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Extracts From the Diary of an Aboriginal Overseas Study Award Holder
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Chicka Dixon
Aboriginal & Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 2, no. 1, March 1978, pp. 55-57
Description
Describes the Alberta portion of her three month trip to Canada and the United States evaluating First Nation social programming.
The Face Pullers: Ch. 1 Images - Blackfeet Boys with Bows and Arrows
Alternate Title
The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939
Images » Photographs
Author/Creator
Boorne and May
Description
Photograph of four boys taken at north camp, Blackfoot Reserve, Southern Alberta.
From the book The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939 by Brock Silversides.
The Face Pullers: Ch.1 Images - Blackfoot Indian
Alternate Title
The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939
Images » Photographs
Author/Creator
George W. Dawson
Description
Image of a young Indigenous man standing outside of tipi with rifle.
From the book The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939 by Brock Silversides.
The Face Pullers: Ch.1 Images - Camp at Great Sun Dance, Blackfoot Reserve
Alternate Title
The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939
Images » Photographs
Author/Creator
Norman Caple
Description
Black and White Photograph of a camp on a Blackfoot Reserve in the North West Territories during a Sun Dance Gathering, with an indigenous person sitting in the foreground.
From the book The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939 by Brock Silversides.
The Face Pullers: Ch.1 Images - Chief Bull Plume
Alternate Title
The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939
Images » Photographs
Description
Portrait of Peigan Chief Bull Plume with rifle sitting on a chair on open prairie. Wearing traditional clothes.
From the book The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939 by Brock Silversides.
The Face Pullers: Ch.1 Images - Chief Sleeping Bull in Warriors Dress
Alternate Title
The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939
Images » Photographs
Author/Creator
Charles W. Mathers
Description
Sioux Chief Sleeping Bull in warrior's clothing outside of a painted tipi near Edmonton.
From the book The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939 by Brock Silversides.
The Face Pullers: Ch. 1 Images - "'Emonis' -- The Otter -- Sarcee Indian, & Camp"
Alternate Title
The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939
Images » Photographs
Author/Creator
Boorne and May
Description
Image of the camp of Emonis, an Otter-Sarcee man. He is in the foreground, on horseback. Tipi in background. Hides are stretched on a wooden frame.
From the book The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939 by Brock Silversides.
The Face Pullers: Ch.1 Images - "Group of Blackfeet with Missionaries"
Alternate Title
The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939
Images » Photographs
Author/Creator
Boorne & May
Description
Photograph of a group of Blackfeet with missionaries on the Blackfoot Reserve in Southern Alberta.
From the book The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939 by Brock Silversides.
The Face Pullers: Ch.1 Images - "Indian Camp, Winter"
Alternate Title
The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939
Images » Photographs
Author/Creator
Boorne & May
Description
Black and white photograph of an Indigenous camp in the winter near Calgary.
From the book The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939 by Brock Silversides.
The Face Pullers: Ch.1 images - "Indian Sun Dance, Making a Brave"
Alternate Title
The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939
Images » Photographs
Author/Creator
Boorne and May
Description
Black and white photograph of a brave-making initiation ceremony conducted during a Sun Dance gathering on the Blood Reserve near Fort Macleod.
From the book The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939 by Brock Silversides.
The Face Pullers: Ch.1 Images - "Indian Tom Tom Drummers at aTea Dance"
Alternate Title
The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939
Images » Photographs
Author/Creator
Charles W. Mathers
Description
Black and white photograph of men with a drum at a tea dance ceremony near Edmonton, Alberta. Subtitled "Indian Tom-Tom Drummers at a Tea Dance". Mountie in foreground.
From the book The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939 by Brock Silversides.
The Face Pullers: Ch.1 Images - Old Sun, Blackfoot Chief, and Woman
Alternate Title
The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939
Images » Photographs
Author/Creator
Boorne & May
Description
Black and White Photograph of Old Sun, a Blackfoot head Chief, and an elderly woman.
Historical note:
Old Sun shared power with Crowfoot as head chief of the Blackfoot, but he was not as well-known. From the book The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939 by Brock Silversides.The Face Pullers: Ch. 1 Images - Participants at Sun Dance
Alternate Title
The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939
Images » Photographs
Author/Creator
George Anderton
Description
Black and white photograph of two young Indigenous men on horseback. From the book The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939 by Brock Silversides.
The Face Pullers: Ch. 1 Images - Peigan Reserve - First Missionary House
Alternate Title
The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939
Images » Photographs
Description
Photograph of Peigan Reserve in wintertime featuring the first missionary house set up by Oblate Order. Livestock in background. Five indigenous persons in foreground.
From the book The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939 by Brock Silversides.
