Booklet documenting the battle between the Hurons, Algonquians and the French forces, led by Samuel de Champlain against the Iroquois. The Iroquois defeated this united group at a location in central New York State.
A photograph of Chief Eagle from Whitecap Indian Reserve, as he opens Young Canada Book Week in the Children's reading area, 2nd floor of the Main Branch of the Saskatoon Public Library. He wears feathered headdress and buckskin with bead work and fringes. Two Aboriginal women and four non-Aboriginal children are in the photo as well.
The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939
Images » Photographs
Author/Creator
Charles W. Mathers
Description
Black and white photograph of men with a drum at a tea dance ceremony near Edmonton, Alberta. Subtitled "Indian Tom-Tom Drummers at a Tea Dance". Mountie in foreground.
From the book The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939 by Brock Silversides.
The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939
Images » Photographs
Author/Creator
Geraldine Moodie (photographer)
Description
Black and white photograph of Chief Fine Day and his son Calf Child with Rifle and some traditional costumes. Unused photograph from the book The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939 by Brock Silversides.
A photograph of the farm home of Indian Agent, W.R. Tucker on Moose Woods Reserve. Standing: Mr. & Mrs. Tucker, in sleigh: Mr. & Mrs. D. Stanley King, in front of sleigh: Alfred A., Nora and Kathleen Tucker.
File containing cross reference sheet referring to a birch bark box made by Mrs. Laura Simon for Diefenbaker and his wife and return letter commending her handicraft.
File contains 2 negatives of the Prince Albert Indian and Metis Girls Club, taken in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan on April 25, 1962. The negatives show two women engaged in conversation and reading.
File contains a negative from the Indian and Metis Club Youth Council, presumably in Prince Albert, SK. The scanned image shows what appear to be Council members at a meeting.
File contains eight negatives of the Prince Albert Indian and Metis Days Pow Wow, Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, held on June 2, 1962. The first five negatives contain images of Pow Wow dancers in traditional dress. Negative six and seven contain images of a flag lowering ceremony at the Pow Wow. Image eight is a shot of a traditional tipi village at the Pow Wow.
File contains two negatives of the Indian Metis Rec Centre in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan (Indian Metis Friendship Centre?). The people in the two images appear to be assembled for a ceremony, likely for the grand opening. These images were taken on December 28, 1962.
File contains 2 negatives from the opening of the Prince Albert Indian and Metis Friendship Centre, Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, April 12, 1962. Images show several officials in attendance at the opening ceremony of the facility.
An Army commander stands on a platform with an Aboriginal boy on each side of him dressed in ceremonial clothes. A large crowd is gathered in the background. They are all inside the pallisade at Fort Battleford.
Report includes the following papers:
Report of the Director by J. W. Powell
Prehistoric Textile Art of Eastern United States by William Henry Holmes
Stone Art by Gerard Fowke
Aboriginal Remains in Verde Valley, Arizona by Cosmos Mindeleff
Omaha Dwellings, Furniture, and Implements by James Owen Dorsey
Casa Grande Ruin by Cosmos Mindeleff
Outlines of Zuñi Creation Myths by Frank Hamilton Cushing