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Title: What the Heck Says Mr. Speck: The Chief Gives a Tootle for the Talents of Kwakiutl, Vancouver Sun, March 24, 1961
Pictured: Chief Henry Speck
Date: March 10, 1961
Location: Pacific Newspaper Group Library
Publisher: Vancouver Sun, Vancouver
More Information: Collection of the Pacific News Group Library.
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Project Sites
Discrete project sites documenting the work of specific artists and collectives in detail.
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and Michael Turner Designed by The Future - 04The Intermedia Catalogue
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By Marcia Crosby - 02Vancouver Cinema in the Sixties
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By Nancy Shaw - 05Urban Renewal: Ghost Traps, Collage, Condos, and Squats
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- 02Christos Dikeakos with Lorna Brown
- 03Carole Itter with Lorna Brown
- 04Gary Lee-Nova with Scott Watson