Great Plains Quarterly, vol. 31, no. 2, Spring, 2011, pp. 105-123
Description
Looks at Poolaw's technique of dramatically posing subjects which he gained through film-making experience and provides an overview of various photographs taken.
An essay and information pertaining to early female photographer Geraldine Moody and includes information relating to her interactions with indigenous peoples.
Records in the Margaret Baker fonds collection tell the story of the development of the Wahpeton reserve and Lucy Baker's activities as a missionary teacher. Reflects stereotypical views of the time.
The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939
Images » Photographs
Description
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.
Indian dancers from St. Mary's School poses in front of the stage in the Pensioners and Pioneers Pavilion where they had performed at a potluck supper held by the association's member. The hoop dancers wear matching blue shirts. The girl in the red dress performed a shawl dance.
Imagining Resistance: Visual Culture and Activism in Canada
[Cultural Studies Series]
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Claudette Lauzon
Description
Discusses the photographic series Scouting for Indians which documents and challenges mainstream representations of Aboriginals.
Excerpt from Imagining Resistance: Visual Culture and Activism in Canada edited by Kirsty Robertson and J. Kerri Cronin.
Images of the Prairie North at the Turn of the Century
Images » Photographs
Author/Creator
Frank J.P Crean
Native Studies Review , vol. 7, no. 1, pp. 103-127
Description
Archival black and white photographs taken between 1908 and 1909 during the Frank J. Crean exploration expedition ranging from the Saskatchewan River valley to the Athabaska River and Portage la Loche in the east.
Looks at the dominant visual representations of Native Americans and the use of photography as a form of resistance to racist photographic representations.
Alaska State Museums Bulletin, no. 43, August 23, 2011, p. [?]
Description
Overview of the use of photography to portray the indigenous populations and in mapping and surveying during the 19th and early 20th centuries. Includes photographs
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.
File contains one negative showing a Pow Wow dancer at the small world Day Care Co-op clad in traditional dress and speaking with children, Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, May 8, 1991.
Four slides of a man and children at a protest in Memorial Square, Prince Albert, in solidarity with the Mohawks during the Oka Standoff in Quebec, 1991.