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:
Sergeant-Major Frank Wyman Spicer, born in New York State, was a member of the NWMP and, subsequently, an ordained Methodist Minister.Historical note:
Duncan Campbell Scott (b. 2 August 1862-19 December 1947) was a Canadian poet and prose writer. Charles G.D. Roberts, Bliss Carman, Archibald Lampman and Scott are known as the "Confederation poets". Scott was also deputy superintendent of the Department of Indian Affairs, a position he held from 1913 to 1932.Historical note:
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An umiak is an Inuit skin boat.Black and white photograph of a group of Indigenous men who ploughed land for Roman Catholic School. From the book The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939 by Brock Silversides.
Photograph of a tepee float at the Macleod Jubilee Parade. From the book The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939 by Brock Silversides.