An important resource is the photographs of Benjamin Haldane,  including over 100 images of early Metlakatla families.

Old Pictures of New Metlakatla

Cannery workers, c. 1938.  Eli Tait's daughter, Ellen Tait Wesley, is in the front row, sixth from the left.

"Nees Yehl Naats is the original name of Yellow Hill, named after the old man that put a flag on top of Yellow Hill to guide the incoming Tsimshians from British Columbia"                      -------Cultural Education Newsletter, August 199l, Edited by Russell Hayward.

October 26, 1984

Yellow Hill:  Metlakatla from the sea

Members of the Metlakatla City Council: Fred Verney / Charles Brendible / William Duncan / Jacob Scott / Frank Allen / James Leask / Paul Mather / Benjamin Haldane / Edmund Verney / Sam Auriol / Sydney Campbell / Mark Hamilton Adolphus Clavert / Henry Ridley Sr.

An important resource is the photographs of Benjamin Haldane,  including over 100 images of early Metlakatla families.