Cree Brave at Battleford
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Description
A young Cree brave ready for the Thirst Dance at Battleford NWT, 1882.
Media and Cultural Studies Thesis (MA) -- University of Alberta, 2021.
Historical note:
Subject holding rifle, sitting on animal hide wearing traditional clothing. Shot in studio. From the book The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939 by Brock Silversides.
Black and white photograph of four Indigenous men wearing western clothing, taken on a reserve in Alberta. From the book The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939 by Brock Silversides.