Agency:.Produced by the National Film Board of Canada for the Canadian Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development.

Director, Eugene Boyko ; producer, Eugene Boyko ; photography, Eugene Boyko ; executive producer, William Brind ; script, Jacques Bensimon ; editing, Jacques Bensimon ; sound, Bev Davidson ; sound editing, Les Halman ; re-recording, Roger Lamoureux.

Narrator, James Carney.

Recorded 1970.

When Masset, a Haida village in Haida Gwaii (formerly known as the Queen Charlotte Islands), held a potlatch, it seemed as if the past grandeur of the people had returned. This is a colourful recreation of Indigenous life that faded more than two generations ago when the great totems were toppled by the missionaries and the costly potlatch was forbidden by law. The film shows how one village lived again the old glory, with singing, dancing, feasting, and the raising of a towering totem as a lasting reminder of what once was.

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Description based on online resource; title from title screen (National Film Board of Canada, viewed 2023-08-10).