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Item consists of an interview with George Manuel. Topics of discussion include Indigenous dance, the idea of reciprocity within community, the Christian church as a negative influence on Indigenous societies, exploitation of Indigenous groups by the early missionary church in Canada, Manuel's interest in the Shaker Church, community support within the Shaker Church, the Shaker Church's spurning of any publicity, prohibitions on Indigenous dancing, early relations between Indigenous groups and the Hudson's Bay Company.

Item consists of an interview with George Manuel. Topics of discussion include Indigenous traditional dance, his memory of the last pow wow, contemporary efforts to re-establish Indigenous dance traditions, Manuel's experience with a charity dance group he participated in around 1962, some details about Indigenous groups in British Columbia's Cowichan Valley, Cowichan community funerary practices, and contextualizing the development of Indigenous society.