Allen Ahenakew and E.R. Conn
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Allen Ahenakew, Interpreter, and E.R. Conn, Federal Supervisor of Indian Affairs, at microphones at the Trappers Convention in Prince Albert, SK, 1961.
Includes links to several publications: The Indian Historian; The American Indian Magazine: A Journal of Race Progress; Honga: The Leader; The Indian Voice; Woonspe Wankantu: Santee Normal Training School, and Akwesasne Notes.
For use with students viewing videos from the exhibition of the same name.
Consists of an interview with Fine Day where he outlines the proper (as opposed to the improper) procedures for giving a Sundance.
Fine Day talks about dancing, interspersed with plenty of stories from his life.
Historical note:
The town of Fort Qu'Appelle, SK, is located in the Qu'Appelle Valley 70 km NE of Regina between Echo and Mission Lakes. Fort Qu'Appelle was the crossroads of a number of historic trails that traversed the North-West Territories. The Hudson's Bay Company built a post at Fort Qu'Appelle in 1864.