A photograph taken at Stand Off, Alta. on Blood Reserve. Percy Creighton (l) and John Cotton, Blood Indians on Blood Reserve in Stand Off, Alberta. Creighton wears elaborate ceremonial garb complete with head dress; Cotton wears moccasins, cloth wrapped around waist, and necklace. Creighton holds "weasel tail robe" (see LH 2166 for explanation). Cotton is medicine man who was conducting ceremony initiating Alexander of Tunis into Kainai chieftanship.
Contributor/Editor
[Saskatoon Public Library Local History Room]
Open Access
Yes
Primary Source
Yes
Publisher
[University of Saskatchewan Archives]
Publication Date
1946-1952
Credit
Saskatoon Public Library Local History Room, General Photographs Collection, LH-2170; records from Our Legacy site, http://scaa.sk.ca/ourlegacy
Resource Type
Images -- Photographs
Format
Image
Language