• Web Project Manager, Robin K. Wright
• Director, External Communications, MaryAnn Barron
• Web Specialist, Irvin Wong
• System Administrator, Ric Doike-Foreman

• Gabe Kean Design
• www.gabekean.com
• Designer, Gabe Kean
• Programmer, Seb Chevrel

• Funding:
  • National Endowment for the Arts
  • Quest for Truth Foundation

• Acknowledgements
• This web site grew out of an exhibit at the Burke Museum in 2002-3 entitled Out of the Silence: The Enduring Power of Totem Poles, which in turn was inspired by the book Out of the Silence, written by Bill Reid, photography by Adelaide de Menil. Support for this Web site project came primarily from the National Endowment for the Arts. Special thanks go to Margaret Blackman, Adelaide deMenil, Bill Holm, and George MacDonald, for the donation of historical images of totem poles. The ongoing Ethnology Digital Imaging Project has been funded since 2001 by grants from the Quest for Truth Foundation.

• Burke Museum NEA grant contributors
• Grant Writer, Ruth Pelz
• Ethnology Collection Manager, Rebecca Andrews
• Director of Education, Diane Quinn
• Graduate Student Assistant, Jonathan Wood
• Undergraduate Student Assistant, Anna Hoover
• Volunteer, Cynthia McGowan
• George F. MacDonald, former Director, Burke Museum
• Robin K. Wright, Curator of Native American Art, Director of the Bill Holm Center for the Study of Northwest Coast Art

• Out of the Silence: The Enduring Power of Totem Poles Exhibit Credits:
• Andrew Whiteman, Designer
• Native Advisory Board:
  • Mique’l Askren, Tsimshian
  • David Boxley, Tsimshian
  • David R. Boxley, Tsimshian
  • George and Hyacinth Joe David, Nuu-chah-nulth
  • Jim Hart, Haida
  • Susan Point, Coast Salish
  • Israel Shotridge, Tlingit

• Introductory Video Credits:
• © 2002 Burke Museum

• Readers
• Bill Reid
• Jan Garcia

• Produced by
• Mark Dworkin
• Melissa Young

• Video footage Courtesy of:
• First Story, CTV, Vancouver, B.C.
• Rain Shadow Video

• Still Photographs Courtesy of:
• Canadian Museum of Civilization
• David Dubreuil
• Burke Museum Ethnology Archives
• Ellen Ferguson
• Bill Holm
• George MacDonald
• Royal British Columbia Museum
• University of Washington Libraries
• Robin K. Wright

• Graduate Student Assistants
• Jonathan Wood
• Ashley Verplank McClelland

• Special Thanks:
• Jeff Bear
• Stephen Bruce
• Jim Hart, Chief 7Idansuu
• Moving Images Video Project
• Martine Reid
• Terri-Lynn Williams-Davidson

• Thank you to the Quest for Truth Foundation for supporting Bill Holm Center Web Site Development.
• Graduate Student Staff: Ashley Verplank McClelland
• Undergraduate Student Staff: Anna Hoover

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