Beardy and His Chiefs, N.W. Rebellion
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Image of six Aboriginal men sitting on the ground, with a possibly non-Aboriginal man standing at far left; summer scene.
Discussion on whether chief and council members are being compensated too much for the work they do.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.11.
Historical note:
On 2 May 1885 Lieutenant Colonel William Otter was defeated by Poundmaker's war chief Fine-Day at the Battle of Cut Knife near Battleford, SK. A flying column of Canadian militia and army regulars was defeated by Poundmaker despite their use of a Gatling gun.Photograph of Father Levern and the students of residential school on Piegan Reserve near Brocket Alberta. From the book The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939 by Brock Silversides.
Image of two Indigenous children, a boy and a girl, very young taken on Cold Lake Reserve. From the book The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939 by Brock Silversides.
Historical note:
From The Graphic, an Illustrated Newspaper.