Archival Material

Black and white photograph of an indigenous man wearing Western clothing leaning against a fence. Unused photo from the book The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939 by Brock Silversides.

Black and white photograph of an indigenous man holding tomahawk and wearing medals around his neck, along with a traditional costume. Unused photograph from the book The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939 by Brock Silversides.

Black and white photograph of an indigenous man wearing a suit a feathered hat, and a large cross, subtitled "Abraham Wikaskoki". Unused photo from the book The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939 by Brock Silversides.

Black and white photograph of an indigenous man wearing a kerchief around his neck. Unused photograph from the book The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939 by Brock Silversides.

Black and white photograph of a group of four Indigenous men from a reserve seated cross legged on the ground all wearing European clothing. Unused photograph from the book The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939 by Brock Silversides.

Black and white photograph of an indigenous man in European clothing. Unused photograph from the book The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939 by Brock Silversides.

Black and White photograph of an indigenous man in European clothing wearing a hat with a beaded band. Unused photograph from the book The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939 by Brock Silversides.

Black and white photograph of an indigenous woman holding her child on her back. Unused photograph from the book The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939 by Brock Silversides.

Black and white photograph of an indigenous woman with a child on her back in shawl. Unused photo from the book The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939 by Brock Silversides.

Black and white photograph of an indigenous woman with one child on back and another standing beside her. Unused photo from the book The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939 by Brock Silversides.

Black and white photograph of a Sarcee woman, Kitsipimi Otunna on a horse with a travois. Camp with teepee in background. Unused photograph from the book The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939 by Brock Silversides.

Black and white photograph of a group of young indigenous girls learning spinning and knitting in the St. Albert Industrial School. Unused photograph from the book The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939 by Brock Silversides.

Black and white photograph of two Blackfoot men, Many Shots and White Headed Chief, simulating the starting of a prairie fire to protect the encampment from raiding tribes. Unused photograph from The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939 by Brock Silversides.

Note: The description 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. Black and white photograph of two Sarcee women and a girl, sitting outside of a teepee, subtitled "Micakiu, Mucayoimxin Otokeman, Sarcee Squaws" From the book The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939 by Brock Silversides.

Black and white photograph of a Cree man, "Must-took-no-kow" in a beaded buckskin costume. Unused photo from the book The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939 by Brock Silversides.

Black and white photograph of a non-indigenous man examining the buffalo horns an Indigenous woman is selling. Unused photograph from the book The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939 by Brock Silversides.

Black and white photograph of a non-indigenous man examining the buffalo horns an Indigenous woman is selling. Unused photo from the book The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939 by Brock Silversides.

Black and white photograph of an indigenous man with painted face subtitled: "Omukoatasekim, Sarcee Indian". Unused photo from the book The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939 by Brock Silversides.

Black and white photograph of Sarcee man, Omuxistoan in traditional costume. Unused photo from the book The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939 by Brock Silversides.

Black and white photograph of Piegan men on horseback in full idealized traditional costume, participating in the MacLeod Jubilee parade. Unused photo from the book The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939 by Brock Silversides.

Black and white photograph of a group of indigenous men prior to a tea dance. Some wear traditional costumes or crowns of foliage. Unused photograph from the book The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939 by Brock Silversides.

Black and white photograph of Sarcee Sakhsekuun in traditional costume. Unused photograph from the book The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939 by Brock Silversides.

Black and white photograph of a young Sarcee named Setukko with elaborate hair and some traditional clothing. Unused photograph from the book The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939 by Brock Silversides.

Black and White photograph of a room of young Indigenous women in European clothes. Some are seated at sewing machines, and others sit on chairs sewing by hand. Two nuns oversee the activity in the background. Unused photograph from the book The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939 by Brock Silversides.

Black and white photograph of an indigenous man in profile. He is wrapped in a striped blanket. Unused photograph from the book The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939 by Brock Silversides.

Black and white photograph of a sun dance taken inside of a medicine lodge. Unused photograph from the book The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939 by Brock Silversides.

Black and white photograph of three Indigenous women in elaborately-beaded garments Unused photograph from The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939 by Brock Silversides.

Black and white photograph of two indigenous men in traditional clothes and a boy with feathered headband. Unused photo from the book The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939 by Brock Silversides.

Black and white photograph of a pair of Kainai (Blood) youths in traditional outfits. Unused photograph from The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939 by Brock Silversides.

Black and white photograph of an Indigenous man in quasi-traditional clothing and three children (two girls, one boy) in full European apparel. The children attend the Qu'Appelle Industrial School. John Milloy identifies the man in this photo as Quewich and his children (A National Crime, page 29). Unused photograph from the book The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939 by Brock Silversides.

Black and white photograph of a Blackfoot man, White Pup, his wife and their children sitting beside a wooden teepee frame. Unused photograph from the book The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939 by Brock Silversides.

Image of an Indigenous woman and child on horse with travois.

Lists subject file blocks and subsections, and contains guide to various fiches used by Indian Affairs and its predecessors to track files created in headquarters central registry. English guide follows French version.

Outlines the Commission's responsibilities for gathering and preserving materials relating residential schools, and discusses some of the challenges this entails, including balancing access with privacy. Paper presented at Prairie Perspectives: the Academic Conference of The First National Truth and Reconciliation Event, 17 June 2010.

Photograph of Chief Fine Day posing with rifle and wearing battle dress. Caption: "War chief Fine Day of the Strike-Him-on-the-Back band directed the Cree counter-attack at the Cut Knife battle." From the book Loyal till Death: Indians and the North-West Rebellion by Blair Stonechild and Bill Waiser.

Website contains links, some with access to the full text of presentations, from a conference which explores intellectual thought and cultural development of Aboriginal peoples in Canada. Many of the presenters were Canadian.

Resource for finding material on British Columbia's First Nations at Archives and materials located elsewhere.

Looks at archival efforts to fulfill one of the primary goals of the Mandate of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.

Photograph. Caption: Treaty Six negotiations were held at a traditional camping area, known to the Cree as the "waiting place", near Fort Carlton. From the book Loyal till Death: Indians and the North-West Rebellion by Blair Stonechild and Bill Waiser.

Copies of pages in the Register of Land Purchases from Indians and additional pages recording other agreements made by the Hudson's Bay Company in Nanaimo and Fort Rupert, which were also known as the Douglas treaties.

Photograph. Caption: One of the fugitive Indians (possibly Four Sky Thunder) who surrendered at Battleford instead of fleeing to the United States. From the book Loyal till Death: Indians and the North-West Rebellion by Blair Stonechild and Bill Waiser.

Image of Father Louis Cochin, O.M.I. At the time of the 1885 Rebellion, Father Louis Cochin was a Catholic missionary to the Cree Indians in the Battleford district. He was taken prisoner by Poundmaker. From the book Loyal till Death: Indians and the North-West Rebellion by Blair Stonechild and Bill Waiser.

Discusses the need for archivists to move away from their role as disinterested caretaker toward engaging with the people involved and outlines some of the ways this can be accomplished.

Shows that archivists need to sustain principles which keep materials intact as well as adopt principles which keep materials within their context.

Photograph. Caption: "A triumphant Middleton poses in a buckskin outfit in an Ottawa photo studio." .