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Peter Livesay Macnair, the son of Dorothy Livesay and Duncan Macnair. From 1965 until 1996 Macnair was the Curator of Ethnology at the Royal British Columbia Museum. Macnair left the Royal British Columbia Museum in 1997 and joined the firm of Stewart Macnair Inc. as a partner. Macnair is widely recognized for his knowledge of the art and history of the First Nations people of the Northwest Coast. His area of expertise is the coastal peoples of the North Pacific from northern California to Alaska, in particular the potlatch and traditional life of the Kwakwaka'wakw and the material culture of the Haida.

Born: 1940