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A crowd gathered around dogsleds at Pond Inlet, N.W.T. [NU].

Photograph. Caption: "In the aftermath of the Indian trials, Ottawa was worried about the reaction of the Blackfoot, in particular Chief Crowfoot." From the book Loyal till Death: Indians and the North-West Rebellion by Blair Stonechild and Bill Waiser. Crowfoot (ca. 1830 - 25 April 1890) or Isapo-Muxika (Blackfoot Issapóómahksika, "Crow-big-foot" was a chief of the Siksika First Nation. Though he was well respected for his bravery, Crowfoot refused to join the Northwest Rebellion of 1885, believing it to be a lost cause. In 1886, Prime Minister Sir John A.

University of Saskatchewan researcher Balfour Currie is shown sitting with two local Inuit children.

Image depicts people at unveiling ceremony of the Cut Knife historic site cairn. Governor General Vincent Massey at microphone.

Unidentified man giving speech into microphone during the unveiling ceremony of the Cut Knife historic site marker.

A man cutting snow blocks to cover a trap; location unknown. Part of the "Innuit of Keewatin" series (#21).

The Department of Transport station, with people, skidoos and wing of air plane in foreground; taken at Clyde, N.W.T. [NU].

Description by Dommasch: "Arctic Circle #1 Wager Bay; July 1990. Native guide-Inuit and his daughter". In [Nunavut].

"CARIBOU meat is taken from plane by truck to the settlement." [Lake Athabasca, Saskatchewan.]

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. Description reads: two metis in a mock fight.

Image of John Diefenbaker with an RCMP officer at the Batoche at cemetery during the opening ceremony.

Image of John Diefenbaker walking through the cemetery at the opening ceremony, June 28, 1961.

Image of procession at the funeral of John Diefenbaker. Man with headdress at centre.

Slide appears to be part of a series of 4 images about Canada's North. On slide: "Health Services"

Records in the Margaret Baker fonds collection tell the story of the development of the Wahpeton reserve and Lucy Baker's activities as a missionary teacher. Reflects stereotypical views of the time.

Travelling by dog sled. Pangnirtung, N.W.T. [NU].

A dog team pulling a boat by sled over sea ice. Image vantage point is from the sled, behind the dogs.

A sled with driver being pulled by dogs.

Photograph taken at Pond Inlet, N.W.T. [NU]. Title on file: Dogsled and Eskimo Driver

File contains two negatives from a tea and bake sale held by the Domestic Serving Classes of the Women's Metis Society, presumably in Prince Albert, SK, on December 7, 1973. The images show sale participants.

A photograph of superintendent Dr. P. W. Head and his family at his retirement from the North Battleford Indian Hospital, July, 1955. Taken from Miss J. M. Morton's scrap book (A-792-2)

A picture of T. A. Patrick down on one knee visiting with two Aboriginal women in a camp. They are pictured in a cooking area with a teepee in the background.

1 photograph. A family (?) portrait, 2 adults and a teenage girl dressed in traditional clothing. Intricate beadwork is visible on each of them.

Head and shoulders sketch of Duncan Campbell Scott, Canadian poet and deputy superintendent of the Department of Indian Affairs from 1913-1932.

Historical note:

Duncan Campbell Scott (b. 2 August 1862-19 December 1947) was a Canadian poet and prose writer. Charles G.D. Roberts, Bliss Carman, Archibald Lampman and Scott are known as the "Confederation poets". Scott was also deputy superintendent of the Department of Indian Affairs, a position he held from 1913 to 1932.

A portrait of an Aboriginal family in a studio setting. All are dressed in ceremonial costume. Colours have been added to the photograph in a chromolithograph process. The postcard is addressed to Miss Myrtle Meakin, French River, Ontario.

Elderly Aboriginal man standing outside tent in wooded setting. Identified by donor (Frank Kusch) as John Batoche, father of famed Indian figure, Almighty Voice. Also known as John Sounding Sky, or Sinnookeesick.

A photograph of an elderly Aboriginal man sitting on a chair, taken in Prince Albert, NWT [1901]. He wears a knitted wool hat, knee high moccasins and a military style wool coat.

Historical note:

Unidentified elderly Indigenous woman sitting on the ground wearing a shawl. Interior of hut or tipi visible in background.

Image of two young women sitting at spinning wheels outside a house. Inscription reads: "Emma Bear and Susan Bear. Little Pine Res. Spinning"

Ernestine Laliberte (nee LaRiviere) standing, instructor for Extension Department, University of Saskatchewan, with an Indian group near North Battleford, in a class on beadwork, 1960's.

Image of dog team an sled with 2 people and supplies heading away from camera. Inscription on front of photograph reads: "Eskimo and dog team leaving for far north spring of 1929"

Portrait of Tiktak, the Inuit artist; indoor scene.

Inuit at the dog pound in Pangnirtung, N.W.T. [NU].

An Inuk female child dressed in traditional clothing, walking on shore. Body of water in background; spring or fall scene, location unknown.

Four Inuit children in the snow, posing for camera.

An Inuk man standing in water, wrestling with his catch using a pole.

Close-up of Inuk girl in Rankin Inlet; outdoor scene.

A grave exposed by the tide at Point Barrow. Alaska, U.S.A.

Image of Inuit man kneeling down in the snow over a [small animal]; appears to be holding [cigarette] in right hand.

An Inuit man building an igloo in the Canadian North.

A group of tattooed Inuit residents of Spence Bay, N.W.T. [NU]. In 1992 the community's name was changed to Taloyoak.

A group of Inuit residents of Spence Bay, N.W.T. [NU]. In 1992 the community's name was changed to Taloyoak.

Two Eskimo men skinning a seal on the ice; location unknown.

Head and shoulders image of Pudlo, Inuit print maker.

Portrait of Inuk female telephone operator seated in front of cordboard.

Eskimo woman carrying child in an armaut while standing in front of building. Woman is facing camera, child facing building.

From information card: Kooyook, a young Eskimo woman of the eastern Arctic mixes dough for bannock in her tent at Lake Harbour, N.W.T.

An Inuk woman carrying her child in an Armaut. Frobisher Bay, N.W.T. [NU]. In 1987 Frobisher Bay was renamed Iqaluit.

An Inuk woman at work. Eskimo Point N.W.T. [NU]. In 1989 the community's name was changed to Arviat.

Photograph. From information card: Chesterfield Inlet Eskimo women, sitting on sleeping platform in Eskimo igloo, took part in N.F.B. film about life of an Eskimo child.