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.
File contains 3 negatives of the Crutwell, Saskatchewan Local of AMNSIS (no. 66) recieving $33000 from the federal government for the building of a ball diamond in the community. One scanned image shows members of AMNSIS local at the ceremony.
File contains three negatives showing the Prince Albert Tribal Council Flags at full mast, outside the PATC building in Prince Albert, SK on December 24, 1991.
File contains 7 negatives from the crowning of Elizabeth Stonesand as Prince Albert Indian and Metis Friendship Centre Princess on April 20, 1985. Seven scanned images show Stonesand recieving her title.
File contains one negative showing an assembled group of delegates at an Indian Youth Heritage Days Committee meeting, presumably in Prince Albert, SK, on May 22, 1985.
File contains 2 negatives of a panel discussion group from the Indian Youth Heritage Days conference (presumably in Prince Albert, SK) on July 3, 1985.
The individual in the photograph is on guard duty at a sentry post at Prince Albert, NWT, 1885. A few possibilities exist for what this photograph represents. It appears to be a Northwest Mounted Police man (note the pith helmet), or less likely, a member of the Prince Albert Volunteers, or the Prince Albert Home Guard taken during the "siege" of Prince Albert.
Image of Humboldt Telegraph Station, likely during the Northwest Resistance. On back of photo: "This photo was taken after Wm. Scott (in charge of the Humboldt Mail Station had finished riding 140 miles to Prince Albert to Humboldt with dispatches. These dispatches were from Colonel Irwin [Irvine] (who was in charge at Prince Albert) to General Middleton. The ride was made in 23 hours on the horse shown in this photo. The horse's name was Lary and was known to have great staying power. Sitting is T. [Thomas] Pike."