2 Eskimo Children
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Author/Creator
R.J. Billyard (photographer)
Description
Two Inuit children posing outdoors for camera.
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Joan Beatty was the first Aboriginal woman elected to the Saskatchewan Legislature. Prior to this Beatty had a career in journalism and production, as well as management at SaskTel.Historical note:
An umiak is an Inuit skin boat.Historical note:
No author is provided but J.C. Pilling's "Bibliography of Chinookan Languages" attributes the text to Louis Napoleon St. Onge.Historical note:
Honore Jaxon, aka William Henry Jackson. Jaxon was Riel's secretary leading up to the Northwest Resistance and his only white Protestant follower. Prior to this he had been secretary of the Prince Albert Settler's Union. After the resistance he escaped to the United States where he was active in the Labour Movement and the Bahai faith.Historical note:
Le Jeune published several issues of the Kamloops Phonographer to help teach the Duployan writing system.Historical note:
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