The Face Pullers: Ch.1 Images - Red River Cart and Woman - (Washee Joe)
Alternate Title
The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939
Images » Photographs
Author/Creator
Charles W. Mathers
Description
Black and white photograph of an Indigenous woman next to a Red River Cart and horse near Edmonton. House in background.
From the book The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939 by Brock Silversides.
The Face Pullers: Ch. 2 Images - "Sampson and Leah Beaver and daughter Francis
Alternate Title
The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939
Images » Photographs
Author/Creator
Mary Schaffer
Description
Photograph of family posed outside, daughter standing in between seated parents.
From the book The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939 by Brock Silversides.
The Face Pullers: Ch.2 Images - "The Roaming Hunter Tribes, Warlike and Fierce".
Alternate Title
The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939
Images » Photographs
Author/Creator
Charles W. Mathers
Description
Entitled: "The Roaming Hunter Tribes, Warlike and Fierce". Photo taken with man posing in front of teepee.
From the book The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939 by Brock Silversides.
The Face Pullers: Ch. 2 Images - The Roaming Hunter Tribes, Warlike and Fierce
Alternate Title
The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939
Images » Photographs
Author/Creator
Charles W. Mathers
Description
Entitled: "The Roaming Hunter Tribes, Warlike and Fierce". Photo taken with man posing in front of teepee.
From the book The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939 by Brock Silversides.
The Face Pullers: Ch. 2 Images - Unidentified Blood Warrior
Alternate Title
The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939
Images » Photographs
Author/Creator
Alex J. Ross
Description
Subject holding rifle, sitting on animal hide wearing traditional clothing. Shot in studio. From the book The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939 by Brock Silversides.
The Face Pullers: Ch.3 images - An Encampment of Cree near Vermillion
Alternate Title
The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939
Images » Photographs
Author/Creator
Charles Horetzky
Description
Photograph of camp featuring teepees near present-day Vermilion Alberta.
From the book The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939 by Brock Silversides.
The Face Pullers: Ch.3 Images - Baby Contest at Reserve Hospital
Alternate Title
The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939
Images » Photographs
Author/Creator
Harry Pollard
Description
Black and white photograph of the contestants in a baby contest at the Blackfoot reserve hospital in Southern Alberta. In the front row are winners (left to right) Mrs. Charles Royal, Mrs. Harry Red Gun, and Mrs. A. Young Man. From the book The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939 by Brock Silversides.
The Face Pullers: Ch.3 Images - Betty Hunter-Stoney
Alternate Title
The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939
Images » Photographs
Description
Image of Betty Hunter-Stoney, and elderly Indigenous woman smoking a pipe.
From the book The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939 by Brock Silversides.
The Face Pullers: Ch.3 Images - Children with Instruments : Dunbow Boarding School
Alternate Title
The Face Pullers: Ch.3 Images - Children with Instruments : St. Joseph's Boarding School
The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939
Images » Photographs
Description
Black and white photograph of five young boys with brass instruments outside of Dumbow (St. Joseph's) Boarding School, Alberta.
From the book The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939 by Brock Silversides.
The Face Pullers: Ch.3 Images - Christmas Concert at St. Marys Residential School
Alternate Title
The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939
Images » Photographs
Description
Photograph of a Christmas Concert at St. Mary's School on the Blood Reserve near Cardston, Alberta featuring a group of girls dressed as angels.
From the book The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939 by Brock Silversides.
The Face Pullers: Ch.3 Images - Classroom at St. Mary's School
Alternate Title
The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939
Images » Photographs
Description
Photograph of a classroom at St. Mary's Residential School on the Blood Reserve. Young women studying.
From the book The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939 by Brock Silversides.
The Face Pullers: Ch.3 Images - Dunbow School Hockey Team
Alternate Title
The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939
The Face Pullers: Ch.3 Images - St. Joseph's School Hockey Team
Images » Photographs
Author/Creator
Charles W. Mathers
Description
Black and white photograph of the Dunbow (St. Joseph's) School Hockey Team, coached by the principle, Father Albert Naessens
From the book The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939 by Brock Silversides.
The Face Pullers: Ch.3 Images - Father Levern OMI and Students of Residential School
Alternate Title
The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939
Images » Photographs
Description
Photograph of Father Levern and the students of residential school on Piegan Reserve near Brocket Alberta. From the book The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939 by Brock Silversides.
The Face Pullers: Ch.3 Images - Generation Gap
Alternate Title
The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939
Images » Photographs
Description
Photograph of a young man in Western clothes and an older man wearing traditional clothing. Differences in age, clothing, and attitude possibly indicate a generation gap.
From the book The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939 by Brock Silversides.
The Face Pullers: Ch. 3 Images - Indian Children
Alternate Title
The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939
Images » Photographs
Description
Image of two Indigenous children, a boy and a girl, very young taken on Cold Lake Reserve. From the book The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939 by Brock Silversides.
