Permalink: https://photo.greenpeace.org/archive/Kwakwaka-wakw-Peoples-of-Alert-Bay--Vancouver-to-Amchitka--1971--27MZIFLX6AU1.htmlConceptually similarKwakwaka’wakw Peoples of Alert Bay (Vancouver to Amchitka: 1971)GP018IQCompleted★★★★★★★Kwakwaka’wakw Peoples of Alert Bay (Vancouver to Amchitka: 1971)GP02HH9Completed★★★★Kwakwaka'wakw - Voyage Documentation (Vancouver to Amchitka: 1971)GP019AFCompleted★★★★Greenpeace Voyage from Vancouver to AmchitkaGP0STTHYPCompleted★★★★Greenpeace Voyage from Vancouver to AmchitkaGP0STTHYRCompleted★★★★Robert Hunter in Town - Voyage Documentation (Vancouver to Amchitka: 1971)GP01996Completed★★★★Robert Hunter in Town - Voyage Documentation (Vancouver to Amchitka: 1971)GP02HHKCompleted★★★★Greenpeace Voyage from Vancouver to AmchitkaGP0STTIRQCompleted★★★★Captain John Cormack on bridge of Phyllis Cormack. Alert Bay. First Greenpeace protest against nuclear testing off NW coast of Canada.GP010I5Completed★★★★★★★View AllGP012DJKwakwaka’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:5616px X 3744pxKeywords:Celebrations-Greenpeace activists-Greenpeace crew-Indigenous People-Large group of people-Nuclear (campaign title)-Nuclear weapons testing-Totem poles-Tribal dressesShoot:Documentation of Greenpeace Voyage from Vancouver to Amchitka - Photos by R. KeziereThis 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:The Greenpeace Story (All Photographers)Greenpeace Witness - 25 years on the environmental front line (All Photographers)