Residents gathering for a hearing of the Carrothers Commission at Rae, N.W.T. which was studying the future directions of government in the Northwest Territories.
One image of a series of 9 images numbered QC-3693-3 to 11 of Mistusenni rock, now under water at Diefenbaker Lake. Mistusenni, a 400 ton glacial erratic, 14 feet high, 79 feet in circumference, was sacred to the Cree and Plains Indians. Attempts to remove the rock failed. Fragments were used to construct a monument for historic site marker near Elbow. Seen in various images, CFQC Staff Wally Stambuck, Jeff Howard and Zenon Pohorecky.
Chief Bruno meeting with councillors [of the Carrothers Commission] at Rae, N.W.T. which was studying the future directions of government in the Northwest Territories.
The congregation outside the Anglican church in the community of Apex at Frobisher Bay, N.W.T. [NU]. In 1987 the community of Frobisher Bay was renamed Iqaluit.
File contains two negatives from a First Aid Class held at the All Saints Residential School on February 8, 1965, in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan. Both images show young adults being taught to deal with emergency type health situations.
Exhibiting Cultures: The Poetics and Politics and Museum Display
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Author/Creator
James Clifford
Description
Describes and compares the treatment of art in the Royal British Columbia Museum, U'mista Cultural Centre, Kwagiulth Museum and Cultural Centre, and University of British Columbia Museum of Anthropology.
Chapter fourteen from Exhibiting Cultures: The Poetics of Museum Display edited by Ivan Karp and Steven D. Lavine.
File contains 1 negative of an unidentified woman presenting a gift to a student at a school in Prince Albert (presumably All Saints Residential School), Saskatchewan, April 9, 1965.
Indian dancers from St. Mary's School poses in front of the stage in the Pensioners and Pioneers Pavilion where they had performed at a potluck supper held by the association's member. The hoop dancers wear matching blue shirts. The girl in the red dress performed a shawl dance.