An Aboriginal Camp near Yorkton, SK
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An Aboriginal camp near Yorkton, Saskatchewan. Several Red River Carts are in evidence.
Black and white photograph intended to portray the assimilation of the Indigenous people, featuring Moostoos, the Cree Chief of Sucker Creek Reserve near Edmonton Alberta. From the book The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939 by Brock Silversides.
Highlights submissions by children and youth including songs, poetry, drawings, and letters to the Prime Minister regarding inequities in child welfare, education, and health for First Nations children and youth.
Related Material: Vol. 2, published in 1912.
"Originally Prepared for a Meeting of the Barry County Pioneer Society Held in Hastings, Michigan, on June Ninth, Nineteen Hundred and Eleven. Revised and Enlarged with New Material."