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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.Bishop Newnham distributing a treat to the Native peoples
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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The Face Pullers: Ch.1 Images - Ceremony of Erecting Sundance Lodge
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 - Betty Hunter-Stoney
The Face Pullers: Ch.3 Images - Boys of the Indian Reserve, Saskatoon
Black and white photograph of a group of Indigenous men on the White Cap Reserve seated in an early automobile as Charlie Eagle turns the crank. 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 - Indian Delegation to Meet Sir Wilfrid Laurier, Lloydminster
Black and white photograph of a group of indigenous men comprising a delegation to meet Sir Wilfred Laurier in Lloydminster, including, (from front left) Fox, Mr. Quinney Sr. John Calling Bull, Napeview, Feather Trousers, Horse, Ugly Fingers, Carpenter, Angus Quinney, Benjamin Quinney, Jean Baptiste Opissinow, Young Chief, Joe Taylor, William Sibbald, Father Cunningham, Mikwyapiy, Flying About, Three Legs, Anoine Muskego, Misihew, Silly Man.
From the book The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939 by Brock Silversides.
The Face Pullers: Ch.3 images - Indigenous Woman and Daughter
The Face Pullers: Ch.3 Images - School Band
The Face Pullers: Ch.3 Images -:"Three Cree Women".
The Face Pullers: Ch.4 Images - " A Mystery to Solve"
The Face Pullers: Ch.4 Images - " A Mystery to Solve"-2
The Face Pullers: Ch.4 Images - Big Belly
The Face Pullers: Ch.4 Images - Corporal and "Scouts"
The Face Pullers: Ch.4 Images - Inside Medicine Lodge
The Face Pullers: Ch.4 Images - Joe Big Plume
The Face Pullers: Ch.4 Images - Spring Chief
The Face Pullers: Ch.4 Images - Walking Buffalo
The Face Pullers: Ch.4 Images - Yellow Horse, Head Chief
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- Many Shots and White Headed Chief
The Face Pullers - Unused Photos- Unidentified Man with Children from the Qu'Appelle Industrial School
George Mann Jr. in Buggy
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
Images Used: Chapter 2 (A Dying Race): "Betty Hunter -- Stoney".
Images Used: Chapter 2 (A Dying Race): "Ethnologist Measuring and Photography Indian".
Images Used: Chapter 2 (A Dying Race):"One of the Past (A Cree Indian)".
Images Used: Chapter 2 (A Dying Race): Postcard entitled "Beardy's Warriors".
Images Used: Chapter 2 (A Dying Race): Unidentified Elderly Woman
Indian agency at Saddle Lake North West Territories
Indian Agency House, Saddle Lake North West Territories
"Indian Ceremonies, Blackfoot Indians, Canadian North-West."
Indian Industrial School at Duck Lake
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