Allen Ahenakew, Interpreter, and E.R. Conn, Federal Supervisor of Indian Affairs, at microphones at the Trappers Convention in Prince Albert, SK, 1961.
Detailed article on the life of Honoré Joseph Jaxon, known as Louis Riel's secretary immediately before the Northwest Rebellion. The article also details the unfortunate trashing of Jaxon's papers upon his death in New York City in 1952.
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 15 negatives showing people at the Prince Albert Indian and Metis Friendship Centre during its' twenty-fifth anniversary on June 16, 1988. The 15 scanned images show eleven negatives showing various people within the Friendship Centre building, and five negatives showing traditional dancers in front of the Prince Albert City Hall.
File contains 4 negatives from a celebration held to commemorate the 25th Anniversary of the Prince Albert Indian-Metis Friendship Centre. The celebration was held on July 7, 1988. The four scanned images include pictures of chuckwagon races.
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 from a meeting of the Indian and Metis Saskatchewan Association of Local Northern Governments, presumably held in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan on May 12, 1988. Two scanned images show meeting participants at the conference table.
File contains 14 negatives of Aboriginal art displayed at the Indian and Metis Friendship Centre, Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, on January 17, 1981. Negatives show a range of artwork; mainly paintings with some other mediums.
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.
File contains a photograph of an unidentified man receiving a plaque from an unidentified official at the grand opening of the District Chief's office in Prince Albert, SK on March 25, 1988.
File contains 11 negatives from the National Treaty Chief's Meeting at the Beardy's Reserve on July 19, 1988. The first negative shows a procession of dignitaries with the Canadian flag. The second shows an unidentified Chief or elder with the Canadian flag. The third and forth show men apparently in prayer, with the flags of Canada and Great Britain. The fifth and sixth show two men in a tent one, of whom appears to be delivering a speech. The seventh and eighth show a procession of men (one of whom is an Aboriginal RCMP member) with a what appears to be an unidentified flag and a coup stick.
File contains 2 negatives from a ceremony held at the Prince Albert Indian Metis Friendship Centre to commemorate the official opening of the Iskwew program for abused women.
File contains 4 negatives of an open house held at the District Chief's Office in Prince Albert, SK, in March, 1988. The first two show people on either side of an informational table in an office setting. The second two show two men looking at documents.
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.
File contains 11 negatives of the official flag raising ceremony at the Opening of the Prince Albert District Chief's Offices in Prince Albert, SK on March 25, 1988. The pictures show what appear to be Chiefs and other officials outside the District Offices assembled for the flag ceremony.
File contains 2 negatives of an unidentified man (possibly a Chief) recieving a plaque from an undintified official at the official opening of the District Chief's Office in Prince Albert, SK, in March, 1988.
Biographical account of William Henry Jackson's {also known as Honoré Joseph Jaxon) involvement in the 1885 Rebellion as Louis Riel's secretary. Smith examines Jackson's political and religious beliefs, his trial and charge of treason felony and the question of his sanity.