Loyal till Death: Indians and the North-West Rebellion
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Image of Big Bear seated with four non-Aboriginal men standing behind him; outdoor scene. Caption: "When Big Bear surrendered at Carlton on 4 July 1885, he had been reduced to a shell of his former self, and his strategy for dealing with the Canadian government lay in total ruin."
From the book Loyal till Death: Indians and the North-West Rebellion by Blair Stonechild and Bill Waiser.
The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939
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Otto B. Buell
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Photograph of Chief Big Bear taken during his trial outside the North West Mounted Police Barracks in Regina.
From the book The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939 by Brock Silversides.
Group photo taken on the grounds of Fort Pitt, NWT. Numbered from L to R: 1. Fire Sky Thunder; 2. Sky Bird (Big Bear's son); 3. Natoose; 4. Napasis; 5. Big Bear; 6. Angus McKay (HBC); 7. Dufrain (HBC cook); 8. L. Goulet; 9. Stanley Simpson (HBC); 10. Alex McDonald; 11. Rowley; 12. Corp. Sleigh (NWMP); 13. Edmond; 14. Henry Dufrain.
John Diefenbaker speaking to reporters as aboriginal children look on. Taken during his trip to open the town of Inuvik, North West Territories, 21 July 1961. An RCMP officer is partially visible behind Diefenbaker.
A photograph of Louis Riel addressing jury in Court House at Regina in November, 1885. Riel was found guilty of high treason and sentenced to death by hanging.
Photograph of a Cree man alleged to be Almighty Voice, famed for his standoff against the North West Mounted Police. Almighty Voice was from the One Arrow First Nation.
Snapshot of three Mounties standing beside two Indians in ceremonial dress, and a (white?) man in suit and Indian headdress. This was retirement ceremony at Sweetgrass reserve for S. L. McDonald (far right), Indian agent at Battleford (---- to 1950?). Third from right is Chief Swimmer (Yanyahnum), chief of the Sweetgrass, and 2nd from right, his son Andrew Swimmer. (Source: Wes Fineday)