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
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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.
The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939
Images » Photographs
Description
Black and white photograph of three Stoney men posing with travois.
From the book The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939 by Brock Silversides.
Consists of an interview on the origins of the Holy Lodge; the story of the Holy Turnip (same story as IH-AA.020); the story of the elk woman and her jealous husband; the story of the widows who offered themselves to the sun and how these events led to the offering ceremony and then to the Holy Lodge (This account continues on IH-AA.112)
Consists of an interview with George First Rider where he gives an account of the original Holy Lodge. (It is a follow-up to IH-AA.112)Note: Dave Melting Tallow, interpreter. Joanne Greenwood, transcriber.
Consists of an interview with George First Rider where he tells the story of a medicine man named Bear Hat (later renamed Curlew). He tells how Bear Hat was revived after serious injury and how Bear Hat healed a young man wounded in a battle.
Consists of an interview with George First Rider where he tells the story of a boy given supernatural powers by the bears and of his subsequent success as a healer of his own wounds and those of other people or animals.