First Nations people in feather head-dresses and other traditional garb, on an outdoor stage in front of an elaborate stage set. An article in the Star-Phoenix July 22, 1943 describes a ceremony on stage in front of the grandstand, in which Sid Johns, secretary-manager of the Exhibition, was inducted into the tribe of Sioux Indians and made an [honorary] Indian chief, by Chief Harry Littlecrow. Johns was named Chief Fine Weather.
42 images (10 scanned here) of First Nations people of all ages, leaders and elders taking part in Pow-wow ceremonies in Saskatoon on December 29, 1979.
First of series B1715-17 of Native Indians in elaborate beaded clothing honour a middle-aged Caucasian man, probably at the Exhibition grounds. An article in the Star-Phoenix July 22, 1943 describes a ceremony on stage in front of the grandstand, in which Sid Johns, secretary-manager of the Exhibition, was inducted into the tribe of Sioux Indians and made an [honorary] Indian chief, by Chief Harry Littlecrow. Johns was named Chief Fine Weather.