Kahneepotaytayo, Big Bear's Head Dancer
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Black and White photograph Kahneepotaytayo, Big Bear's Head Dancer in quasi-traditional costume with feathered headband.
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Charles Arkoll Boulton (b. 17 April 1841 - d. 15 May 1899) is noted for his role in the Red River and North-West Resistances.Historical note:
Lieutenant Colonel Bowen Van Straubenzie was involved in the Battle of Batoche.Analysis of imagery, textual narrative and para-text found in reports produced by the Australian Arts Council over 43 years (1973-2015).
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Colouring book with text in Ojibwe and English.
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Michel Dumais, prominent South Branch Metis. Dumais was one of the delegates sent to retrieve Riel from Montana in 1884 along with Gabriel Dumont and James Isbister. He was farm instructor at the One Arrow Cree Reserve until 1885. After fighting in the Resistance he fled to Montana alongside Gabriel Dumont.Author uses her own experiences as non-Indigenous woman of color to explore the challenges in becoming an ally with Indigenous communities fight in their fight for decolonization.
Each picture is introduced with a story which includes words in the Anishinaabemowin (Ojibway) language.