People

A photograph of two Native women with a child and dog in background. They are dressed in traditional beaded clothing and have braids and long dresses. They stand in a grove of what looks like willow bush.

File contains two negatives showing two Prince Albert, SK women who were elected to the Executive of the Saskatchewan Indian Women's Association. The photographs were taken on July 14, 1972.

The unveiling of the Cut Knife Hill historical marker. November 2, 1952.

Two young Indians in ceremonial dress; taken in studio with wicker furniture, floral upholstery. The one at left is likely Poundmaker's son Jimmy, or Sakamatayenew. This photo was published in Star Phoenix (15 July 1926, p.37) which identifies the subjects as the son and grandson of Poundmaker.

An image of an Aboriginal man standing outside a teepee on the open prairie. He is wrapped in a blue blanket and wears a fur hat. Colours have been added to the picture in a chromolithograph process. Also, glitter has been glued onto the picture to highlight the trim on his blanket and the poles on the teepee. The postcard is addressed to Mrs. E. J. Cairn, England and it reads "We see a lot of these people..." See page two for complete citation.

Costumed actors in a play about the Northwest Resistance of 1885 presented at the University of Saskatchewan. (Left to right) Pollard, Jacoby, Bryce, Chapman, Dobson, Toombs, Professors Morton and Porteous.

Historical note:

Photo taken on February 25, 1927 at U of S Campus.

Portrait of an unidentified Aboriginal male elder wearing ceremonial dress.

A photograph of an unidentified First Nations man in traditional garb, posing with a British flag.

A family of five children and two adults pose for the camera. Wagon and [tent] in background.

Photo image of two Inuit with a sled.

A photograph of an unidentified First Nations man and woman in traditional dress. Apparently at a camp, likely in the Prince Albert area. No date given.

A photograph of an unidentified young woman with long heavy braids. She is dressed in Indian costume, with a beaded, fringed garment only partially visible. Image has theatrical quality; may not be authentic. Edges are blurred in a vignette. This may be a print.

An Unidentified group of people in front of a log building, possibly an Anglican congregation, 19th Century. Probably somewhere in present-day central or southern Saskatchewan.

Historical note:

No further information available.

People at the unveiling ceremony for the historical marker at Cut Knife Hill, 1952.

File contains two negatives from an upgrading course at the All Saints Residential School in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, April 30, 1964. Scanned image shows a group portrait of students in formal attire.

File contains two negatives from a First Aid upgrading class held at the All Saints Residential School in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, April 23, 1963. Scanned image shows a portrait of assembled people, presumably students and/or instructors.

Victor Thunderchild and two unidentified native people drumming.

A photograph of two non-Aboriginal women in Victorian style dresses and caps holding shotguns. A dog sits at their feet. They are probably Blanche and Charlotte Mann who lived and worked with their father Indian agent George Mann (see historical note).

A waist up studio photograph of Louis Riel seated, ca. 1880?

Photo displays several walrus heads located on rocks by the shoreline.

Photo depicts local Inuit arranging walrus meat for drying along the rocky shoreline.

A Native elder posing for camera wearing traditional clothing and a war bonnet (made with 50 genuine eagle feathers). Backdrop and lighting used on taking photograph. Location unknown.

At a wedding reception. Part of the "Innuit of Keewatin" series (#32).

Group of Aboriginal people in traditional clothing posing in front of teepees.

A black and white photograph of a whale that was harpooned and shot by a Native trapper at the mouth of the Churchill River in 1948. Unidentified man in picture.

Wilfred Tootoosis in war paint and feathers at Cut Knife Battlefield.

Historical note:

Taken for the Western Producer magazine, July 21, 1960.

A portrait photograph of William Bleasdell Cameron at the age of 82.

Historical note:

This photograph is part of a collection of images used by Reg Taylor of the Saskatoon Star Phoenix in an article he wrote which featured William Bleasdell Cameron, a survivor of the so-called Frog Lake Massacre, 2 April 1885.

A photograph of William Bleasdell Cameron, guide and scout with the Alberta Field Force, with Horse Child, 12 year old son of Big Bear. They were photographed together in Regina in 1885 during the trial of Big Bear. Cameron testified in Big Bear's defense. Cameron wrote a description of the photo on the reverse side which was also scanned for this record.

Historical note:

William Clark of Southend has been using dog teams for sixty years. Page one, one photo, William Clark unloads firewood hauled home by his dog team. Page two, one photo, William Clark sitting.

A portrait of William Henry Jackson (Honore Jaxon); leader of the Prince Albert Settler's Union, Louis Riel's Secretary, and U.S. Labour Activist.

William Stewart, A.S. Morton, and two Cree Guides.

On information card: Rankin Inlet resident Willie Adams makes adjustments to the relays of the Comminterphone conference unit housed in the telephone exchange building of the small northern community. The interface unit permits up to four telephone calls from the exchange (background) to be aired simultaneously through a low power transmitter.

Image of a group of Metis people from Willow Bunch, Saskatchewan. Four youths are seated, including Clement Lacerte, seated fourth from left, who was 18 years old when this photograph was taken. At far right is a man holding the reins of a horse; [house] in background.

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.

Slide appears to be part of a series about Canada's North. On slide: "FORT CHURCHILL"

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."

Image of woman sitting in front of teepee. Valley with trees in background. Unknown object in foreground at right.

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:

Photograph of couple seated in automobile. She wears braids and a long white dress. Part of series LH-4080b to LH-4080d which were together in a home-made scrapbook.

A head and shoulders photograph of an Aboriginal woman in western style clothing. This woman was probably an acquaintance of the George Mann family who worked on Onion Lake, Saddle Lake and Hobbema reserves between 1883 and 1915. The Mann's were known to return to visit these areas well into the 1920s.

A vignette portrait of young Dr. J. H. C. Willoughby, prominent early Saskatoon doctor, realtor and community worker, who came here in 1883. He testified at Riel's trial 28 July 1885.

Photograph of an Inuk child at Yellowknife, N.W.T.

Ross Cummings of Buffalo Narrows believes young members of his community are losing their cultural identity.

Image of young indigenous people dancing at Trappers convention, Prince Albert.