Anglican Missionary Jaines and Unidentified Inuk Helper, Baker Lake
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Photo of Anglican Missionary Jaines with an unidentified Inuk helper at Baker Lake.
Historical note:
Old Sun shared power with Crowfoot as head chief of the Blackfoot, but he was not as well-known. From the book The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939 by Brock Silversides.Historical note:
Fort Pelly was located at the Indian Elbow of the Assiniboine River located eight miles south-west of the site of the present village of Pelly. Fort Pelly was built in 1824 by the Hudson's Bay Company. The high palisade fence that surrounded the Fort in 1872 has been replaced by a plank fence in this photo.Historical note:
David Ahenakew (born July 28, 1933) is a Canadian First Nations politician, and former National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations. Ahenakew is a controversial public figure in Canada due to anti-semetic comments regarding World War 2 and the Holocaust.