Jones, Johnny
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Cola Can
Description:
Mason's Cola Can. Rusty with dent but label is still visible. Found on Mount Currie Mountain when Johnny was looking at a Block for a logging operation. Can is from the 1950's. Johnny attached a map to the gift form indicating where the item was found.
Date of Object:
ca. 1950's
Accession #:
014.02.01
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dugout canoe, Lil'wat Nation
Description:
One dug out canoe found on the upper Lillooet River. Two local men walked across the ice in winter to go hunting and found the canoe under an overhang of rock and it was filled with ice. It was thawed at Bruce Miller's and taken to the museum. Florence Bilenduke remembers it was Bob Mitchell that dropped it off and he didn't sign a gift form as the item was found. Johnny Jones - Lil'wat cultural technician with the Land & Resource office, has provided information about the canoe. It was marking a spot where there were rock paintings and he believes it is quite old due to the thinness of the canoe. Johnny says modern made canoes tend to be thicker walled as it requires a high level of skill and craftsmanship to get the walls so thin. Johnny provided some information about Lil'wat traditions and a map that indicates where the canoe was found on the river. The canoe belonged to Chief Johnny Andrew of Lil'wat Nation.
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Accession #:
009.04.01
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flintlock musket barrel
Description:
A flintlock musket barrel donated by Johnny Jones that was found at Chaleetkohum, where it's located above Baptiste Smith on the north side of Lillooet Lake. Johnny also provided a map indicating where it was found. Johnny also donated a newspaper article about these objects published in the "Voice" in 1999. The article explains how Johnny was taking part in a Cultural Heritage Inventory for the traditional Lil’wat territory. This work was to create a clear concise map of the areas and artifacts of cultural significance in the territory. Johnny was down along Lillooet Lake at the old 29 Mile gold rush stopping place when he saw an item jutting out of the river bottom. Upon closer inspection he realized it was a musket barrel. Johnny believes this is evidence of the story of a war between the Lil’wat and Thompson nations where two Thompson’s died and were buried at the 29 Mile site. [ see pg.18 in the Pemberton History book]. Aside from the musket barrel he also found graves and arrowheads. here. The musket may be the very first gun ever seen by the Lil’wat people. In the article Jones says, “At one time there were 16,000 people living along Lillooet Lake, then the smallpox epidemic of the late 1800s and early 1900s killed a lot of the people. Their lives should not be lost, their stories told”. Johnny had planned on having it dated and authenticated by a gun expert but decided to give the item to the museum to pursue this work. He believes a similar item is on display at the Royal BC museum.
Date of Object:
ca. late 1700s - early 1800s
Accession #:
020.02.01
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metal spear
Description:
The spear point is a hand wrought piece of metal work that was found at Twin One Creek by Ralph Dan Jr. when he was looking for cedar roots. It is leaf shaped with a defined spine and blade with a socket. It was given to Johnny for further research due to his role researching Lil'wat traditional territory. It may be a decorative piece or it may be a weapon. This item will need more research but Johnny is confident it is not of First nation origin. It could have belonged to an early explorer who made their way up the lakes into the interior. Johnny likes to believe it was an early Spanish explorer who made his way inland and left it along the way. The spear also has a map indicating where it was found.
Date of Object:
ca. late 1700s-early 1800s
Accession #:
020.02.02
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Pyrite rocks
Description:
Two pyrite rocks (also known as ''false gold'') donated by Johnny Jones. The rocks were found at 7km on the Birkenhead FSR Lot 33, along with a map that came along with the pyrite rocks.
Date of Object:
Unknown
Accession #:
020.02.03ab
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