International Journal of Canadian Studies, no. 39-40, Culture - Natures in Canada, 2009, pp. 253-279
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Discusses the historical process which has led to the destruction of many of the Blood sacred sites and explains how repatriation and protection are necessary, since their relationship with the land is essential to their culture and spirituality.
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. Five men on horseback are shown wearing headdresses. Part of a series of photographs, LH 2166-2169.
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.
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 on the left and John Cotton on the right, the medicine man performing initiation ceremony. Alexander of Tunis stands in the centre wearing a headdress.
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.