Image of a group of boys in school uniform posing for the camera at the All Saints Residential School at Lac La Ronge. Summer scene; trees in background.
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2 photographs, same image ("Brave and His Gala Attire" in black and white, "Indian Warrior"in sepia tone). A portrait image of man seated with wife/woman attending to his right. Intricate beadwork on traditional dress is displayed.
Photograph depicts 2 men sitting on grass. Horses and buildings in background. Accompanying type-written text (source unknown) reads: "The aboriginals were never in a hurry and it was a frequent occurrence to see the bucks loafing in this wise no matter how important their mission. The man with the hat on is supposed to be hunting the band of ponies which had strayed, as indicated by the coiled lariat on his knee.
Plaque on the "North West Rebellion" Monument at Memorial Park in Battleford, SK. For a picture of the entire monument see S-B275. The Plaque reads: "North West Rebellion Battleford, Sacked by the Rebel Cree Indians Under Poundmaker Here on 26th May 1885 After The Battle of Batoche and the Capture of Riel Poundmaker and his Band Surrendered to General Middleton" and was produced by the Historical Monuments Board of Canada, presumably sometime in the early twentieth century.
Buffalo Narrows trapper John Hansen says "steady trapping can make a good living for anyone these days." Page One: picture of John Hansen. Page Two: picture of pelts.
Buildings at Emmanuel College in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan. Taken sometime before 1905. Emmanuel College was moved to Saskatoon in September 1909 when the University of Saskatchewan was established.
Image of canoe with sail on water. From the diary of Annie McKay: "We met a family of Indians (1 canoe)who had a blanket up for a sail. Stopped and put up a sail of our own" (August 15th). Possibly Adolphus Ross and William Bird paddling. Trip of Christina Bateman and Annie McKay to La Ronge, 1919.
Brief overview of history of the Chippewas of Nawash First Nation located on Bruce Peninsula in Ontario. Website includes timeline, map, and historic photos with accompanying text.
Image of an Aboriginal couple standing on a blanket dressed in ceremonial style clothing. They are holding a Canadian Ensign, staff, pipe stem and blanket. A horse stands in the background with an intricately woven blanket draped over its back.
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.
Two different angles of carvings. On information card: Carvings executed by Pierre Karliig for the Acquatare Oil Co. in Calgary Alta. Picture taken at the Craft Shop in Rankin Inlet.
Caucasian woman in suit, with two young First Nations women in dressy outfits featuring beads, fringes and moccasins, April 26, 1950. Part of Kinsmen series B 4014 to 19.
A photograph of Indian Leaders in ceremonial dress appear on an outdoor stage with three men in suits, two at microphones. Music stands and chairs are in front of the stage. Setting and occasion are unknown. background appears to be some decorative wall.
File contains 8 negatives showing what appears to be a government official returning the original Treaty Six medal from Queen Victoria given to Chief John Smith to the current Chief of the band (Muskoday). Negatives 2 and 3 are detailed shots of the medal itself.
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.
Two photographs of Chadsees, an Indigenous man in western clothing subtitled "Chadsees in the Cutknife fight". In one photo he is standing beside a sign. Both are taken on prairie.
A photo taken by City Studio in Saskatoon of an Aboriginal man in side profile with a pipe in his mouth. Inscribed on the bottom is: Chakicum A Relic of the Riel Rebellion. No date.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 12, no. 4, 1988, pp. 17-37
Description
Chronicles the changes of unique forms of dress using seven periods within the study time frame, including paintings up to 1857 and after that, photographs.
Using examples taken from images housed in the Anthropology Section of the Museum, argues that depending upon the photographer's motivations, they may portray an accurate record of Aboriginal culture or a skewed, Eurocentric viewpoint.
Chapter XIII, "Prince Albert and the Rebellion". A short account of the Resistance and its effects on Prince Albert by the Editor of the Prince Albert newspaper. Two images included (Telegraph trail and view of Prince Albert in the 1880s).