The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939
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Author/Creator
Frederick Steele
Description
Image of an Assiniboine powwow held near Moosomin, Saskatchewan.
From the book The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939 by Brock Silversides.
Local History room files LH-5397 to 5399 are reproductions of maps of Moose Woods made in 1889. LH 5397 was Surveyed by A. W. Ponton from Indian Affairs Survey Records, No. 570. Beside the map it reads: Subdivision Survey of Indian Reserve No. 94 Chief White Cap (Sioux).
Three articles on missionary life, the first describing events of Christmas 1888 in Bella Bella, BC. The second article is a letter from Rev. John Nelson, dated 7 March 1889, discussing the Mountain Stoney Aboriginal population present in the Saskatchewan District. The third article is a letter from Rev. A.E. Green, dated 11 February 1889, concerning the frustration relating to the land issue in the Naas River, BC, area.