Finding Mile Zero on the Powwow Trail
Alternate Title
[Aboriginal Lecture Series (Simon Fraser University)] ; 2016
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Eldon Yellowhorn
Description
Speaker discusses "Brocket Indian Days", the longest running powwow in Canada, and how the gatherings have changed over time.
Duration: 58:12.
First Nation Onion Lake Pow Wow - Onion Lake Grand Entry Pow Wow Sept. 2001. - Slide.
Images » Photographs
Author/Creator
Hans S. Dommasch (photographer)
Description
A group of Aboriginal males of all ages, in ceremonial dress, march during the Grand Entry of the Onion Lake Pow Wow. Some are holding flags, while some hold feather staffs. [Taken indoors].
First Nation Onion Lake Pow Wow - Onion Lake Pow Wow Sept. 2001. - Slides.
Images » Photographs
Author/Creator
Hans S. Dommasch (photographer)
Description
Two portraits of a male and female Aboriginal child taken during the Onion Lake Pow Wow. The male child is clad in ceremonial dress; the female child is wearing western clothing. [Taken indoors].
First Nation Pow Wow - Beardy's and Okemasis First Nation Intern. Pow Wow.- August 24-26 2001. - Slides.
Images » Photographs
Author/Creator
Hans S. Dommasch
Description
Series of four slides showing events during the Grand Entry at the Beardy's and Okemasis First Nation International Pow Wow. Scenes include flag bearers marching, dancers and two war veterans marching.
First Nation Pow Wow - Fort Carlton 1. Nation People Remembering Sign Treaty #6 125 Years Ago, Aug. 25 2001. - Slides.
Images » Photographs
Author/Creator
Hans S. Dommasch (photographer)
Description
Two slides showing exterior views of the NWMP Officers' Quarters and a corner post of the stockade at Fort Carlton, Saskatchewan. Also includes a large metal reproduction of the Treaty Six medal, and a group of Aboriginal men, some on horseback bearing flags and some walking while drumming.
First Nation Pow Wow - Intern. Pow Wow Dancing.- August 24-26 2001. - Slides.
Images » Photographs
Author/Creator
Hans S. Dommasch
Description
Three slides showing events during the Beardy's and Okemasis First Nation International Pow Wow. Scenes include the Beardy's and Okemasis Veterans Association booth, view of interior of tent, and a seated male elder posing for the camera.
First Nation Pow Wow - The Signing of Treaty #6.- August 25 2001. - Slides.
Images » Photographs
Author/Creator
Hans S. Dommasch (photographer)
Description
Group of slides commemorating the signing of Treaty 6. Scenes include: a group of Aboriginals marching, some in war veterans uniforms and some in ceremonial dress; two views of Beardy's and Okemasis road signs from 1979 and 2001; view of Union Jack and Canadian flags flying; and a sign for a mural located in Duck Lake that depicts the signing of Treaty 6.
First Nation's Historical Centre for Tourism and Education
Alternate Title
First Nation's Historical Centre for Tourism and Education [Chief Poundmaker Historical Centre and Tee-Pee Village]
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Kenneth Williams
Windspeaker, vol. 15, no. 2, June 1997, p. insert
Description
Discusses the First Nation owned and operated Chief Poundmaker Historical Centre and Tee-Pee Village which is open to welcome history buffs, campers, and community groups.
Entire issue on one pdf. To view article scroll to p. 18 of the special insert Windspeaker's Guide to Indian Country.
Follow the Drum
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Pamela Sexsmith
Windspeaker, vol. 21, no. 3, June 2003, p. Suppl.3
Description
Highlights Gerald Okanee, lead singer of Saskatchewan's Big Bear Singers, who shares his knowledge about the drum and how the beat pits the powwow dancer's style against that of the the drummer's, sometimes "bucking off" the dancer.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.19.
Footsteps: Following in Dad's Tradition
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Craig Jones
Chris Roberts
Whispering Wind, vol. 42, no. 5, Issue 291, May-June 2014, pp. 28-29
Description
Describes costumes worn by performers in Chicken Dance competitions held in Alberta and Montana. Includes photographs.
Friendship Centre Pow Wow Dancers
Images » Photographs
Description
File contains 12 negatives showing traditional dancers at a pow wow on November 14, 2008. The dancers range from adults to children and are clothed in traditional garb. The pow wow was held at the Prince Albert Indian and Metis Friendship Centre from November 14, 1990.
Friendship Centre Pow Wow Dancers
Images » Photographs
Description
File contains 12 negatives showing traditional dancers at a pow wow on November 14, 2008. The dancers range from adults to children and are clothed in traditional garb. The pow wow was held at the Prince Albert Indian and Metis Friendship Centre from November 14, 1990.
