Residents gathering for a hearing of the Carrothers Commission at Rae, N.W.T. which was studying the future directions of government in the Northwest Territories.
A series of nine photographs (PH-87-127 to PH-87-135) that show various activities related to the construction of ceremonial lodge in Northern Saskatchewan. Men and young men are shown erecting the lodge poles, hauling the poles in behind horses, and preparing cloth offerings. A camp of white canvas tents can be seen in the background in two photos. There is also a photo of people arriving by horse and wagon.
The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939
Images » Photographs
Author/Creator
Boorne & May
Description
Black and white photograph of an Indigenous camp in the winter near Calgary.
From the book The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939 by Brock Silversides.
The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939
Images » Photographs
Description
Black and white photograph of people on horseback and on foot wandering about a camp of teepees.
Unused photo from the book The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939 by Brock Silversides.
The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939
Images » Photographs
Author/Creator
Boorne & May (photographer)
Description
Black and white photograph of a Sarcee woman, Kitsipimi Otunna on a horse with a travois. Camp with teepee in background.
Unused photograph from the book The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939 by Brock Silversides.
A postcard inscribed: Indian drying meat, Loon Lake, Sask. There is a full-length photo of an Aboriginal man by meat drying structure with tent in background. He is dressed in western clothes.
Image of encampment includes 7 teepees (one without skin covering) and one rack. A Red River Cart sits in the foreground. One man entering teepee (at left) barely visible. Plains landscape.
A photograph of an Aboriginal camp in Prince Albert District, NWT [1901]. There are several teepees and some wagons. There is a corral in the background, and they also appear to be building log houses.
20 images (seven scanned here) of members of the Saskatoon Native community at the Saskatoon train station joining a group of Aboriginal people on a train trip on November 26, 1980.
Postcard of painting done by Canadian artist Paul Kane (1810-1871) showing an Aboriginal camp on Lake Huron, ON. Canoes and people working in foreground; tipis and Lake Huron in background.
An image of an several teepees in a long line in a grassy field. Most of the teepees are completely white, however, one at the extreme right has a red top and pictographs on the side. There are a few empty wagons, two horses and two people visible amongst the teepees. There are some shrubs in the foreground and small trees in the background. Colours have been added to the picture in a chromolithograph process.
An image of a boardwalk in a small village. Totem poles are visible along the wooden walkway at the front of several buildings. There is a small boat on the walkway which indicates it may be a wharf in a fishing community.
An image of a small camp next to a river, probably the Bow River in southern Alberta. There is a teepee structure with no covering, a Red River style cart, several horses, and one woman stands alone at the far left.
A photograph of a teepee structure set up as a fish drying rack. There is a covering on the back half of the teepee and a group of people seated inside. On the back of the photo is written: Salt River in the Northwest.
A photograph of a Native Encampment near Saskatoon taken around 1905. There are several teepees, some four wheel wagons and at least two Red River Cart style wagons. There are some men standing near a horse in the centre of the photo.
A negative showing three Native men and three women standing by two tipis in a summer camp. They wear western style clothes. There is a saddled horse in the background.
A panoramic photograph of an Indian Camp in the Saskatchewan District of the North-West Territories, probably taken in the late 19th century. There are teepees, covered wagons and government style white canvas tents.
A postcard inscribed: Indian woman making bannock, Loon Lake, Saskatchewan. A photograph of an Aboriginal woman squatted in a camp surrounded by pots and pans. Two frying pans of bannock are propped up next to a fire that has a pot on it.
Entitled: "Cree Indians". Depicts two people wrapped in blankets (one standing, one on horseback) with a small settlement/camp of five teepees in the background.
Three tepees in an early Indian encampment on the prairies. . A few Red River carts are parked beside them, and an Aboriginal woman and a dog are in foreground.
2 photographic processes of same image (one black and white, the other sepia toned). Indian encampment on top of hill at Battleford, in sight of Government House. In the photo 5 youths, one infant in mossbag and three adults. Two teepees and Red River cart also in image.