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Wilfred Tootoosis at Cut Knife Hill

Images » Photographs
Description
Wilfred Tootoosis in war paint and feathers at Cut Knife Battlefield.

Historical note:

Taken for the Western Producer magazine, July 21, 1960.
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William & Helen Trudeau 1

Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
William Trudeau
Helen Trudeau
Tony Snowsill
Christine Welsh
Ernest Debassigae
Indian History Film Project
Description
Mrs. Trudeau talks about being adopted and the schooling she received as a child. Mr. Trudeau talks about growing up on the farm, and later working in the lumber and fishing industries. Interpreter : Ernest Debassigae ; transcriber : Joanne Greenwood.
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Wing Fans: A Short Record of Their Functions in the West

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Scott M. Thompson
Whispering Wind, vol. 40, no. 6, Issue 280, March-April 2012, pp. 13-15
Description
Used as costume accents or sun shades, to emphasize the rhythm of the drum or to point in a direction as dancers turn.
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"Winnipeg Jack, Blackfoot, Canadian North-West."

Images » Photographs
Description
An image of an Aboriginal man standing alone. He is dressed in ceremonial clothing and holds a fan of feathers. There is a grouping of tipis in the distant background. Colours have been added to the photograph in a chromolithograph process. The postcard is addressed to Miss Dell Ashdown, Muskoka, Ontario.
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Wisconsin Decorative Arts Database

Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Wisconsin Historical Society
Description
Site links to more than 1,000 examples of Wisconsin's material heritage from more than 50 historic sites, museums and private individuals. Includes collection of bandolier bags from the late nineteenth or early twentieth century.
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Woman and Child with Horse-Drawn Travois

Images » Photographs
Description
Image of woman leading horse-drawn travois. An infant on its side is fastened to the travois. Inscription on back reads: "The Indian didn't invent a wheel. (?) takes her papoose with her."
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Women dressed in traditional attire

Images » Photographs
Author/Creator
Leonard A. Hillyard
Description
A photograph of nine Kinsmen with two Native women dressed in traditional attire on April 26, 1950. First of series B 4014-19.

Historical note:

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Women’s Jingle Dress Dance

Articles » General
Saskatchewan Indian, vol. 27, no. 2, Special Powwow Issue, June 1997, p. 29
Description
Describes the regalia and the origin of the dance.
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Woodland Traditional

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Craig Jones
Whispering Wind, vol. 45, no. 1, 2016, pp. 28-31
Description
Comments on the designs and beadwork of powwow dancers in the Great Lakes region of the United States and Canada.
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The Wounded Knee Ghost Dance Shirt

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Sam Maddra
Journal of Museum Ethnography, vol. 8, May 1996, pp. 41-58
Description
Discusses repatriation request by the Pine Ridge Wounded Knee Survivors Association for articles housed at the Art Gallery and Museum in Kelvingrove, Glasgow. Articles included a necklace, moccasins, Sioux cradle and Ghost Shirt.
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Your Guide to Understanding and Enjoying Pow Wows

Alternate Title
Indian Education For All
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Indian Education Division
Montana Office of Public Instruction
Description
General information about protocol, rules for judging, dancers and dances, songs, drumming, regalia, etc. Suitable for use in classroom.
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The Yukaghir and the Yukaghirized Tungus [pt. 3]

Alternate Title
Memoir[s] of the American Museum of Natural History ; [v. 13]
[Publications of] the Jesup North Pacific Expedition ; v. 9, pt. 3
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Waldemar Jochelson
Description
Forms part of Memoirs of the American Museum of Natural History, v. 13 (p. [343]-469).
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