In 1911, as part of his massive undertaking, famed Northwest photographer Edward S. Curtis travelled to Vancouver Island, British Columbia, to visit the Kwakwaka'wakw. By the next year, needing money for his project and to add to his research and still photography work, Curtis decided that the best way to record the traditional way of life and ceremonies of the Kwakwaka'wakw was to make one of the first feature motion pictures. Curtis had already shot footage in 1906 of the Hopi Snake dance, which he had previously showed during his talks, but this was to be on a grander scale. It took three years of preparation for this one film including the weaving of the costumes; building of the war canoes, housefronts, poles; and the carving of masks. Assisting on the film was George Hunt, a Kwakwaka'wakw who had served as an interpreter for the famous anthropologist Franz Boas nearly twenty years before. Hunt helped contribute substantial portions of the film's story as well. Selected for the ... 译文(2): 1911年，作为他宏伟事业的一部分，著名的西北摄影爱德华·柯蒂斯前往不列颠哥伦比亚省的温哥华岛参观夸夸其{资源屯-ziyuantun.com}。到了第二年，柯蒂斯需要钱来完成他的项目，并且为了增加他的研究和静态摄影工作，柯蒂斯决定最好的方式来记录 Kwakwaka‘ wakw 的传统生活方式和仪式是制作第一部电影。柯蒂斯在1906年已经拍摄了霍皮蛇舞的镜头，这是他之前在演讲中展示过的，但这是一个更大的规模。为了这部电影，我们花了三年的时间准备，包括编织服装，建造独木舟、门面、柱子，还有雕刻面具。协助拍摄这部电影的是乔治 ·{Ziyuantun.Com} 亨特，一个夸夸卡人，他在大约二十年前曾经为著名的人类学家弗朗茨 · 博阿斯担任翻译。亨特也为这部电影的故事贡献了相当大的一部分。被选为..。
