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At Devil Lake
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Narcisse-Omer Cote (1859-1944) a civil servant for the Government of Canada, entered the department of the interior in 1879. In 1885, he was appointed secretary to the Royal Commission investigating and adjudicating Metis claims. In 1900 he became a Commissioner of the North-West Half-Breed Commission. The Commission was to enumerate and issue scrip to the Metis who qualified in the district of Saskatchewan and a small part of Manitoba. Their work lasted from May 16 to December 6 1900.At Snake Plains
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At Snake Plains (Men Posing in front of tent)
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At Snake Plains (picnic)
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Narcisse-Omer Cote (1859-1944) a civil servant for the Government of Canada, entered the department of the interior in 1879. In 1885, he was appointed secretary to the Royal Commission investigating and adjudicating Metis claims. In 1900 he became a Commissioner of the North-West Half-Breed Commission. The Commission was to enumerate and issue scrip to the Metis who qualified in the district of Saskatchewan and a small part of Manitoba. Their work lasted from May 16 to December 6 1900.Blanche and Sarah Mann Inside Indian Agency at Saddle Lake North West Territories
Blanche Mann inside Indian agency at Saddle Lake North West Territories
Commissioners and Women in Mess Tent at Duck Lake
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Commissioners' Mess Tent at Duck Lake
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Devil's Lake
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The Face Pullers: Ch.1 Images - Dance in front of Hudson's Bay Co. Store
The Face Pullers: Ch.1 Images - Indigenous Girl with Doll
The Face Pullers: Ch.3 Images - Battleford/North Battleford Baseball Teams Members
Black and white photograph of three members of the Battleford and North Battleford baseball teams. From the book The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939 by Brock Silversides.
The Face Pullers: Ch.3 Images - Cree Family
Black and white photograph of an unidentified Cree family in western clothes. From the book The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939 by Brock Silversides.
The Face Pullers: Ch.3 Images - School Band
The Face Pullers: Ch.3 Images -:"Three Cree Women".
The Face Pullers: Chapter 2: Chief Nak-ka-Naw: Cree Indian in Pow-Wow costume
From the book The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939 by Brock Silversides.
The Face Pullers - Unused Photos- Unidentified Man with Children from the Qu'Appelle Industrial School
George Mann Jr. in Buggy
Half-Breed Commission at Duck Lake
Half-Breed Commission at Duck Lake
Half-Breed Commission at Duck lake
Half-Breed Commission at Fort Pitt
Half-Breed Commission at Sturgeon River
Half-Breed Commission on Trail to Green Lake
Images Used: Chapter 2 (A Dying Race):"One of the Past (A Cree Indian)".
Indian agency at Saddle Lake North West Territories
Indian Agency House, Saddle Lake North West Territories
Indian Industrial School at Duck Lake
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Indian Industrial School Grounds at Duck Lake
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Jacob Johnston
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Kinscapes, Counter Histories, and Nineteenth-Century Tintypes
Examines a photograph of a North-West Mounted Police officer to discuss how Kinscape can be used to discover more interpretive possibilities within the history of the prairies.
Learn about Western Canada in the Early 1900s through the Art of C.D. Hoy: Teacher Resource Guide for Grades 7-12
Hoy was a photographer who worked in Quesnel, British Columbia at the start of the twentieth century, when the Fraser River and Cariboo Gold Rushes were taking place, resulting in different cultural groups coming together in one location. Many of his portraits were of Indigenous people living in the area. Designed to complement the online exhibition Through the Lens of C.D. Hoy: How a Chinese Canadian Photographer Memorialized a Community.
Medicine Man at Onion Lake North West Territories
Metis Men at Duck Lake
Shooting Cowboys: Ch.1 Images - Alex Gladstone and Dan Nault
A Sitting of the Commission
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