Aboriginal History, vol. 4, no. 2, 1980, pp. 230-231
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Book review of: Australian Aborigines, Shadows in a Landscape. Photography by Laurence Le Guay and text by Susanne Faulkiner.
To access review, scroll down to page 230.
The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939
Images » Photographs
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Black and white photograph of a group of Blackfeet at the Calgary Stampede as spectators. They wear European styled clothing.
From the book The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939 by Brock Silversides.
File contains 3 negatives from an all candidates meeting (presumably held in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan) addressed by Jim Sinclair on July 24, 1980. Three images show Jim Sinclair delivering his address, flanked by other participants. (bad quality photos)
File contains 6 negatives showing students from the Prince Albert Student Residence preparing to return to their homes across northern Saskatchewan for the holiday season. Scanned image shows a portrait of six children in winter clothing. (bad quality photo)
22 images (five scanned here) of Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people at a conference in Saskatoon on November 26, 1980. Roy Romanow appears to be hosting the conference.
20 images (seven scanned here) of members of the Saskatoon Native community at the Saskatoon train station joining a group of Aboriginal people on a train trip on November 26, 1980.
File contains the historical booklet, "I Wasn't Put on this Earth for Nothin': Stories from La Loche, Saskatchewan. It was a "Celebrate Saskatchewan, 1905-1980" brochure, compiled by Ray Marnoch.
A set of 23 photographs of Mary Anne McKay making bannock in the cabin on the family trapline. Bannock, a baking-powder bread, has been a staple food for people living in the bush for as long as the ingredients have been available - no domestic grains are indigenous to northern Saskatchewan. It can be mixed up anywhere, even in the mouth of a flour sack. It keeps very well, does not mould easily, tastes good, and is solid and nourishing.
31 images (four scanned here) of people involved in a Metis/Native work program in Saskatoon. Some photos of people working in a tire store. May 5, 1980.
Pamela Buell, Education Liaison Officer, leading an elementary school tour group. Pamela is showing two Indian bead-work necklaces to seven children, in the Technical Room. This photo appears in The Right Honourable John G. Diefenbaker Centre souvenir booklet.
A photograph of the cast of the first play performed by School for the Deaf, entitled "The Historical Life of the Indians." Photo taken front of school. The cast appears to be all non-Aboriginal except for perhaps the girl seated at right in front row with a white doll in a papoose style wrapping. They wear stereotypical Indian style costumes fashioned out of [burlap?] All have head-bands or hats with feathers and one wears a mask. On the back is written: Xmas 1932.