Clothing & Regalia

Brings together graphic works with recollections of Elders concerning traditional skills, stories and legends, culture and clothing.

A group of Inuit dressed in traditional hide clothing gathered outdoors; location unknown. Part of the "Inuit of Keewatin" series (#11).

Book review of: Caribou Skin Clothing of the Igloolik Inuit by Sylvie Pharand.

Image of an Aboriginal couple standing on a blanket dressed in ceremonial style clothing. They are holding a Canadian Ensign, staff, pipe stem and blanket. A horse stands in the background with an intricately woven blanket draped over its back.

Comments on the beautiful jackets, mittens, mukluks, etc. that are crafted by an Elder in northern Saskatchewan. Article located by scrolling to page 15.

Caucasian woman in suit, with two young First Nations women in dressy outfits featuring beads, fringes and moccasins, April 26, 1950. Part of Kinsmen series B 4014 to 19.

Historical note:

Discusses how the promotion of Alaska Native heritage programs will help preserve, and pass on customary traditions.

Portrait of indigenous man in full ceremonial dress holding a drum (with an image of a buffalo). Man is posed in profile position with one foot raised on mound of dirt.

Describes the rituals and beliefs associated with the painted Caribou skins.

Study surveyed 100 households on use of traditional knowledges in production of leather hides for clothing. Identifies opportunities and barriers for sustained poverty reduction, and makes recommendations for both improving the perception, transmission, and use of traditional knowledge and techniques, and for integrating methods.

Chronicles the changes of unique forms of dress using seven periods within the study time frame, including paintings up to 1857 and after that, photographs.

Interprets the use of the American flag in Indian art and daily life. Includes photographs.

Interview of Charlie Chief who discusses the a Grass Dance, Round Dance and Sioux Dance (including songs). Also included are songs. The discusses the difference between old and new ways. Alphonse Littlepoplar is the intterpreter

Book review of: Cherokee Wampum: War & Peace Belts by Karen Cody Cooper.

Summarizes design features of classic South Cheyenne style moccasins in color photographs. Highlights some of the more interesting features.

Looks at a unique pair of men's moccasins that uses 16/o faceted (cut) beads. Includes photographs.

Looks at the Cheyenne use of the Thunderbird symbol in the beadwork of men's moccasins. Photographs of moccasins from the Bata Shoe Museum.

Looks at the Cheyenne use of the Thunderbird symbol in the beadwork of men's moccasins. Photographs of moccasins from the Bata Shoe Museum.

Looks at the Cheyenne use of the Thunderbird symbols in the beadwork of men's moccasins. Photographs of moccasins from the Bata Shoe Museum.

Looks at the Cheyenne use of the Thunderbird symbol in the beadwork of men's moccasins. Photograph of moccasin from the Bata Shoe Museum.

Looks at the Cheyenne use of the Thunderbird symbol in the beadwork of men's moccasins. Photographs of moccasins from the Bata Shoe Museum.

Looks at the Cheyenne use of the Thunderbird symbol in the beadwork of men's moccasins. Photographs of moccasins from the Bata Shoe Museum.

A photograph of Chief Eagle from Whitecap Indian Reserve, as he opens Young Canada Book Week in the Children's reading area, 2nd floor of the Main Branch of the Saskatoon Public Library. He wears feathered headdress and buckskin with bead work and fringes. Two Aboriginal women and four non-Aboriginal children are in the photo as well.

Negative of a black and white photograph of Chief Poundmaker and his young wife standing before a teepee, both wrapped in Hudson's Bay Blankets.

A photograph of an Aboriginal man in ceremonial regalia (buckskin suit with applied beadwork and feather headdress trailing to ground). Identified as Chief Swimmer (Yahyahnum), Chief of Sweetgrass band approx. 1925 - 1955. He was last traditional Chief of that reserve. After him, chiefs were elected.

Photograph of Chief Sanguinabia in traditional clothing sitting on rock in grassy area with trees.

ack of photo: Group of Cree Indians in gala attire, taken at the paying of Treaty money at File Hills Reserve. The dresses are very brilliant. The tall man at back of group is wearing an overall of vivid blue. The white cuffs and all cross stitch patterns are their own handiwork. Tiny white beads very closely and evenly sewn together forming the background for cross stitch diamonds, the squares and fringes done in brightly colored beads. The old man wearing a fur cap is a Chief, his name is Star Blanket. The very old man sitting in the centre is quite blind and over a hundred years old.

Note: The title of this document uses wording that was common to mainstream society of that time period in history. As such, it contains language that is no longer in common use and may offend some readers. This wording should not be construed to represent the views of the Indigenous Studies Portal or the University of Saskatchewan Library. John Diefenbaker (Chief Walking Buffalo) and his wife Olive are seen in the centre of a group of Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people. John wears a head-dress and Olive carries a beaded purse.

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.

Children dancing on the Pion-Era grandstand, Saskatoon, 1960.

Consists of an interview that describes various traditional clothing.

Forms part of Memoirs of the American Museum of Natural History, v. 3 (p. 329-404).

Contains a photo of a blanket from the archives of the HBC Collection (Hudson Bay Company) at the Manitoba Museum.

Focuses on Tlingit crest designs woven on the front panels of the Chilkat tunics and the transitioning of these patterns to certain styles used in weaving.

Forms part of Memoirs of the American Museum of Natural History, v. 11 (p. [1]-276).

Article studies the traditional clothing in the Arctic region of Chukotka.

Virtual exhibition features regalia from the United States, Canada and South America accompanied with information on the culture that produced it.

Consists of an interview where she gives a general account of reserve life. She gives a description of Indian games and tells of the establishment of the Gordon Reserve, Saskatchewan

Consists of an interview where Clarence Joe speaks of the conversion of the Sechelt Indians to Roman Catholicism and he discusses at various points the industry and initiative of the Sechelt Indians.

Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--McMaster University, 2000.

Discusses the difficulties involved in balancing conservation concerns with providing appropriate access to the Aboriginal peoples whose ancestors created the items.

Study concludes that the clothing of the Sámi in northern Fennoscandia is an effective non-verbal communication of cultural identity in inter-ethnic situations.

Art History Thesis (Ph.D.)--Emory University, 2010.

Five panelists discuss their artistic practice and how their culture influences their work. Duration: 1:31:47.

Looks at the history and making of these durable sweaters.