the First Nations Longhouse. The two-sided post was carved by internationally renowned Haisla artist, Lyle Wilson. This image depicts the eagle…

A view through Sty-Wet-Tan, the Great Hall in the First Nations Longhouse. The Beaver and Eagle Housepost is on the left, and the Raven with Spindle Whorl Housepost is on the right.

The Pit House structure as seen from below. The posts extend upward in a design inspired by the pit house structures used as winter dwellings by the Interior Salish.

The Pit House structure as seen from ground level. The posts extend down in a design inspired by the pit house structures used as winter dwellings by the Interior Salish.

Two-sided notebook paper with descriptive text about the collection. The numbers do not align with photograph numbers so it is unclear what images are described here.

Don Yeoman, a Haida/Métis artist carved the two roof beams of Sty-Wet-Tan (the Great Hall). Each beam weighs about 4500 kg, and together they represent Killer Whale and Sea Lion.

Over 1,000 people gathered at the May 25, 1993 Grand Opening of the First Nations Longhouse.

Haida Elder Minnie Croft, Dr. Verna J. Kirkness of the Fisher River Cree Nation, and BC Premier (1991–1996) Mike Harcourt gather at the Grand Opening of the First Nations Longhouse.

Elder Vince Stogan of the Musqueam Nation, Chief Simon Baker of the Squamish Nation, and Elder Margaret White sit during the Grand Opening of the First Nations Longhouse.

The carving depicts an eagle and is on a ceremonial door in the First Nations Longhouse. The ceremonial door was carved by Lyle Wilson.

View from the interior of the First Nations Longhouse looking out through the windows at dusk.

The Pit House structure as seen from the upper centre. The posts extend down in a design inspired by the pit house structures used as winter dwellings by the Interior Salish.

The Pit House structure as seen from the upper centre. The posts extend down in a design inspired by the pit house structures used as winter dwellings by the Interior Salish.

The First Nations Longhouse roof was designed to resemble the wings of a bird in flight.

The Pit House structure as seen from the upper centre. The posts extend down in a design inspired by the pit house structures used as winter dwellings by the Interior Salish.

Angle from inside the First Nations Longhouse looking outwards through the windows.

The entrance to Sty-Wet-Tan, the Great Hall in the First Nations Longhouse. The Wolf and Wolf Pup Housepost is on the left, and the Man and Raven Housepost is on the right. The Wolf and Wolf Pup Housepost sits in the northwest corner of Sty-Wet-Tan…

Partial exteriors of some of the First Nations Longhouse building are seen as well as the trees and landscape surrounding the building. The Longhouse was placed at the proper axis to limit the amount of trees that needed to be removed. Only five…

The image shows the view from standing in Sty-Wet-Tan, or the Great Hall, and shows the view from looking up and out of the windows. The ends of two roof beams are viewable. Carved by Don Yeomans, the beans represent a sea lion and a killer whale.