File contains 8 negatives showing meetings under a tent during Metis Heritage Days at Batoche, Saskatchewan, on July 19, 1982.

Eight images (2 scanned here) of wooden crosses and a cement monument, marking a Metis Homestead Historical Site. Photographs were taken September 3, 1974.

Eight images of a group of Aboriginal people demonstrating in Saskatoon on July 31, 1976. One sign reads: Political Asylum for Leonard Peltier.

File contains 3 negatives from Metis Indian Variety Night on October 21 (no year given, likely 1960s or early 1970s), in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan. The first negative shows an elderly man in a suit and wearing a headress on stage. The second shows three male perfomers on stage apparently singing or performing with instruments. The third shows a man (with guitar) and a woman performing on stage, and a group of men offstage to the side.

17 images (6 shown here) of a conference on Metis land claims held in Saskatoon on May 26, 1981.

A brochure describing the contents of a Metis Museum located at 111 Avenue B South in Saskatoon. The museum no longer exists. There is no date, but probably ca. 1980s? Museum was ran by Saskatoon Metis Society, Local 11.

31 images (four scanned here) of people involved in a Metis/Native work program in Saskatoon. Some photos of people working in a tire store. May 5, 1980.

File contains 1 negative from the Metis Society Auxillary Fashion Show held in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan on June 6, 1973. The image shows four Metis women in contemporary clothing at the show.

Image of troops at the train station in Winnipeg; troops in line in foreground, train cars and station in background.

Militia camp at unknown location during the Northwest Resistance. Supply packs on the ground in foreground; men lined up in background.

Commentary on how the U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) employed photography to represent social problems and the government's solutions to those problems.

One photograph taken at North Battleford Indian Hospital that appeared in the Saskatoon Star Phoenix, 22 December 1953. It is found on page 13 of the scrap book (A-792-2). The caption reads: "Chief Swimmer is shown here addressing the assembly before the initiation. Left to right are: Miss J. M. Morton, RN, head of the nursing staff; Edwin Wuttunee, Red Pheasant reserve, interpreter; Chief Sam Swimmer; Dr. P. W. Head, superintendent of the Indian hospital; Archdeacon H. E. Hives, Bishop-elect of Keewatin."

A photograph in a scrap book (A-792-2) on page 19 that shows, left to right, Miss J. M. Morton, unknown, Edwin Awasis, unknown and Charlie Beattie as Santa, taken at North Battleford Indian Hospital on 25 December 1953.

Women in foreground of Roman Catholic Mission.

View of home located in Hazelton, BC.

Image depicts Mistahimaskwa bound and covered with a blanket while seated in a chair. 4 soldiers/policemen (two holding rifles) stand behind him. A fort wall (Fort Carlton?) is directly behind them.

Views of young Aboriginal women marching, a portrait of a male war veteran in uniform with medals, and a group of men drumming during the Mistawasin [Mistawasis] Pow Wow.

Historical note:

The Mistawasis First Nation is located roughly 68 kilometres west of the city of Prince Albert, Saskatchewan. The Nation has one reserve with an area of approximately 125.44 square kilometres. The First Nation takes its name from the name of its first chief, Chief Mistawasis. Mistawasis, or "Big Child" in English, was the first person to sign Treaty 6 in 1876.

Three elevated views of Aboriginal war veterans and young Aboriginal women marching during the Mistawasin [Mistawasis] Pow Wow.

Historical note:

The Mistawasis First Nation is located approximately 68 kilometres west of the city of Prince Albert, Saskatchewan. The Nation has one reserve with an area of approximately 125.44 square kilometres. The First Nation takes its name from the name of its first chief, Chief Mistawasis. Mistawasis, or "Big Child" in English, was the first person to sign Treaty 6 in 1876.

Portrait of female Aboriginal child dancing during the Mistawasin [Mistawasis] Pow Wow.

Historical note:

The Mistawasis First Nation is located roughly 68 kilometres west of the city of Prince Albert, Saskatchewan. The Nation has one reserve with an area of approximately 125.44 square kilometres. The First Nation takes its name from the name of its first chief, Chief Mistawasis. Mistawasis, or "Big Child" in English, was the first person to sign Treaty 6 in 1876.

Portrait of female Aboriginal elder holding an object [book] in her right hand during the Mistawasin [Mistawasis] Pow Wow.

Historical note:

The Mistawasis First Nation is located roughly 68 kilometres west of the city of Prince Albert, Saskatchewan. The Nation has one reserve with an area of approximately 125.44 square kilometres. The First Nation takes its name from the name of its first chief, Chief Mistawasis. Mistawasis, or "Big Child" in English, was the first person to sign Treaty 6 in 1876.

Grouping of flags - Canadian, Union Jack, Treaty 6, Saskatchewan and United States - flying during the Mistawasin [Mistawasis] Pow Wow. Tops of two tipis in background.

