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An image of three Aboriginal men on horseback dressed in ceremonial regalia and each wearing a head dress. Unidentified buildings and people in the background.
An image an Aboriginal chief on horseback with several other Aboriginal men on horses in background. They are all wearing ceremonial regalia. Unidentified buildings and water tower in background.
A copy of photo of Chief Star Blanket mounted on a horse in front of two tipis. Copied from book RED INDIANS OF THE PLAINS; context suggests this is Chief Star Blanket (A-ta-kwa-koup) who met the missionaries at White Fish Lake. The caption reads: A hunter of the plains in 1874.
An image of three horses, two of which are hitched to a travois. There are three Aboriginal people on horseback, and two standing nearby. The horse on the right appears to be carrying two non-Aboriginal men who are posing for the photograph.
An image of an Aboriginal man on horseback in ceremonial regalia and head dress. Colours have been added to the photograph in a chromolithograph process.
The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939
Images » Photographs
Author/Creator
Harry Pollard
Description
Photograph of five Blackfoot men at a Blackfoot Council including : Calf Child, Weasel Calf, and Many Turning Robes. Painted teepee in background.
From the book The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939 by Brock Silversides.
Yellowed snapshot of John Diefenbaker wearing a fringed buckskin jacket and talking to an unidentified bearded man wearing a short sleeved T-shirt [ca. 1962]. A group of Aboriginal Canadians look on from the background. Photo taken during a fishing trip perhaps.