Inuit Art Quarterly, vol. 8, no. 3, Fall, 1993, pp. 38-40
Description
Review of exhibition at the McMichael Canadian Collection, Kleinberg, Ontario March 14 to June 13, 1993 which consisted of 78 drawings by 39 artists documenting 30 years of drawing.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 38.
Loyal till Death: Indians and the North-West Rebellion
Images » Photographs
Description
Sketch showing the surrender to French's Scouts, led by Lord Melgund, General Middleton's chief of staff. Sketch caption : "Three Dakota scouts told their captors that they had been forced to join Riel."
From the book Loyal till Death: Indians and the North-West Rebellion by Blair Stonechild and Bill Waiser.
Sketch subtitle: White inhabitants of the Saskatchewan region leaving a settlement after an Indian raid. Two males and one female, all wearing snowshoes and heavy coats, walking through the snow. The woman is carrying a small child.
Photo of illustration made from photograph of White Cap, Sioux Chief, pledging friendship to his white brother, taken from Illustrated War News, 25 April 1885.
Discusses a controversial lesson in history through art, by presenting nstitutions devoted to nostalgic theme-park versions of history; the exhibit contrasts violence, defiance, racism, alienation and suicide with family harmony, friendship, creativity and work.
Sketch of wounded men from the Battle of Fish Creek being treated; some on stretchers, one man sitting on the ground, and one man standing with two medical personnel being treated. Men on horseback in background.