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.
The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939
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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: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939
Images » Photographs
Author/Creator
Boorne & May (photographer)
Description
Black and white photograph of a Sarcee woman, Kitsipimi Otunna on a horse with a travois. Camp with teepee in background.
Unused photograph from the book The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939 by Brock Silversides.
A postcard inscribed: Indian drying meat, Loon Lake, Sask. There is a full-length photo of an Aboriginal man by meat drying structure with tent in background. He is dressed in western clothes.
A photograph of an Aboriginal camp in Prince Albert District, NWT [1901]. There are several teepees and some wagons. There is a corral in the background, and they also appear to be building log houses.
20 images (seven scanned here) of members of the Saskatoon Native community at the Saskatoon train station joining a group of Aboriginal people on a train trip on November 26, 1980.
Postcard of painting done by Canadian artist Paul Kane (1810-1871) showing an Aboriginal camp on Lake Huron, ON. Canoes and people working in foreground; tipis and Lake Huron in background.
An image of a boardwalk in a small village. Totem poles are visible along the wooden walkway at the front of several buildings. There is a small boat on the walkway which indicates it may be a wharf in a fishing community.
An image of a small camp next to a river, probably the Bow River in southern Alberta. There is a teepee structure with no covering, a Red River style cart, several horses, and one woman stands alone at the far left.
A photograph of a teepee structure set up as a fish drying rack. There is a covering on the back half of the teepee and a group of people seated inside. On the back of the photo is written: Salt River in the Northwest.
A photograph of a Native Encampment near Saskatoon taken around 1905. There are several teepees, some four wheel wagons and at least two Red River Cart style wagons. There are some men standing near a horse in the centre of the photo.
A panoramic photograph of an Indian Camp in the Saskatchewan District of the North-West Territories, probably taken in the late 19th century. There are teepees, covered wagons and government style white canvas tents.
A postcard inscribed: Indian woman making bannock, Loon Lake, Saskatchewan. A photograph of an Aboriginal woman squatted in a camp surrounded by pots and pans. Two frying pans of bannock are propped up next to a fire that has a pot on it.
Entitled: "Cree Indians". Depicts two people wrapped in blankets (one standing, one on horseback) with a small settlement/camp of five teepees in the background.
2 photographic processes of same image (one black and white, the other sepia toned). Indian encampment on top of hill at Battleford, in sight of Government House. In the photo 5 youths, one infant in mossbag and three adults. Two teepees and Red River cart also in image.