A set of 19 photos of Napthelie McKenzie showing how a fish can be cooked upwanask style over an open fire, without a frying pan, using sticks to hold it. Birchbark can serve as a plate in the bush.
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.
Loyal till Death: Indians and the North-West Rebellion
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On back of photograph: "(North-West Rebellion - 1885) Coulee at Fort Qu'Appelle, N.W.T. 12th and 35th Regiments and Winnipeg Cavalry, York and Simcoe Batteries, en route through Touchwood Hills to Humboldt [Sask.]. [Lt.-Col. Wm. E. O'Brien on white horse commanding the York and Simcoe Battalions."
From the book Loyal till Death: Indians and the North-West Rebellion by Blair Stonechild and Bill Waiser.
Inuit Art Quarterly, vol. 14, no. 3, Fall, 1999, p. 40
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Curatorial notes for an exhibition of the same name mounted at the MacKenzie Art Gallery, Regina, Saskatchewan, October 25, 1998 to September, 1999.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 40.
A photograph of the creator of a totem pole given to the City of Prince Albert, 1975. The pole was carved by a First Nations man originally from British Columbia, and currently stands along the North Saskatchewan River near the Prince Albert Historical Museum.
A photograph of the creator of a totem pole given to the City of Prince Albert receiving an award from what is likely a City official, 1975. The pole was carved by a First Nations man originally from British Columbia.
A photo of several Cree boys in front of the old Anglican Mission school at La Ronge in August 1919. This school was destroyed by fire in March 1920 and a new one built. Taken during the journey of Christina Bateman and Annie McKay from Prince Albert to La Ronge, SK in 1919.
A Cree camp at the Sandy Lake Reserve, probably sometime around the end of the nineteenth or early twentieth centuries. Picture shows several tipis and horses.
A photograph of a camp of Cree people on the prairie, probably sometime between 1890 and 1930. Many wear western clothing, some women with formal dresses and caps. A man with his back to camera wears some traditional clothing adorned with feathers. Picture possibly taken by George Mann family who worked with Cree people in Onion Lake, Saddle Lake and Hobbema reserves between 1883 and 1916. Members of the family were known to continue to visit these areas well into the 1920s.
Image of four Aboriginal male chiefs and an non-Aboriginal man posing for the camera; [indoor scene]. Note with photo: "Cree Chiefs from Crooked Lake. Seated - Flying in a Circle, Big Child Star Blanket. Standing - O'Soup a Blackfoot, P. Hourie an interpreter. Taken at Brantford, Ontario, at unveiling of Brant memorial Oct. 13, 1886. O'Soup Chippewa Chief / P. Hourie Interpreter / Front: Flying in a Circle / Big Child Mistawasis / Star Blanket Ahtahkakoop / names according to two of Rev.
Loyal till Death: Indians and the North-west Rebellion
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Photograph of council held near Battleford. People; horses and terrain in foreground; buildings on extreme left and right of image.
Caption "The Battleford-bound Cree held a council on the Sweetgrass reserve in late March 1885; the meeting was interrupted by two Metis messengers who wanted the Indians to capture the fort."
From the book Loyal till Death: Indians and the North-west Rebellion by Blair Stonechild and Bill Waiser.
A photograph of an Aboriginal man, with four female children outside of a building. Picture possibly taken by George Mann family who worked with Cree people in Onion Lake, Saddle Lake and Hobbema reserves between 1883 and 1916. Members of the family were known to continue to visit these areas well into the 1920s.
A photo of a Cree hunter taken by Christina Bateman and Annie McKay in Central (geographic) Saskatchewan, during their journey from Prince Albert to La Ronge, 1919.
Image of two Aboriginal men, two women and three children posing in front of a large tipi. One man wears a headdress and there is a Union Jack attached to a pole on the tipi.
Image of a large group of "Cree Indians" posing for the camera. Many are wearing ceremonial dance outfits, and six men sit around a powwow drum in the foreground.
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Cree man loads over portage. Angus McKay on the right. Taken during the journey of Christina Bateman and Annie McKay from Prince Albert to La Ronge, SK in 1919.
A photo of a Cree man standing by the Montreal River near La Ronge. Taken during the journey of Christina Bateman and Annie McKay from Prince Albert to La Ronge, SK in 1919.
A coloured postcard of Cree Native woman fashioning a basket from birch bark. She may be Flora Netmaker as identified by Norman Lalonde who had this same postcard. Photo was taken at Whitefish Reserve (North of Sasny Lake reserve, near Debden)
A photograph of a Cree wedding party travelling by wagon taken during Christina Bateman and Annie McKay's journey from Prince Albert to La Ronge, Saskatchewan. The Cree man with his back to the camera is the women's companion, Willie Bear.
A group photo of Cree women and children at La Ronge. Taken during the journey of Christina Bateman and Annie McKay from Prince Albert to La Ronge, SK in 1919.
A photograph of a large number of Native people seated and standing in circle. Non-native on-lookers and tipi in background. Probably taken at a pow-wow of treaty day celebration.
Eagle Feather News, vol. 14, no. 9, September 2011, p. 14
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Comments on the many interactive cultural activities to be held around the country including Saskatchewan.
Article found by scrolling to page 14 and 15.
Close-up image of plaques at Cut Knife Hill. Plaque reads: "Cut Knife Battlefield. Named after Chief Cut Knife of the Sarcee in an historic battle with the Cree. On 2nd May, 1885, Lt. Col. W.D. Otter led 325 troops composed of North West Mounted Police, "B" Battery, "C" Company, Foot Guards, Queen's Own and Battleford Rifles, against the Cree and Assiniboine under Poundmaker and Fine Day. After an engagement of six hours, the troops retreated to Battleford."
Reviews a 2004 exhibition focused on the story of the migration to Moose Jaw after the Battle of Little Bighorn. Originally published in Vie des Arts under the title Dana Claxton: Sitting Bull and the Moose Jaw Sioux.
A photograph of a First Nations dancer in traditional garb at a ceremony to celebrate the giving of a totem pole to the City of Prince Albert, 1975. The pole was carved by a First Nations man originally from British Columbia, and currently stands along the North Saskatchewan River near the Prince Albert Historical Museum.
A photograph of First Nations dancers (adults and children), in traditional garb,and a drum circle, at a ceremony to celebrate the giving of a totem pole to the City of Prince Albert, 1975. The pole was carved by a First Nations man originally from British Columbia, and currently stands along the North Saskatchewan River near the Prince Albert Historical Museum.
A photograph of First Nations dancers in traditional garb at a ceremony to celebrate the giving of a totem pole to the City of Prince Albert, 1975. The pole was carved by a First Nations man originally from British Columbia, and currently stands along the North Saskatchewan River near the Prince Albert Historical Museum.