Small engraved pendant made of mixed gold. Roughly rectangular in shape, with a curved top edge; slightly convex. Front depicts (from top to bottom) a sun, canoe, bird (loon?), and a eulachon fish in water. Back has a small loop for a chain.
Small engraved pendant made of mixed gold. Roughly rectangular in shape, with a curved top edge; slightly convex. Front depicts (from top to bottom) a sun, canoe, bird (loon?), and a eulachon fish in water. Back has a small loop for a chain.
NRMA Soldier of the Canadian Army (Active) Discharge Certificate. For Moses Williams.
Physical Condition
Fair
Material
paper
Condition Remarks
Crease marks
Width
13cm
Length
20cm
Accession Number
2019.62.14
Biographical Notes
Moses Williams attended the Kitamaat Village Day School, and then the Coqualeetza Residential School until the age of fifteen. Army recruiters conscripted Haisla men into the Canadian Army and Moses went in 1945. He was sent by train to the Canadian Forces' training camp at Maple Creek, Saskatchewan. He never shipped out overseas and the war ended. Moses and his wife Kay married in 1950, shortly after she arrived to teach at Kitamaat. They moved to Terrace in 1964. Moses worked as a carpenter, brick layer and fisherman. His wife Kay taught at Northwest Community College.
