The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939
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Author/Creator
Harry Pollard
Description
Photograph of an RCMP man, Corporal Johnson on horseback, and two indigenous men, Little Light and Charlie Cutter who are his scouts. One of the scouts is on horseback with another horse in background.
From the book The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939 by Brock Silversides.
Photograph of a line of Indigenous men on horseback in traditional garb flanking RCMP men in uniform, also on horseback. Sign on side says "C.W. William Photographer"
Postcards of Norway House, Manitoba, past and present. Eight postcards shows historical scenes such as forts, churches and a view of Norway House from 1889. The remaining eight postcards showing modern day scenes like paddlers in a York boat, Aboriginal people posing for camera, and the Paimush Creek Rock Paintings.
Saskatchewan Provincial Police patrol boat tied up at Ile a la Crosse. Dr. F. X. Boucher and Corporal W. P. Cornell stand in the front. An unidentified man (perhaps Metis?) stands at the back of boat.
A photograph of a Saskatchewan Provincial Police patrol boat tied up at Ile a la Crosse. A different angle on the same picture identified as LH-6389-74. Three unidentified men are in the photo, one (perhaps Metis?) stands at the back of boat. There is a canoe on the roof of the cabin loaded with supplies.