Caption: "Ethnologist measuring and photography Indian". Image depicts one non-aboriginal measuring an indigenous person beside a teepee. Two indigenous people look on in the background.
A photograph of the Saddle Lake Indian Agency between 1900 and 1904. The agency house (home to George Mann and family from 1900 to 1905), out-buildings, barns and large corrals are visible.
A photograph of the Saddle Lake Indian Agency between 1900 and 1904. The agency house (home to George Mann and family from 1900 to 1905), three barns and corrals are visible. A woman sits alone on the front porch.
An image of a large gathering of Aboriginal people seated in a circle. Many are wrapped in blankets and there are some large wooden stick structures holding large pieces of fabric, presumably for shade from the sun. Colours have been added to the photograph in a chromolithograph process.
Looks at the industries, education and religion of First Nations women across Canada.
Chapter 14 from Women of Canada: Their Life and Work compiled by the National Council of Women of Canada.
Entire book on one pdf. To access chapter, scroll to page 432.
A photograph of Jacob Johnson, a Metis man with round spectacles and a sash around his waist, at Snake Plains during the time of the visit of the Half-Breed Commission, 1900.
The Shushwap Vocabulary. This issue is a collection of Shushwap words with explanations in English and Chinook shorthand for how to pronounce Shushwap words. Includes discussion of how the word for beaver is now used for money and adaption for actual words for beaver, as well as a brief discussion regarding gender of siblings and kin relationships.
Our English Pages describes visits by Right Reverend Bishop Dontenwill, movements of other Reverends in the region, and the opening of churches in Kamloops and Vancouver. Holiday rates offered by the Canadian Pacific Railway. Description of book received entitled The Thompson Indians of British Columbia by James Teit. Quotes passage related to Indian Agent Irwin's report on Indians. Very positive account of Indian agriculture and complaints of Indians about "halfbreeds" and white men selling liquor and stealing horses.
Note: The title of this document uses wording that was common to mainstream society of that time period in history. As such, it contains language that is no longer in common use and may offend some readers. This wording should not be construed to represent the views of the Indigenous Studies Portal or the University of Saskatchewan Library.
An image of an Aboriginal woman sitting on a horse in front of a teepee. There is a drying rack, circular corral structure and two horses grazing on the prairie in the background. Colours have been added to the image in a chromolithograph process.
Note: The title and description of this document uses wording that was common to mainstream society of that time period in history. As such, it contains language that is no longer in common use and may offend some readers. This wording should not be construed to represent the views of the Indigenous Studies Portal or the University of Saskatchewan Library.
A photograph of two Metis men sitting in front of a store in Duck Lake, NWT at the time of the visit of the Half-Breed Commission, 1900.
Report includes the following papers:
Report of the Director by J. W. Powell
Esthetology, or the Science of Activities Designed to Give Pleasure by J. W. Powell
Myths of the Cherokee by James Mooney
Report includes the following papers:
Tusayan Migration Traditions by Jesse Walter Fewkes
Localization of Tusayan Clans by Cosmos Mindeleff
Mounds in Northern Honduras by Thomas Gann
Mayan Calendar Systems by Cyrus Thomas
Primitive Numbers by W. J. McGee
Numeral Systems of Mexico and Central America by Cyrus Thomas
Tusayan Flute and Snake Ceremonies by Jesse Walter Fewkes
The Wild Rice Gatherers of the Upper Lakes by Albert Ernest Jenks
The Remarkable History of the Hudson's Bay Company : Including That of the French Traders of North-Western Canada and of the North-West, XY, and Astor Fur CompanieshintherFri, 08/18/2006 - 00:00
A photograph of the Half-Breed Commissioners sitting in their mess tent with Metis men and women during their visit to Devil's Lake near Sandy Lake reserve, 1900.
Three tepees in an early Indian encampment on the prairies. . A few Red River carts are parked beside them, and an Aboriginal woman and a dog are in foreground.
A photograph of Treaty day in Saddle Lake between 1900 and 1904. In the photo (l to r) NWMP officer, Indian agent George Mann, George Mann Jr?, translator Peter Erasmus and a group of Saddle Lake Cree men.
Booklet of a study of Vuntakutchin people living at Fort Egbert, Alaska. Topics include habitations, annual movements, food, fishing and hunting, government, funeral ceremonies and names.