The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939
Images » Photographs
Author/Creator
Harry Pollard
Description
Photograph of a group of Indigenous men in traditional clothing at the Calgary Stampede including, from left : Dick Bad Boy, Harry Red Gum, Joe Good Eagle, Manny Fire, Sam Red Old Man, and Willie White Pup.
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
Harry Pollard
Description
Black and white photograph of a group of men standing in front of a rest room set up by the Canada Life Assurance Company at the Calgary Stampede. Five of these men are Indigenous and wearing idealized versions of traditional clothing. The picture includes (from left) Pretty Young Man, Many Fire, Wolf Shoe, Chief Go Getun, Heavy Shield, and Haughton Running Rabbit. The Caucasian men are unidentified.
From the book The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939 by Brock Silversides.
I'POYI Aboriginal Writers Gathering ; March 27, 2009
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Troy Emory Twigg
Description
Dancer reads an article he wrote, A Story of an Entry at Union Station, How Ancient Memories Travel Through the Blood, Peter Chen and Me, and then performs a dance.
Duration: 21:42.
Canadian Historical Review, vol. 90, no. 4, December 2009, pp. 711-751
Description
Suggests that the event represented economic self-sufficiency, personal independence, and the development of new rodeo masculinities for both settlers and Aboriginal men in early twentieth-century Western Canada.
Examines parent and community engagement, cultural and language programming, teachers, instruction and curriculum resources, professional development, and individual students supports at Francis of Assisi Elementary School and Le Roi Daniels Elementary School.