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F. Beverley Robertson: The Tragic Life of Poundmaker's Defence Counsel
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ross D. Petty
Manitoba History, vol. 73, Fall, 2013, pp. 19-28
Description
A brief biographical sketch of the attorney who defended Poundmaker, Big Bear and One Arrow. Also included is an examination of how the lawyer handled his defence of those Indian chiefs.
The Face Pullers: Ch. 1 Images - Big Bear 1825-88
Alternate Title
The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939
Images » Photographs
Author/Creator
Otto B. Buell
Description
Photograph of Chief Big Bear taken during his trial outside the North West Mounted Police Barracks in Regina.
From the book The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939 by Brock Silversides.
The Face Pullers: Ch. 1 Images - Big Bear Trading at Fort Pitt
Alternate Title
The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939
Images » Photographs
Author/Creator
Otto B. Buell
Description
Indigenous and Caucasian men trading furs and other items at Fort Pitt, including (left to right) Four Sky Thunder, Sky Bird, Matoose, Napasis, Big Bear, Angus McKay, Otto Dufresne, Louis Goulet, Stanley Simpson, Mr. Rowley, Alex McDonald, Captain R. B. Sletch, Mr. Edmund and Henry Dufrain.
From the book The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939 by Brock Silversides.
The Face Pullers: Ch.1 images - Blackfoot Chiefs en Route to Ottawa
Alternate Title
The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939
Images » Photographs
Author/Creator
George Anderton
Description
Black and White Photograph of (left to right, starting back row) Jean L'Heureux, Red Crow, Sargent Percy, Crowfoot, Eagle Tail, and Three Bulls taken en route to Ottawa
From the book The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939 by Brock Silversides.
The Face Pullers: Ch.1 Images - Chief Bobtail and Son
Alternate Title
The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939
Images » Photographs
Author/Creator
Otto B. Buell
Description
Photograph of Cree Chief Bobtail and his son.
From the book The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939 by Brock Silversides.
The Face Pullers: Ch.1 Images - Chief Bull Plume
Alternate Title
The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939
Images » Photographs
Description
Portrait of Peigan Chief Bull Plume with rifle sitting on a chair on open prairie. Wearing traditional clothes.
From the book The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939 by Brock Silversides.
The Face Pullers: Ch.1 Images - Chief Sleeping Bull in Warriors Dress
Alternate Title
The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939
Images » Photographs
Author/Creator
Charles W. Mathers
Description
Sioux Chief Sleeping Bull in warrior's clothing outside of a painted tipi near Edmonton.
From the book The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939 by Brock Silversides.
The Face Pullers: Ch. 1 Images - Lt. Gov. Edgar Dewdney, Piapot and Montreal Garrison Artillery
Alternate Title
The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939
Images » Photographs
Author/Creator
Otto B. Buell
Description
Image of Lieutenant Governor Edgar Dewdney, Piapot, and the Montreal Garrison Artillery.
From the book The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939 by Brock Silversides.
The Face Pullers: Ch. 1 Images - North-West Rebellion Participants from Both Sides
Alternate Title
The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939
Images » Photographs
Author/Creator
Otto B. Buell
Description
Photograph of a group of participants in the Northwest Resistance, from both sides. Left to Right: Constable Black, Louis Cochin, Inspector R.B.Deane, Alexis Andre, Beverly Robertson, Horse Child, Big Bear, Alexander Stewart, Poundmaker. From the book The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939 by Brock Silversides.
The Face Pullers: Ch.1 Images - Old Sun, Blackfoot Chief, and Woman
Alternate Title
The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939
Images » Photographs
Author/Creator
Boorne & May
Description
Black and White Photograph of Old Sun, a Blackfoot head Chief, and an elderly woman.
Historical note:
Old Sun shared power with Crowfoot as head chief of the Blackfoot, but he was not as well-known. From the book The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939 by Brock Silversides.The Face Pullers: Ch.1 Images - Piapot
Alternate Title
The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939
Images » Photographs
Author/Creator
J.A. Brock
Description
Portrait of Cree chief Piapot or Pie-a-pot holding gun.
From the book The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939 by Brock Silversides.
The Face Pullers: Ch.1 Images - Poundmaker
Alternate Title
The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939
Images » Photographs
Author/Creator
Otto B. Buell
Description
Portrait of Chief Poundmaker.
From the book The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939 by Brock Silversides.
The Face Pullers: Ch. 2 Images - Portrait of Piapot
Alternate Title
The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939
Images » Photographs
Author/Creator
J .A. Brock
Description
Portrait of Cree Chief Piapot holding a rifle and wearing hat and scarf. Historical note:(Piapot (c.1816 - 1908) Chief of First Nations people in southern Saskatchewan in the late 1800s. From the book The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939 by Brock Silversides.
