The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939
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Author/Creator
Clarke (photographer)
Description
Black and white photograph of a group of indigenous peoples in full traditional costume watching the 'crowning' of an indigenous girl by a non-indigenous man as part of the festivities at the Macleod fiftieth anniversary Jubilee. Unused photograph from the book The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939 by Brock Silversides.
This essay examines reasons for unrest among the Aboriginal population of the old Northwest in the years leading up to the disturbances of 1885. The writer worked for the Indian Department of the Dominion Government during this time. Item found within folder 1 of file Rebellion, 1885.