The Face Pullers: Ch. 3 Images - Jim Crow Flag and Family
Alternate Title
The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939
Images » Photographs
Description
Jim Crow Flag and his family, taken on Peigan Reserve near Brocket, Alberta. From the book The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939 by Brock Silversides.
The Face Pullers: Ch .3 Images - Mike Foxhead, WWI Soldier with Friends
Images » Photographs
Description
Photograph of World War I soldier Mike Foxhead with Blackfoot Friends, prior to going overseas. Foxhead served with the 191st Overseas Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force and lost his life in the trenches. From the book The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939 by Brock Silversides.
The Face Pullers: Ch. 3 Images - Montagnais Children With Father Ernest Lacombe
Alternate Title
The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939
Images » Photographs
Description
Photograph of the Montagnais Children with Father Ernest Lacombe taken on the Cold Lake Reserve.From the book The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939 by Brock Silversides.
The Face Pullers: Ch.3 images - Mr. and Mrs. Big Tobacco
Alternate Title
The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939
Images » Photographs
Author/Creator
Jean Lessard
Description
Photograph of Mr. and Mrs. Big Tobacco in Western dress standing in front of steps.
From the book The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939 by Brock Silversides.
The Face Pullers: Ch.3 images - Mrs. Joe Littlechief and friends
Alternate Title
The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939
Images » Photographs
Author/Creator
Jean Lessard
Description
Photograph of Mrs. Joe Littlechief and friends taken on Blackfoot Reserve near Cluny, Alberta. All wear Western clothing.
From the book The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939 by Brock Silversides.
The Face Pullers: Ch. 3 Images - Norbert Striped Squirrel Family
Alternate Title
The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939
Images » Photographs
Description
Black and white photograph of the Norbert Striped Squirrel Family, taken on a Peigan reserve in Alberta. From the book The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939 by Brock Silversides.
The Face Pullers: Ch.3 Images - Potato Roast
Alternate Title
The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939
Images » Photographs
Author/Creator
Jean Lessard
Description
Photograph of a group of boys having a potato roast on the Blackfoot Reserve near Cluny.
From the book The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939 by Brock Silversides.
The Face Pullers: Ch.3 Images - School Band
Alternate Title
The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939
Images » Photographs
Description
Black and white photograph of a school band on the Ermineskin Reserve.
From the book The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939 by Brock Silversides.
The Face Pullers: Ch. 3 Images - Staff and Students of Dunbow School
Alternate Title
The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939
Images » Photographs
Description
Black and white photograph of the staff and students of Dunbow School, one of the first boarding schools for indigenous children. From the book The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939 by Brock Silversides.
The Face Pullers: Ch.3 Images - Students at Hobbema
Alternate Title
The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939
Images » Photographs
Description
Photograph of students from Ermineskin Indian Residential School at Hobbema in sunhats.
From the book The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939 by Brock Silversides.
The Face Pullers: Ch. 3 Images - Students of Dunbow School (St. Joseph's) with Buns and Bread
Alternate Title
The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939
Images » Photographs
Description
Black and white photograph of students of Dunbow School showing their baking. From the book The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939 by Brock Silversides.
The Face Pullers: Ch.3 Images - Unidentified man
Alternate Title
The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939
Images » Photographs
Author/Creator
Jean Lessard
Description
Photograph of an unidentified man taken in front of building.
From the book The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939 by Brock Silversides.
The Face Pullers: Ch.3 Images - Vincent Yellow Old Woman and Friends
Alternate Title
The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939
Images » Photographs
Author/Creator
Jean Lessard
Description
Photograph of Vincent Yellow Old Woman and two of his friends, all wearing western clothes. Taken on Blackfoot Reserve near Cluny, Alberta.
From the book The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939 by Brock Silversides.
The Face Pullers: Ch.4 Images - " A Mystery to Solve"
Alternate Title
The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939
Images » Photographs
Author/Creator
Harry Pollard
Description
Photograph of two RCMP men, Constable Banks and Corporal Harper, in formal uniform examining a skull, half-buried in a mound of dirt, as two Indigenous men, Many Shots and Black Kettle, look on.
From the book The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939 by Brock Silversides.
The Face Pullers: Ch.4 Images - " A Mystery to Solve"-2
Alternate Title
The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939
Images » Photographs
Author/Creator
Harry Pollard
Description
Photograph of two RCMP men, Constable Banks and Corporal Harper, in formal uniform examining a skull as two indigenous men, Many Shots and Black Kettle, in traditional costumes look on.
From the book The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939 by Brock Silversides.
The Face Pullers: Ch.4 Images - "Beaver Old Woman"
Alternate Title
The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939
Images » Photographs
Author/Creator
Harry Pollard
Description
Photograph of an elderly woman with a pipe, captioned "Beaver Old Woman"
From the book The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939 by Brock Silversides.