The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939
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Black and white photograph of Chief Harry Atcheynum, son of Strike-Him-On-The-Back, and his wife.
From the book The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939 by Brock Silversides.
The picture shows some Aboriginal men sitting at school desks in the foreground, with a crowded group of mainly Aboriginal people at the back of the room. The political dignitaries are not visible.