Bertha Felix Campigli

Bertha Felix Campigli (1882 – 1949)[1] was an American/Coast Miwok photographer from California.[2]

Life

Bertha Felix was born in Laird’s Landing, a cove of Tomales Bay, to Joseph and Paulina Felix.[1][3] Joseph's parents were Euphrasia Felix, a Coast Miwok woman from San Francisco, and Domingo Felix, a Filipino immigrant; they and Joseph moved to Tomales Bay in 1860.[1] Bertha Felix and her siblings attended Pierce Ranch, about three miles away form home, for their schooling.[4]

Campigli's fourth husband was Arnold Campigli, a hunter and farmhand of Swiss-Italian descent whose parents disapproved of his marriage to an indigenous woman.[1][4] She had eight children, the last of whom, Elizabeth, was born in 1925.[1]

Campigli worked as a cook at several ranches around Tomales Bay.[4] She died of tuberculosis in 1949.[4]

Art

Campligli's photographs have been shown at the Burke Museum in Seattle,[5] and were included in the book Our People, Our Land, Our Images: International Indigenous Photographers in 2011.[6]

References
  1. "Tamál Húye: Coast Miwoks Fight for Recognition of Point Reyes' Indigenous History". Pacific Sun. 2021-05-05. Retrieved 2023-09-14.
  2. American Indian Art Magazine. American Indian Art, Incorporated. 32: 52. 2006 https://books.google.com/books?id=AZIpAQAAIAAJ. {{cite journal}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. Harlan, Theresa (2022-09-21). "West Marin's Past, September 22, 2022". Point Reyes Light. Retrieved 2023-09-14.
  4. Avery, Christy (2009). Tomales Bay Environmental History and Historic Resource Study: Point Reyes National Seashore. U.S. Department of the Interior, Pacific West Region, National Park Service. pp. 197–198.
  5. "In the Spirit of the Ancestors". Burke Museum. Retrieved 2023-09-14.
  6. Bowannie, Mary K. (2009). "Review of Our People, Our Land, Our Images: International Indigenous Photographers". American Indian Quarterly. 33 (4): 566–568. ISSN 0095-182X. JSTOR 40388490.
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