Emma Lake encampment
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Image of man tending fire in front of tent.
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 The high palisade fence that surrounded the Fort in 1872 has been replaced by a plank fence in this photo.Historical note:
Historical note:
This photograph is part of a collection of images used by Reg Taylor of the Saskatoon Star Phoenix in an article he wrote which featured William Bleasdell Cameron, a survivor of the so-called Frog Lake Massacre, 2 April 1885. The article appeared in the Star Phoenix October 23, 1947.Historical note:
This photograph is part of a collection of images used by Reg Taylor of the Saskatoon Star Phoenix in an article he wrote which featured William Bleasdell Cameron, a survivor of the so-called Frog Lake Massacre, 2 April 1885.Historical note:
This photograph is part of a collection of images used by Reg Taylor of the Saskatoon Star Phoenix in an article he wrote which featured William Bleasdell Cameron, a survivor of the so-called Frog Lake Massacre, 2 April 1885. The article appeared in the Star Phoenix October 23, 1947.Historical note:
This photograph is part of a collection of images used by Reg Taylor of the Saskatoon Star Phoenix in an article he wrote which featured William Bleasdell Cameron, a survivor of the so-called Frog Lake Massacre, 2 April 1885.Historical note:
This photograph is part of a collection of images used by Reg Taylor of the Saskatoon Star Phoenix in an article he wrote which featured William Bleasdell Cameron, a survivor of the so-called Frog Lake Massacre, 2 April 1885.