The plaque at the base of the Bear Pole. Victoria, B.C. On plaque: "1966 Project of Native Indians' participation Centennial Sub-Committee to Commemorate the Union in 1866 of the Colonies on Vancouver Island and the Mainland as British Columbia Kwakiutl Bear Pole carved by Mr. Henry Hunt of the Kwawkewlth Indian Band at Victoria, B. C. Log donated by MacMillan, Bloedel & Powell River Limited."
Images from the fifth annual Native American Bilingual Education Conference, held at Saskatoon Centennial Auditorium. Shown is National Indian Brotherhood president Noel Starblanket, and Federation of Saskatchewan Indians president David Ahenakew, May 16, 1977.
File contains 17 negatives from the Indian and Metis Days Parade, Prince Albert, SK, June 20, 1970. All 17 images depict people in traditional dress on automobiles in a parade procession, presumably in downtown Prince Albert.
File contains 2 negatives from the Official opening of the Prince Albert Indian and Metis Friendship Centre, Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, June 19, 1970. Images show four officials (including one in traditional headress) cutting the ribbon to officially open the Centre.
The picture shows some Aboriginal men sitting at school desks in the foreground, with a crowded group of mainly Aboriginal people at the back of the room. The political dignitaries are not visible.
File contains 10 negatives from the Indian Metis Days Pow Wow and Sports Events held in Prince Albert, SK on June 21, 1970. All images show Pow Wow dancers in traditional dress.
Four photographs of an Inuit Art Exhibit at the Mendel Art Gallery. The first photograph is titled "striding Musk Ox." Photographs appeared in the Star Phoenix on 19 May 1977.
There are 28 photographs of the Louis Riel Race in Saskatoon. Pictures of people running, canoeing and doing various other activities in July, 1970. fifteen of these pictures were selected and scanned for the database.
Department of Northern Saskatchewan (photographer)
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A set of 55 photos of Isaac Herman La Loche cutting down a birch tree and making boards that can be cut and shaped for use in making canoes, buildings, or snowshoes.
Three photographs (2 scanned here) of David Ahenakew, president of the Federation of Saskatchewan Indians, speaking at an NDP convention in Saskatoon, November 19, 1977.
On information card: (L-R) Leo Satoksky - left (clerk) DNA, Luke Essaluk - center (clerk) DNA, Ches. Russell - right (hotel) at Hudson's Bay Co. store". Rankin Inlet, N.W.T.
A set of 11 photographs of Calvin McKenzie setting a snare. Snaring animals, fish, and birds has been a way of securing food for thousands of years in northern Saskatchewan. Even today many people use snares to catch food when living in the bush.
File contains a negative from a ceremony held in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan by the Urban Indian Association to honour graduates on May 2, 1970. Image shows men receiving diplomas on stage.