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Bob Harris, Kwakwaka'wakw, ca. 1870-ca. 1935

Bob Harris, Xi'xa'niyus, was a Kwakwaka'wakw artist who went to the 1904 St. Louis World Fair and also had works in the 1893 Chicago World's Fair (now in Chicago’s Field Museum).

Bob Harris, Xi'xa'niyus, was a Kwakwaka'wakw artist who went to the 1904 St. Louis World Fair and also had works in the 1893 Chicago World's Fair (now in Chicago’s Field Museum). X̱i'x̱aniyus married T̓łaḵwe'ł Mary Mountain, daughter of Chief Na̱ge' "Mountain," Head of the Wi'umasg̱a̱m 'na̱mima from the Mama̱liliḵa̱la. Her mother was half Bella Bella. These two are the grandparents of Chief Henry Speck, as they are the parents of their only daughter 'Wadzidi, who was the mother of Henry Speck.

Born: c. 1865
Died: c. 1930