Photos
Julie Norman compiled this 21-minute slide show, using photos from family and friends (from 1927 to 2019), for the Celebrations of Life honoring Agnes Baker Pilgrim’s legacy after her passing in November 2019:
(Dawn’s Mirage and Dreamscapes from the album Canyon Trilogy (CR-7210) by R. Carlos Nakai, courtesy Canyon Records License 2019-089. All rights reserved, CanyonRecords.com. Used with permission.)
Robert Brothers (Bobcat) created an extensive photo gallery including rare, old photos of Grandma Aggie’s family. The photos span 125 years and 7 generations – from Agnes’ Grandfather George Harney to her Great-Great-Great-Grandchildren.
Grandfather, "Olhatha" George Harney (Takelma) 1837-1900. Elected first Chief, Confederated Tribes of Siletz, 1870. Photo taken in Washington D.C., circa 1875-77
Grandfather George Harney, first Chief of the Confederated Tribes of Siletz
Grandfather George Harney
Great Aunt Agnes Harney Howard with husband, Joe Howard
Great Aunt Agnes Harney Howard
Mother, Eveline Lydia Harney Baker (Takelma), daughter of George Harney (Takelma) and Elizabeth Julian Tole (Grand Ronde)
Great Aunt Frances Harney Johnson and Mother, Eveline Harney Baker
Nurse holding Aggie (3 years), Mother Eveline, Sister Marian, Great Aunt Frances, Brothers Lloyd and Charles, with Brother Terry and Sister Evelyn in front (1927)
Grandpa Charles Baker, Brother George Baker, Brother Tharald Baker, Brother Lloyd Baker, Father George W. Baker, Brother Gilbert Baker
Grandpa Charles Baker and George Baker (Coos)
Aggie's Brothers at Ti'lomikh Falls, 1933
Table Rock, Sacred Grounds above the Rogue River ,1933
(Front) Great Aunt Frances, (Middle) Brother George, Mother Eveline, Brother Gilbert, (Back) Father George, 1933
Great Aunt Frances Harney Johnson with traditional "111" tattoos, 1934
Aggie in Feather Dance regalia, 1930s
(Top) Brothers Gilbert and George Baker, (2nd row) Great Aunt Agnes Harney, Grandma Elizabeth Harney, Brother Lloyd Baker, (3rd row) Cousin Rosalie Colby, Sister Evelyn Baker, Agnes Baker, (bottom) Cousins Ruby, Reuben, Gwendolyn, and Raymond Colby
(Top) Brothers Gilbert and George Baker, (2nd row) Great Aunt Agnes Harney, Grandma Elizabeth Harney, Brother Lloyd Baker, (3rd row) Cousin Rosalie Colby, Sister Evelyn Baker, Agnes Baker, (bottom) Cousins Ruby, Reuben, Gwendolyn, and Raymond Colby
Agnes on the Trask River by Tillamook, 1953
Agnes on the Trask River by Tillamook, 1953
Aggie on horseback, 1950s
Aggie in the 1950s
Southern Oregon University Graduation, with brothers George and Lloyd, 1985
Agnes with her brother Lloyd Baker
Agnes with brother George Baker
Joanna Storm, daughter Mona Hudson, son Keith Taylor, Agnes, granddaughter Ember Hudson, daughter Nadine Martin, 2000
Daughters Sonja Taylor, Nadine Martin, and Mona Hudson, 2000
Agnes with daughters Nadine Martin and Mona Hudson, 2005
Agnes with daughters Mona Hudson and Nadine Martin at Applegate Salmon Ceremony, 2005
Agnes with great granddaughter Kimberly Taylor
Aggie and Grant Pilgrim with grandson Creed Taylor and granddaughter Diana Martin
Agnes with great granddaughter Chantele Rilatos, 2003
Great grandkids Santee, Devon, and Keauna
Great grandkids Jai and Jesse
Great grandkids Diana and Charlotte Harrington, 2004
Great granddaughter Anna Marie Taylor
Great granddaughter Natalie Solis
Aggie on the movie set south of Crescent City, CA
Aggie with Julie Norman and Cathy Shaw at dedication of the Headwaters Environmental Center in Ashland, 1996
Aggie at the Siletz PowWow, 2000s
Aggie at the Siletz PowWow, 2000s
Aggie with Dal Dal (Jill Birmingham) at the traditional Takelma pit house by the Kerbyville Museum
Aggie and Newman at the Takelma pit house in Kerby, Oregon
Aggie teaching about Takelma ways with the traditional canoe made by Gray Eagle and George Fence
Kids and traditional Takelma canoe, made by Gray Eagle and George Fence
George Fence (Cherokee), Takelma canoe carver
Grandson Jai Kibbe (Yurok), Martha Stewart, and Aggie on the Illinois River, 2001
Aggie, Martha Stewart, and Keith Taylor on the Illinois River, 2001
Thank-you note from Martha Stewart after TV interview on the Illinois River, 2001
Winners of Ecotrust's Buffett Award in Portland, 2004
Aggie weaving an egg basket at the Good Medicine Women's Healing Gathering in Williams, 2004
Aggie with Diane Windsong Martin during the Good Medicine Women's Healing Gathering, 2004
Aggie with Gladys Bolton at the Siletz PowWow
Agnes delivering a speech, 2000
Aggie with new traditional "111" tattoo by New Zealand Maori elder, 2000
Aggie with John Lodge at Moody Blues Concert in Medford
Takelma Intertribal Project leaders, Dennis Martinez and Aggie, at Applegate (Kanaka Flat) Salmon Ceremony, mid-1990s
Aggie and family at Applegate Salmon Ceremony, mid-1990s
Aggie cleaning salmon with ferns at Applegate Salmon Ceremony, mid-1990s
Daughters Nadine Martin and Mona Hudson at Applegate Salmon Ceremony, mid-1990s
Salmon filets on traditional redwood skewers
Salmon filets on redwood skewers
Salmon skewers around the fire pit
Daughter Mona Hudson and Barry Snitkin tending salmon skewers
Salmon Feast at Kanaka Flat on the Applegate River, mid-1990s
Aggie with WWF Board Member, Bob Waterman, and former U.S. Secretary of the Interior, Bruce Babbitt, at Applegate Salmon Ceremony
Grandma Aggie with Lakota elders Rita and Beatrice Long Visitor Holy Dance
First meeting of the International Council of 13 Indigenous Grandmothers in New York, 2004
Authors Gloria Steinem and Alice Walker at Council Meeting in New York, 2004
Grandmothers and guests at Council Meeting in New York, 2004
Author Luisah Saimai at Council Meeting in New York, 2004
Yupik dancer, Marie Meade, at Council Meeting in New York, 2004
Aggie and Yupik dancer, Marie Meade, 2004
International Council of 13 Indigenous Grandmothers and Jyoti, 2004
Clara Shinobu Iura welcomes Grandmothers to Vovos, Brazil, via the Amazon River, 2005
Grandmothers head home via the Mapia and Amazon Rivers, 2005
Grandmother Julietta Casimiro and translator Francoise Bourzat from Oaxaca, Mexico, 2006