The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939
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Black and White photograph of young indigenous boys in a classroom.
Unused photo from the book The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939 by Brock Silversides.
Negative of a document entitled "The Formal List of Rights" ratified by the Provisional Governing Council of the Metis Nation under Louis Riel on 1 December 1869 in Fort Garry and on 4 December 1869 in Winnipeg. Language and land rights are their major concerns.
A photograph of four women in Indian clothing holding signs saying; "No RCMP for Newfoundland", "RCMP vs. Indians", "Dept. of Citizenship vs. Indians". Likely taken at Lester B. Pearson's nomination convention in Winnipeg.
An exterior photograph of Long Walk participants in front of the Saskatoon Correctional Centre on 16 August 1983. The man in the centre is Jake Badger (died in the mid-1980s) and the man in the wheelchair is elder Philip Nicotine.
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.
Four slides of a two women and a child with an upside down Canadian flag at a protest in Memorial Square, Prince Albert, in solidarity with the Mohawks during the Oka Standoff in Quebec, 1991.
A slide of two boys holding placards reading "Is Canada a Democracy?" and "Mulroney Balogna Blatant Racism" at a protest in Memorial Square, Prince Albert, in solidarity with the Mohawks during the Oka Standoff in Quebec, 1991.
A slide of male and female protestors, one with a drum, at a protest in Memorial Square, Prince Albert, in solidarity with the Mohawks during the Oka Standoff in Quebec, 1991.