The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939
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Photograph of a Christmas Concert at St. Mary's School on the Blood Reserve near Cardston, Alberta featuring a group of girls dressed as angels.
From the book The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939 by Brock Silversides.
The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939
Images » Photographs
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Photograph of a classroom at St. Mary's Residential School on the Blood Reserve. Young women studying.
From the book The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939 by Brock Silversides.
Indian dancers from St. Mary's School poses in front of the stage in the Pensioners and Pioneers Pavilion where they had performed at a potluck supper held by the association's member. The hoop dancers wear matching blue shirts. The girl in the red dress performed a shawl dance.
File contains one negative showing a Pow Wow dancer at the small world Day Care Co-op clad in traditional dress and speaking with children, Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, May 8, 1991.