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Chinook Jargon as Spoken by the Indians of the Pacific Coast: For the Use of Missionaries ... : Chinook-English, English-Chinook
E-Books
Author/Creator
C. M. [Charles Montgomery) Tate
Comparative Vocabularies of the Indian Tribes of British Columbia : With a map Illustrating Distribution
E-Books
Description
The introduction states that "the following vocabularies are presented about 211 words of one or more dialiects of every Indian language spoken on the Pacific slope from the Columbia River north to the Tshilikat River". A map of the distribution of these languages is appended.
The Face Pullers: Ch. 1 Images - Big Bear Trading at Fort Pitt
Alternate Title
The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939
Images » Photographs
Author/Creator
Otto B. Buell
Description
Indigenous and Caucasian men trading furs and other items at Fort Pitt, including (left to right) Four Sky Thunder, Sky Bird, Matoose, Napasis, Big Bear, Angus McKay, Otto Dufresne, Louis Goulet, Stanley Simpson, Mr. Rowley, Alex McDonald, Captain R. B. Sletch, Mr. Edmund and Henry Dufrain.
From the book The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939 by Brock Silversides.
The Face Pullers: Ch.4 Images - Parade on Stephen Avenue
Alternate Title
The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939
Images » Photographs
Author/Creator
Harry Pollard
Description
Photograph of a parade held on Stephen Avenue for the Calgary Stampede featuring Indigenous people on horseback wearing traditional clothing.
From the book The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939 by Brock Silversides.
The Face Pullers: Chapter 2 Images - "Old Generation, File Hills Indian Agency".
Alternate Title
The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939
Images » Photographs
Description
The Image includes (back row, from left) Mrs. Keewaydin, Mrs. Jack Fisher, Mrs. Miss-ta-tik, Mrs. Buffalo Bow, Day Walker, Mrs. Yellow Belly, Mrs. Pimotatt, and Mrs. Playful Child (Tuckanow); (front row) Chief Hawke, Crooked Nose, Chief Star Blanket, Pointed Cap (Cheepoostatin), Buffalo Bow, Miss-ta-tik, and Kuinness (Cree).
From the book The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939 by Brock Silversides.
The Face Pullers - Unused Photos - "Cree Indians Trading at H.B. Cos Fort Pitt 1884""
Alternate Title
The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939
Images » Photographs
Description
Black and white photograph of a group of five Cree men trading at Fort Pitt. They are from Left, Four Sky Thunder, Sky Bird, Matoose, Napasis, and Big Bear.
Unused photograph from the book The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939 by Brock Silversides.
The Face Pullers - Unused Photos - "Kitsipimi Otunna, Sarcee Woman"
Alternate Title
The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939
Images » Photographs
Author/Creator
Boorne & May (photographer)
Description
Black and white photograph of a Sarcee woman, Kitsipimi Otunna on a horse with a travois. Camp with teepee in background.
Unused photograph from the book The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939 by Brock Silversides.
New Familiar Abenakis and English Dialogues: The First Vocabulary Ever Published in the Abenakis Language ...
Alternate Title
New Familiar Abenakis and English Dialogues: The First Ever Published on the Grammatical System
New Familiar Abnakis and English Dialogues: The First Vocabulary Ever Published in the Abnakis Language ...
E-Books
Author/Creator
Joseph Laurent
Description
"Comprising: the Abenakis alphabet, the key to the pronunciation and many grammatical explanations, also synoptical illustrations showing the numerous modifications of the Abenakis verb, &c. : to which is added the etymology of Indian names of certain localities, rivers, lakes, &c., &c."