Chief Big Bear of the Plains Cree
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Black and White photograph Chief Big Bear of the plains Cree in western style clothing.
Photograph of the staff and students of a government industrial school in Fort Qu'Appelle. From the book The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939 by Brock Silversides.
Historical note:
The Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act was signed into law in 1971, giving Natives rights to about one tenth of Alaska's land and nearly $1 billion and creating Native village and regional corporations.Historical note: