Black and white photograph of the place where the Roman Catholic church at Frog Lake stood before it was burnt down in 1885 during the Frog Lake Massacre.
A photograph taken at Stand Off, Alta. on Blood Reserve. Shows a ceremony in which Alexander of Tunis, Governor General, was inducted into Kainai Chieftanship. A large crowd stands near a decorated teepee. There are two men with headdresses and three men playing hand drums.
A photograph taken at Stand Off, Alta. on Blood Reserve. Shows a ceremony in which Alexander of Tunis, Governor General, was inducted into Kainai Chieftanship. Part of a series of photographs, LH 2166-2169. In this photograph, Percy Creighton stands in centre holding "weasel tail robe", formerly owned by Red Crow, Blood war chief and signator to Treaty 7. Robe now in Alberta provincial Museum. John Cotton, kneeling at right, is medicine man performing initiation ceremony.
"Transfer of the head dress" ceremony where Governor General Viscount Alexander was made honorary chief of the Blood Indian band at Stand Off, Alberta. He became Chief Pit-O-To-Ka, or Chief Eagle Head. Several people wearing head dresses with a Mountie in formal uniform in the foreground.
"Transfer of the head dress" ceremony where Governor General Viscount Alexander was made honorary chief of the Blood Indian band at Stand Off, Alberta. He became chief Pit-O-To-Ka, or Chief Eagle Head. On stage during the presentation, with Mounties, flags, teepee in background, photographers (press) in foreground.
A photograph of two Aboriginal women in white blouses and long dark dresses in front of a building. A bicycle leans against the wall behind them. These women were probably acquaintances of the George Mann family who worked on Onion Lake, Saddle Lake and Hobbema reserves between 1883 and 1915.
An image of an Aboriginal man standing outside a teepee on the open prairie. He is wrapped in a blue blanket and wears a fur hat. Colours have been added to the picture in a chromolithograph process. Also, glitter has been glued onto the picture to highlight the trim on his blanket and the poles on the teepee. The postcard is addressed to Mrs. E. J. Cairn, England and it reads "We see a lot of these people..." See page two for complete citation.
A photograph of two non-Aboriginal women in Victorian style dresses and caps holding shotguns. A dog sits at their feet. They are probably Blanche and Charlotte Mann who lived and worked with their father Indian agent George Mann (see historical note).
A head and shoulders photograph of an Aboriginal woman in western style clothing. This woman was probably an acquaintance of the George Mann family who worked on Onion Lake, Saddle Lake and Hobbema reserves between 1883 and 1915. The Mann's were known to return to visit these areas well into the 1920s.