Allen Ahenakew, Interpreter, and E.R. Conn, Federal Supervisor of Indian Affairs, at microphones at the Trappers Convention in Prince Albert, SK, 1961.
File contains a negative with an unclear title showing Aboriginal students in a technical course in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, taken on Septmeber 29, 1961.
File contains four negatives showing Aboriginal students returning to Prince Albert, Saskatchewan from an unspecified location on March 29, 1961. Scanned image shows a group shot of the students.
File contains 4 negatives of performers on stage at the Indian Metis [illegible] Concert on November 24, 1961. The first negative shows a young boy on stage performing a dance. The second shows a man playing the accordion. The third shows a large group of women singing with alongside a piano playing accompaniest. The fourth shows a man with a guitar accompanying a woman singing. The fifth shows a man either singing or announcing at a microphone.
The scanned image shows a shot of a child apparently drawing water from a well at the Kinsmen Christmas Party at the Indian School (All Saints?) in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan taken on December 16, 1961.
Scanned negative shows female students in uniform with an instructor on Visiting Day held on March 8, 1961 at the Prince Albert Indian School (presumably All Saints Residential School).
The scanned image shows a shot of someone dressed as Santa Claus with a group of children and a school official at the Kinsmen Christmas Party at the Indian School (All Saints?) in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan taken on December 17, 1961.
Typescript of W.J. Carter's autobiographical account of his life and experiences in Western Canada during the period 1879 to 1910s. The most interesting part is Carter's account of the impact of the Northwest Resistance of 1885 on the Prince Albert community. Carter, a carpenter by trade, was hired by William McKenzie in August 1889 to build stations on the railway between Regina and Prince Albert.
Folder of clippings relating to the 50th anniversary of the Northwest Resistance. All clippings from the Saskatoon Star-Phoenix except where noted. Clippings glued to paper: 1. Almighty Voice's Prison; 2. Poundmaker's Surrender Highlight of Rebellion; 3. Last Buffalo Herds Seen On Western Plains in 1881; 4. Poundmaker's Forces Had Advantage at Cut Knife; 5. Surrender of Big Bear Marked End of Rebellion. Loose clippings: 6. Back in the Bone Age (clipping and photograph); 7. Bloody Massacre, Fifty Years Ago, at Frog Lake Climax of Indian Revolt; 8. Mounties in Riel Rebellion (photograph); 9.
File contains a copy of Diefenbaker's speech which concerns indigenous peoples living in Prince Albert and Northern Saskatchewan and of the measures that his government has undertaken, such as the appointment of an indigenous senator, indigenous right to vote, and the creation of the Bill of Rights.