Grass Dance of Spirit Lake Dakota
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Jim Johnston
Whispering Wind, vol. 43, no. 2, Issue 294, December 2014, p. 30
Description
Book review of: Grass Dance of Spirit Lake Dakota by Louis Garcia with Mark Diedrich; illustrated by David Sager, forward by Raymond J. Demallie.
The Great North-West with the Marquis of Lorne - VII
Archival » Archival Items
The Graphic
Description
Collection of Dr. Peter Purdue, College of Education, University of Saskatchewan.
Images include: On the East Bank of the South Saskatchewan, Aug 24; Mr. Clark's Grass Plot During the Pow Wow, Fort Carlton, August 26; and Chippeway Indians Dancing the Sioux Dance at Rat Portage.
Published in The Graphic, October 22, 1881.
No article associated with this image in the newspaper.
"The Greatest Drama in Indian Life": Experiments in Native American Identity and Resistance at the Haskell Institute Homecoming of 1926
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Benjamin G. Rader
Western Historical Quarterly, vol. 35, no. 4, Winter, 2004, pp. 429-450
Description
Argues that Native Americans experimented with their identities and dramatized their resistance to white society and culture during the Haskell Institute homecoming of 1926.
Guidelines for Practicing Indigenous Traditional Protocols at the University of Regina
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Office of Indigenization, University of Regina
Description
Offers guidance on appropriate behaviour and dress when seeking information from Elders or Knowledge Keepers and attending ceremonies, feasts and other cultural events in Treaty Four territory and the homeland of the Métis.
Imagining the Great White Mother and the Great King: Aboriginal Tradition and Royal Representation at the “Great Pow-wow” of 1901
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Wade A. Henry
Journal of the Canadian Historical Association, vol. 11, no. 1, New Series, 2000, pp. 87-108
Description
Discusses the Royal visit of the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York (later George V and Queen Mary), the ceremonies held and review of the extensive related archival records.
In Pursuit of Dancing the Indian Way: Part 2
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Mark G. Thiel
Whispering Wind, vol. 6, no. 6, March 1973, pp. 10-14
Description
Commentary looks at historical influences Native American culture had on the prevailing society.
In Pursuit of Dancing the Indian Way: Part 1
In Pursuit of Dancing the Indian Way: Part 3
In the Great North-West with the Marquis of Lorne - The Pow-Wow at Black Feet Crossing, September 10
Archival » Archival Items
The Graphic
Description
Collection of Dr. Peter Purdue, College of Education, University of Saskatchewan.
Published in The Graphic, November 5, 1881, [Page] 464-465.
No article associated with this image in the newspaper.
Sketch by Mr. Sydney P. Hall
Indian and Metis Friendship Centre 25th Anniversary
Images » Photographs
Description
File contains 15 negatives showing people at the Prince Albert Indian and Metis Friendship Centre during its' twenty-fifth anniversary on June 16, 1988. The 15 scanned images show eleven negatives showing various people within the Friendship Centre building, and five negatives showing traditional dancers in front of the Prince Albert City Hall.
Indian and Metis National Cross Cultural Awareness Symposium
Images » Photographs
Description
File contains 14 negatives by the Indian and Metis National Cross Cultural Awareness Symposium (presumably in Prince Albert, SK) on April, 28, 1987. The first eleven negatives show First Nations and Metis dancers in traditional garb. The last three show a woman examining a piece of art.
The Indian Hobbyist Movement in Europe
Alternate Title
Handbook of North American Indians ; vol. 4
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Colin F. Taylor
Description
Discusses the long history of the practice of non-Indigenous people appropriating and performing Indigenous cultures.
Chapter from volume four of the Handbook of North American Indians edited by William C. Sturtevant.
Indian Metis Days Pow Wow
Images » Photographs
Description
File contains eight negatives of the Prince Albert Indian and Metis Days Pow Wow, Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, held on June 2, 1962. The first five negatives contain images of Pow Wow dancers in traditional dress. Negative six and seven contain images of a flag lowering ceremony at the Pow Wow. Image eight is a shot of a traditional tipi village at the Pow Wow.
"Indian Music of the Canadian Plains"
Archival » Archival Items
Description
This oversize file is divided into two parts for this data base. Part one (A-792-1) contains a 33 1/3 record titled "Indian Music of the Canadian Plains," copyright 1955 Folkways Records and Services Corp. There is a booklet accompanying the record that explains the various songs and Indian customs.