Permalink: https://media.greenpeace.org/archive/Kwakwaka-wakw-Peoples-of-Alert-Bay--Vancouver-to-Amchitka--1971--27MZIFLBTIE4.htmlConceptually similarKwakwaka’wakw Peoples of Alert Bay (Vancouver to Amchitka: 1971)GP012DJCompleted★★★★★★★Kwakwaka’wakw Peoples of Alert Bay (Vancouver to Amchitka: 1971)GP02HH9Completed★★★★Kwakwaka'wakw - Voyage Documentation (Vancouver to Amchitka: 1971)GP019AFCompleted★★★★Robert Hunter in Town - Voyage Documentation (Vancouver to Amchitka: 1971)GP01996Completed★★★★Robert Hunter in Town - Voyage Documentation (Vancouver to Amchitka: 1971)GP02HHKCompleted★★★★Tongass National Forest Tour 2004GP042T4Completed★★★★Captain John Cormack on bridge of Phyllis Cormack. Alert Bay. First Greenpeace protest against nuclear testing off NW coast of Canada.GP010I5Completed★★★★★★★Sea-lice Infected FishGP01AK3Completed★★★★Leaving Vancouver - Greenpeace to Amchitka Voyage Documentation (Vancouver to Amchitka: 1971)GP01915Completed★★★★★★★View AllGP018IQKwakwaka’wakw Peoples of Alert Bay (Vancouver to Amchitka: 1971)Greenpeace crew visit the Kwakwaka’wakw Peoples of Alert Bay ('Yalis) in the Indigenous territory of the Namgis First Nation, on the west coast of British Columbia, Canada. The crew members are in the traditional Big House and were given regalia to wear and blessed with water and eagle feathers. This special ceremony was a huge honour and their way of thanking and protecting the crew from harm on their first Greenpeace campaign.This is a photographic record by Robert Keziere of the very first Greenpeace voyage, which departed Vancouver on the 15th September 1971. The aim of the trip was to halt nuclear tests in Amchitka Island by sailing into the restricted area. The crew on-board the ship, are the pioneers of the green movement who formed the original group that became Greenpeace.Locations:Alert Bay-British Columbia-Canada-Cormorant Island-North AmericaDate:26 Oct, 1971Credit:© Greenpeace / Robert KeziereMaximum size:5400px X 3601pxKeywords:Celebrations-Greenpeace activists-Greenpeace crew-Indigenous People-Large group of people-Nuclear (campaign title)-Nuclear weapons testing-SV Phyllis Cormack-Totem poles-Tribal dressesShoot:Documentation of Greenpeace Voyage from Vancouver to AmchitkaThis is a photographic record by Robert Keziere of the very first Greenpeace voyage, which departed Vancouver on the 15th September 1971. The aim of the trip was to halt nuclear tests in Amchitka Island by sailing into the restricted area. Crew on-board the ship Phyllis Cormack (also called "The Greenpeace"), are the pioneers of the green movement who formed the original group that became Greenpeace.Related Collections:Greenpeace 40th Anniversary Exhibition Images (All Photographers)