Image of the S.S. Marquis. Written on front of photo at top: "At the close of the Rebellion the Marquis left Fort Pitt for the Grand Rapids at 2:30 on the 4th of July 1885 having on board the following troops. 90th Battalion, Winnipeg Rifles, The Little Black Devils, 232 officers and [illegible]; 10th Royal Grenadiers, Toronto, 190 officers and men; part of the Winnipeg Light Infantry, 50 officers and men; arriving Battleford at 3 a.m., 5th of July, Prince Albert 8:30 a.m.
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An image of an Aboriginal women wrapped in a blanket and standing next to a horse, which is hitched to a travois. There are teepees in the background and an Aboriginal man seated on a stool.
Collage of sketches of the Qu'Appelle and Saskatchewan Valleys in 1885. Includes a column of Metis going to join Riel at Batoche, a Red River Cart, and one of Metis "Artillerymen."
Historical note: sketches originally appeared in Harpers Weekly v. 29, no. 1478.
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.
Note: The title 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.
A photograph of four Aboriginal women and a child (probably all Wahpeton Dakota) posing for the camera Prince Albert District, NWT [1901]. Teepees are visible in the background.
Image of group of persons (Inuit and Caucasian) looking in canoe while standing on ice. On information card: Dr. D. Sydiaha with sledding party, transporting canoe.
Photograph. On information card: Close-up of snowshoes. (not ethnographical) Snowshoes worn by Dr. Mueller-Wille and are Quebec snowshoes owned by Prof. Williamson. Dunvegan Lake Camp, Mackenzie District, N.W.T.
Photograph. On information card: Close-up of a pair of snowshoes (not Ethnographical). Snowshoes worn by Dr Mueller-Wille and are Quebec Snowshoes owned by Prof. Williamson. Dungevan Lake Camp, Mackenzie District, N.W.T.
A photograph of several large stacks of Buffalo bones stacked in the shape of box cars. They were the first cash commodity shipped from Saskatoon and were stacked along 1st Avenue near the train station where Midtown Plaza now stands.
A photograph of T. H. J. Charmbury and two Aboriginal men (probably Wahpeton Dakota) posing in front of a teepee in the Prince Albert District, NWT [1901]. Charmbury holds his camera, while the two [Dakota] men are holding on to bicycles that belong to Charmbury and his wife who took this photograph.
Photograph. On information card: Ten year old log cabin with extended tent porch in Chipewyan trappers camp. Dungevan Lake Camp, Mackenzie District, N.W.T.
Black and white photograph of Prince Albert photographer Theodore Charmbury visiting indigenous friends at reserve. Tipi in background. His two friends have bikes.
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.