Aboriginal Weapons and PipehintherWed, 06/03/2009 - 01:09
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A photograph of various Aboriginal artifacts including a bow and quiver with arrows, a flintlock pistol, an axe head, and a pipe. On the back is inscribed "This bow is half wood and half sinew There is no other like it in Canada. The Two long painted arrows were used on Buffalo. The gun is a flint lock." Presumably from a private collection in Medicine Hat, Alberta. On the back is typed "The Pender Agencies . . . Medicine Hat Canada".
Interview includes stories about the power of the medicine man and the abilities to foretell the future. It also includes information regarding traditional attitudes toward education, marriage and lifestyle.
A photograph of two First Nations men in traditional garb at a ceremony to celebrate the giving of a totem pole to the City of Prince Albert, 1975. The pole was carved by a First Nations man originally from British Columbia, and currently stands along the North Saskatchewan River near the Prince Albert Historical Museum.
On information card: Grave found in association with La Loche House with a Hudson's Bay Fort. Principle features are the cross at the head of the grave and a picket wood fence. Methy Portage, SK.
Discussion of several topics: taking of Treaty #7, boundaries of Peigan Reserve; permit system; traditional curing practices; obtaining paint forceremonials; significance of rocks in Blackfoot culture; how the Blackfoot learned from the rock spirit how to drivethe buffalo over a cliff.
Report includes the following papers:
Report of the Director by J. W. Powell
Zuñi Fetiches by Frank Hamilton Cushing
Myths of the Iroquois by Erminnie A. Smith
Animal Carvings from Mounds of the Mississippi Valley by Henry W. Henshaw
Navajo Weavers by Dr. Washington Matthews
Art in Shell of the Ancient Americans by William H.
Report includes the following papers:
Report of the Director by J. W. Powell
Prehistoric Textile Art of Eastern United States by William Henry Holmes
Stone Art by Gerard Fowke
Aboriginal Remains in Verde Valley, Arizona by Cosmos Mindeleff
Omaha Dwellings, Furniture, and Implements by James Owen Dorsey
Casa Grande Ruin by Cosmos Mindeleff
Outlines of Zuñi Creation Myths by Frank Hamilton Cushing
Consists of an interview about the tipis of the Blood Indians; hide preparation, cutting of poles, erection, decoration, furnishing. Also includes some information on transportation by horse and travois.
Northeast Historical Archaeology, vol. 35, no. 1, 2006, pp. 15-28
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Looks at the significance and use of wampum beads in the diplomatic process during the French and British periods at Fort Niagara. Shows beads found there were produced at Albany.