Residents gathering for a hearing of the Carrothers Commission at Rae, N.W.T. which was studying the future directions of government in the Northwest Territories.
Chief Bruno meeting with councillors [of the Carrothers Commission] at Rae, N.W.T. which was studying the future directions of government in the Northwest Territories.
Subtitled: "Entered according to act of Parliament of Canada, in the year 1885 by Prof. Buell in the office of the ministry of agriculture." Image of Lt. Gov. Dewdney and a troop of military men in uniform. In the foreground are 6 chiefs.
The congregation outside the Anglican church in the community of Apex at Frobisher Bay, N.W.T. [NU]. In 1987 the community of Frobisher Bay was renamed Iqaluit.
A copy of illustration: "Escape of the McKay family through the ice to Prince Albert", from souvenir number of CANADIAN PICTORIAL & ILLUSTRATED WAR NEWS, 4 Jul 1885. It depicts Metis rowing boat through ice as his wife and children huddle in back. McKay was a farm instructor near Battleford. Incident described p.21.
The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939
Images » Photographs
Author/Creator
Otto B. Buell
Description
Image of Lieutenant Governor Edgar Dewdney, Piapot, and the Montreal Garrison Artillery.
From the book The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939 by Brock Silversides.
File contains 1 negative of an unidentified woman presenting a gift to a student at a school in Prince Albert (presumably All Saints Residential School), Saskatchewan, April 9, 1965.
Scanned negative shows two females in uniform posing for a portrait selling candy at a Women's Auxillary tea(presumably of the All Saints Residential School). (bad quality photo)
Photograph of children playing, with tents in background; taken at Eskimo Point, N.W.T. [NU]. (community's name changed to Arviat in 1989). Title on file: Eskimo Children at Play.
Children exiting tent located next to drying hides; taken at Eskimo Point, N.W.T. [NU] (community's name changed to Arviat in 1989). Title on file: Eskimo Children, Drying Hide.
Children exiting tent located beside drying hides; photograph taken in Eskimo Point, N.W.T. [NU]. (community's name changed to Arviat in 1989). Title on file: Eskimo Children, Drying Caribou Hide.
A portrait photograph taken in Toronto of George G. Mann's three children after the family was released from captivity in 1885. (l to r) George Mann Jr., Charlotte and Blanche. They spent the summer in Ontario with their mother Sarah and returned to Onion Lake in the fall of 1885.
Old house located west of Duck Lake from which the Metis fired during the Northwest Resistance. Trees and shrubs in foreground; side view of house in background.
File contains 3 negatives depicting scenes from a "Peace Treaty Play," likely from Prince Albert, Saskatchewan or area, on January 20, 1965. The actors involved appear to include an adult and a variety of children.
Image of a pow-wow with Chief Beardy (plumes on hat) and Chief Okamesis [after] the Northwest Resistance. A group of non-Aboriginal men stand behind the Chiefs.
Image of men setting up an Officers' Mess at unknown location during the Northwest Resistance. Group of men prepare food in pots over a fire at left, and men in background moving barrels and pots.
Image of a refugee camp during the Northwest Resistance. Women and children of Batoche were permitted to leave the village to escape enemy fire. Visible are supplies piled up on the ground in front of a cluster of tents.
File contains five negatives from the "Teachers Institute at an Indian School" presumably a conference of teachers held at Prince Albert, Saskatchewan on May 21, 1965. The scanned image shows a large group of teachers at the conference apparently listening to a speaker.
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 4, no. 3, May 1965, pp. [8-12]
Description
Describes the Institute of American Indian Arts, a post -secondary vocational school for Native American students which stresses cultural traditions as the inspiration for artistic endeavours.