Bertha Felix Campigli

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

Life

Bertha Felix was born in Lairds 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 from 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. 1 2 3 4 5 Byrne, Peter (5 May 2021). "Tamál Húye: Coast Miwoks Fight for Recognition of Point Reyes' Indigenous History". Pacific Sun. Archived from the original on 10 March 2026. Retrieved 14 September 2023.
  2. ↑ "Museums". American Indian Art Magazine. 32 (1). American Indian Art, Incorporated: 52. Winter 2006. ISSN 0192-9968 – via Google Books.
  3. ↑ Harlan, Theresa (21 September 2022). "West Marin's Past, September 22, 2022". Point Reyes Light. Archived from the original on 11 February 2025. Retrieved 14 September 2023.
  4. 1 2 3 4 Avery, Christy (2009). Tomales Bay Environmental History and Historic Resource Study: Point Reyes National Seashore. National Park Service, United States Department of the Interior. pp. 197–198. OCLC 818634467. Archived from the original on 20 May 2026. Retrieved 19 May 2026 – via Google Books.
  5. ↑ "In the Spirit of the Ancestors". Burke Museum. 2007. Archived from the original on 9 May 2026. Retrieved 14 September 2023.
  6. ↑ Bowannie, Mary K. (2009). "Review of Hulleah J. Tsinhnahjinnie and Veronica Passalacqua, eds. 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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