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.
This file contains a variety of documents pertaining to the Halfbreed Scrip Commission in the Saskatchewan District of the North West Territories following the Northwest Resistance. It also contains documents referring to the scrip issued to scouts who took part in suppressing the 1885 uprising.
Collection contains 1,068 digitized images taken by the famed photographer of Aboriginal peoples in the early 19th century. Many of the images were not included in the multi-volume The North American Indian, so are unavailable elsewhere.
The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939
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Description
Black and white photograph of two Indigenous men in buckskin beaded outfits (ceremonial costumes) smoking cigarettes.
From the book The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939 by Brock Silversides.
This file contains a promotional brochure titled "Her Future, Our Challenge," produced by the Federation of Saskatchewan Indians. It promotes a proposed conference and training centre to be built in Regina. There is a letter inside the pamphlet from Judge Clifford Sifton Davis Q. C. endorsing the project.
File contains a programme of the dedication of a memorial cairn at Fort Dufferin, Manitoba on October 6, 1949. It was hosted by The Historical & Scientific Society of Manitoba in cooperation with the RCMP. "The Westward Trek of the North-West Mounted Police, July, 1874."
"Billy-can" (teapot) of Lieutenant R. Lyndhurst Wadmore, Infantry School Corps. Used in the actions at Cut Knife Hill and other locations during the North West Resistance of 1885.
Published by the Northern Canada Evangelical Mission in Meadow Lake, Saskatchewan. This edition includes a cover story about the Round Lake Bible School; columns include reports from communities across northern Saskatchewan, Manitoba, and Ontario.