The Face Pullers: Ch.3 Images - Indian Delegation to Meet Sir Wilfrid Laurier, Lloydminster
Alternate Title
The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939
Images » Photographs
Description
Black and white photograph of a group of indigenous men comprising a delegation to meet Sir Wilfred Laurier in Lloydminster, including, (from front left) Fox, Mr. Quinney Sr. John Calling Bull, Napeview, Feather Trousers, Horse, Ugly Fingers, Carpenter, Angus Quinney, Benjamin Quinney, Jean Baptiste Opissinow, Young Chief, Joe Taylor, William Sibbald, Father Cunningham, Mikwyapiy, Flying About, Three Legs, Anoine Muskego, Misihew, Silly Man.
From the book The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939 by Brock Silversides.
The Face Pullers: Ch.4 Images - Blackfoot Council
Alternate Title
The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939
Images » Photographs
Author/Creator
Harry Pollard
Description
Photograph of five Blackfoot men at a Blackfoot Council including : Calf Child, Weasel Calf, and Many Turning Robes. Painted teepee in background.
From the book The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939 by Brock Silversides.
The Face Pullers: Ch.4 Images - Chief Ben Pasqua
Alternate Title
The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939
Images » Photographs
Author/Creator
Edgar C. Rossie
Description
Photograph of Chief Ben Pasqua in headdress
From the book The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939 by Brock Silversides.
The Face Pullers: Ch.4 Images - Joe Big Plume
Alternate Title
The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939
Images » Photographs
Author/Creator
Harry Pollard
Description
Photograph of Sarcee Chief Joe Big Plume in traditional wear.
From the book The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939 by Brock Silversides.
The Face Pullers: Ch.4 Images - Yellow Horse, Head Chief
Alternate Title
The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939
Images » Photographs
Author/Creator
Harry Pollard
Description
Photograph of Yellow Horse, Head Chief on the Blackfoot Reserve in Southern Alberta, wearing a combination of Western and Indigenous clothing.
From the book The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939 by Brock Silversides.
The Face Pullers - Unused Photos - Chief Pakan
Alternate Title
The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939
Images » Photographs
Author/Creator
Charles W. Mathers (photographer)
Description
Black and white photograph of Chief Pakan, seated in western clothes and pose.
Unused photograph from the book The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939 by Brock Silversides.
The Face Pullers - Unused Photos- Commisioner Amedee Forget with Chiefs and Elders
Alternate Title
The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939
Images » Photographs
Description
Commissioner Amedee Forget with group of Indigenous Chiefs and Elders, probably at the Territorial Exhibition.
Unused photograph from The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939 by Brock Silversides.
Federal Government Executive - The Prime Minister of Canada- Personal - Invitations- Honours and Awards- Kainai Chieftainship
Archival » Archival Items
Description
Folder containing correspondence relating to financial difficulties, organization of activities, Diefenbaker's visits in the area, Diefenbaker's becoming an honorary chief of the Blood tribe, ceremonies, specifically the Kainai Chieftainship Ceremony, and communications relating to the organization of that ceremony.
Federal Government Executive - The Prime Minister of Canada - Personal - Invitations - Saskatchewan-Saskatchewan Rivers Development Association
Archival » Archival Items
Description
Folder containing correspondence relating to the opening ceremonies of the Saskatchewan River Dam (Gardiner Dam) in which the Dundurn Indian Band was to participate, and of which Band, Diefenbaker was made an honorary Chief.
Federal Policy and the Perennial Question
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Vine Deloria, Jr.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 15, no. 1, Winter, 1991, pp. 19-21
Description
Deloria responds to the article "Progressive-Era Bureaucrats and the Unity of Twentieth-Century Indian Policy" arguing that much of the Bureau of Indian Affairs' (BIA) policy is rooted in racism and in BIA employees’ desire to keep their jobs.
Federal -- Provincial Welfare Services -- Indian Eskimo Welfare
Archival » Archival Items
Description
Containing correspondence pertaining to various indigenous issues including: education and educational facilities in the north; the sale of liquor to indigenous people; the right to vote (Blackfoot); the health and welfare of indigenous and Inuit communities; honorary chieftainship; request for enfranchisement; related to an Eskimo Affairs Committee meeting. Handwritten letters from young students at the Spanish River Reserve, Massey Ontario. Discussion of the Catholic church and its operations/influence, especially with regards to residential schools.
Fifth Annual Native American Bilingual Education Conference
Images » Photographs
Author/Creator
Peter Blashill (photographer)
Description
Images from the fifth annual Native American Bilingual Education Conference, held at Saskatoon Centennial Auditorium. Shown is National Indian Brotherhood president Noel Starblanket, and Federation of Saskatchewan Indians president David Ahenakew, May 16, 1977.
Filming of Big Bear on Pasqua First Nation Inspires Community and Young Film-Makers
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Neil Pasqua
Saskatchewan Indian, vol. 28, no. 3, Fall, 1998, p. 3
Description
First Nation's people encouraged to consider careers in the film industry through on-site experience in $8.5 million, four hour mini-series by CBC being filmed on Pasqua.