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At Devil Lake
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Narcisse-Omer Cote (1859-1944) a civil servant for the Government of Canada, entered the department of the interior in 1879. In 1885, he was appointed secretary to the Royal Commission investigating and adjudicating Metis claims. In 1900 he became a Commissioner of the North-West Half-Breed Commission. The Commission was to enumerate and issue scrip to the Metis who qualified in the district of Saskatchewan and a small part of Manitoba. Their work lasted from May 16 to December 6 1900.At Snake Plains
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At Snake Plains (Men Posing in front of tent)
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At Snake Plains (picnic)
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Narcisse-Omer Cote (1859-1944) a civil servant for the Government of Canada, entered the department of the interior in 1879. In 1885, he was appointed secretary to the Royal Commission investigating and adjudicating Metis claims. In 1900 he became a Commissioner of the North-West Half-Breed Commission. The Commission was to enumerate and issue scrip to the Metis who qualified in the district of Saskatchewan and a small part of Manitoba. Their work lasted from May 16 to December 6 1900.Blanche and Sarah Mann Inside Indian Agency at Saddle Lake North West Territories
Blanche Mann inside Indian agency at Saddle Lake North West Territories
Commissioners and Women in Mess Tent at Duck Lake
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Commissioners' Mess Tent at Duck Lake
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Devil's Lake
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Duncan Campbell Scott - Sketch. - [1901 or 1902].
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Duncan Campbell Scott (b. 2 August 1862-19 December 1947) was a Canadian poet and prose writer. Charles G.D. Roberts, Bliss Carman, Archibald Lampman and Scott are known as the "Confederation poets". Scott was also deputy superintendent of the Department of Indian Affairs, a position he held from 1913 to 1932.Elderly Indian Man sitting on a chair, Prince Albert, NWT.
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The Face Pullers: Ch.1 Images - Dance in front of Hudson's Bay Co. Store
The Face Pullers: Ch.1 Images - Indigenous Girl with Doll
The Face Pullers: Ch.3 Images - Battleford/North Battleford Baseball Teams Members
Black and white photograph of three members of the Battleford and North Battleford baseball teams. From the book The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939 by Brock Silversides.
The Face Pullers: Ch.3 Images - Cree Family
Black and white photograph of an unidentified Cree family in western clothes. From the book The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939 by Brock Silversides.
The Face Pullers: Ch.3 Images - School Band
The Face Pullers: Ch.3 Images -:"Three Cree Women".
The Face Pullers: Chapter 2: Chief Nak-ka-Naw: Cree Indian in Pow-Wow costume
From the book The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939 by Brock Silversides.
The Face Pullers - Unused Photos- Unidentified Man with Children from the Qu'Appelle Industrial School
Five Sioux Indians Posing, Prince Albert District, NWT.
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Four Sioux Indians pose at their camp, Prince Albert District, NWT.
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George Mann Jr. in Buggy
Group Photo at Onion Lake Indian Agency
Half-Breed Commission at Duck Lake
Half-Breed Commission at Duck Lake
Half-Breed Commission at Duck lake
Half-Breed Commission at Fort Pitt
Half-Breed Commission at Sturgeon River
Half-Breed Commission on Trail to Green Lake
Hon. James Allan Smart - Sketch. - [1901 or 1902].
Images Used: Chapter 2 (A Dying Race):"One of the Past (A Cree Indian)".
Indian agency at Saddle Lake North West Territories
Indian Agency House, Saddle Lake North West Territories
Indian Camp Prince Albert District, NWT.
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Indian Camp with Teepee, Prince Albert District, NWT.
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Indian Family in front of Teepee.
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Theodore Henry James Charmbury or T. H. J. as he was known, was an assistant to photographer Samuel Gray in Prince Albert for two years before starting his own studio there in 1902. He moved to Saskatoon in 1918, and was mainly a portrait photographer there until he retired in 1938. He photographed several Native leaders including Fine Day and Kahneepotaytayo. Two fires (1931, 1942) destroyed a huge portion of his negative collection.Indian Family Poses in front of Teepee, Prince Albert District, NWT.
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Indian Industrial School at Duck Lake
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Indian Industrial School Grounds at Duck Lake
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Indians performing a traditional ceremony, Prince Albert, NWT.
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Jacob Johnston
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Magee Photograph Collection
Medicine Man at Onion Lake North West Territories
Metis Men at Duck Lake
Sioux Dance (probably Wahpeton Dakota) near Prince Albert, NWT.
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Sioux Dance (probably Wahpeton Dakota) on main street Prince Albert, NWT.
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Sioux Indian male, Prince Albert, NWT.
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Sioux Women and Papoose
A Sitting of the Commission
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