Historical note:

The Mistawasis First Nation is located roughly 68 kilometres west of the city of Prince Albert, Saskatchewan. The Nation has one reserve with an area of approximately 125.44 square kilometres. The First Nation takes its name from the name of its first chief, Chief Mistawasis. Mistawasis, or "Big Child" in English, was the first person to sign Treaty 6 in 1876.

Portrait of young Aboriginal boy taken during the Mistawasin [Mistawasis] Pow Wow.

Historical note:

The Mistawasis First Nation is located roughly 68 kilometres west of the city of Prince Albert, Saskatchewan. The Nation has one reserve with an area of approximately 125.44 square kilometres. The First Nation takes its name from the name of its first chief, Chief Mistawasis. Mistawasis, or "Big Child" in English, was the first person to sign Treaty 6 in 1876.

Three images of Mistusenni rock, now under water at Diefenbaker Lake. Mistusenni, a 400 ton glacial erratic, 14 feet high, 79 feet in circumference, was sacred to the Cree and Plains Indians. Attempts to remove the rock failed. Fragments were used to construct a monument for historic site marker near Elbow. QC 3692 2 shows Zenon Pohorecki on left, QC 3692 3 shows Zenon Pohorecki on left, Wally Stambuck, third from left and other men.

A photograph of Mistusseni, a large boulder on the prairies. (l to r) An unknown man and Zenon Pohorecky, prof. in Archaeology Dept. at U of S standing in front of Mistusseni, smaller glacial-deposit boulders in foreground.

To Access Review, Scroll Down to Page 90-92. Book review of: Mixedblood Messages: Literature, Film, Family, Place by Louis Owens.

Discusses postcards by a Kiowa photographer who capitalized on the popularity of Plains Indian male imagery.

Black and white photograph of a group of Peigan men in Fort Macleod Jubilee Parade.

Black and white photograph of a group of Peigan men from Montana on horseback in traditional clothing (many wear head-dresses) bearing two American flags at the MacLeod Jubilee Parade.

Black and white photograph of the monument constructed in memory of the battle of Batoche.

Postcard of monument to the North West Field Force casualties during the Northwest Resistance; postmarked 20 June 1906.

Black and white photograph of a monument erected at the Batoche Cemetery to honour the Metis who fell in battle.

Discusses the photographic series Scouting for Indians which documents and challenges mainstream representations of Aboriginals. Excerpt from Imagining Resistance: Visual Culture and Activism in Canada edited by Kirsty Robertson and J. Kerri Cronin.

Two men standing in a moose skin boat on the Mackenzie River, NWT.

Examines how Native communities maintained their social and cultural identities amidst the attempt of middle class whites to preserve their own version of Indian culture.

Photo essay examines the stereotypical imagery of First Nation women.

Mr. Angus McKay's house (squared timber) at Lac la Ronge. Photographed by Annie McKay and Christina Bateman during their journey from Prince Albert to La Ronge, Saskatchewan in 1919.

Image of indigenous men threshing at Muskeg Lake. Steam powered tractor with belt also visible.

Image of group of Aboriginal men wearing ceremonial dress and carrying flags.

Image of 'No Alcohol' sign at Pow Wow, and an image showing Aboriginal war veterans, a RCMP officer and other Aboriginal persons marching.

Examines the role and use of Indigenous photography in relationship to the Anishinabe way of being, seeing, listening and hearing.

Image of traditional appliqued clothing of the Nanai people of the Amur River, Russia.

File contains a series of negatives from a ceremony installing Ovide Mercredi as an honorary prisoner at the Saskatchewan Penitentiary in Prince Albert, SK. The negatives contain pictures of Mercredi (National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations 1991-1997) receiving a certificate from unidentified (Penitentiary?) officials.

File contains 5 negatives from a National Meeting of Indian Metis Friendship Centres held in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, July, 1985.

Displays 183 negatives of Mi'kmaq, Innu, Algonquin, Potawatomi, Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg and Anishinaabe of Canada and the Rappahannock and Nanticoke of the United States along with accompanying information.

Displays 50 items from collection of photographs featuring Yupik Eskimos.

File contains 11 negatives from the National Treaty Chief's Meeting at the Beardy's Reserve on July 19, 1988. The first negative shows a procession of dignitaries with the Canadian flag. The second shows an unidentified Chief or elder with the Canadian flag. The third and forth show men apparently in prayer, with the flags of Canada and Great Britain. The fifth and sixth show two men in a tent one, of whom appears to be delivering a speech. The seventh and eighth show a procession of men (one of whom is an Aboriginal RCMP member) with a what appears to be an unidentified flag and a coup stick.

Chronicles the creation of the 20 volumes of text written and 2,500 photogravures of Curtis' work from 1907 to 1930.