Image of wounded soldiers leaving for Saskatoon likely from Fish Creek on 2 May 1885 during the Northwest Resistance. A trail of men on horseback and horse-drawn wagons are visible.
A photograph of a group of Aboriginal women and children sitting in the shade of a car with a ceremonial lodge? visible on the right, possibly near Onion Lake, Saskatchewan. Cut trees lie in the foreground. Picture probably taken by George Mann Jr. family who homesteaded in the area. Mann Jr was a telegraph line man for the Government of Canada and would often visit Onion Lake when he checked the line.
Adolphus Ross and William Bird. These two men paddled Christina Bateman and Annie McKay's canoe for three days during their 1919 journey from Prince Albert to La Ronge, Sk.
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An image of a long parade of Aboriginal men on horseback. They wear ceremonial regalia, and some hold spear like poles with small flags tied to them. Non-Aboriginal people are gathered with horses and buggies watching the procession. Colours have been added to the image in a chromolithograph process. On the back there is a short note and it is postmarked 1930. The postcard was sent from Lethbridge, Alberta to Queens County, New Brunswick.
Black and white photograph captioned "Blackfoot Brave with scalps" featuring a Blackfoot man on horseback in traditional costume, holding a stick possibly decorated with a scalp. Dog with travois in background.
Black and white photograph of five Blackfoot men on horseback riding down a street wearing traditional clothing and possibly bearing "scalps" on sticks. They appear to be in a parade.
Black and white photograph of a young Blood man on horseback, entitled 'Blood Indian Brave" there is another Aboriginal man in background, also on horseback. Both are dressed in traditional costume.
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.
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.
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.
Chief Broken Eye trekking across prairie near North Battleford, driving horse and wagon; his family sits in the back. A non-Aboriginal man stands in front posing for the camera.
A photograph of children riding in the back of a Red River Cart at pion-era in Saskatoon, Sask around 1940. A man with a wide-brimmed hat drives the cart which is towed by a large bull. Horse and buggy in the background.
A copy of illustration: "Escape of the McKay family through the ice to Prince Albert", from souvenir number of CANADIAN PICTORIAL & ILLUSTRATED WAR NEWS, 4 Jul 1885. It depicts Metis rowing boat through ice as his wife and children huddle in back. McKay was a farm instructor near Battleford. Incident described p.21.
Photograph. On information card: Dog sled and upright snowshoes, "Chipewyan dog sled and spring-winter snowshoes during a campfire rest in the bush". Spring-winter snowshoes are bigger than the fall-winter ones. Dunvegan Lake Camp, Mackenzie District, N.W.T.