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Young Blackfoot Indian, at a camp near Calgary

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Medium: Library - Periodical

Published Date: 1890

Call Number: P

Published Date: 1890

Physical Description: p.60, ill.

Medium: Library - Periodical

Subjects: First Nations; Siksika

Notes: In The Dominion Illustrated [newspaper], vol.IV, no.82, (January 1890); photograph on p.60, description on p.55 under "Our Engravings"

Call Number: P

Collection: Archives Library

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Indian camp, Blackfoot reserve, near Calgary, Alberta

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Medium: Library - Periodical

Published Date: 1890

Call Number: P

Published Date: 1890

Physical Description: p.268, ill.

Medium: Library - Periodical

Subjects: First Nations; Siksika

Notes: In The Dominion Illustrated [newspaper], vol.IV, no.95, (April 1890); photograph on p.268, description on p.266 under "Our Engravings"

Call Number: P

Collection: Archives Library

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A Blackfoot family

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Medium: Library - Periodical

Published Date: 1890

Call Number: P

Published Date: 1890

Physical Description: p.269, ill.

Medium: Library - Periodical

Subjects: First Nations; Siksika

Notes: In The Dominion Illustrated [newspaper], vol.IV, no.95, (April 1890); photograph on p.269, description on p.266 under "Our Engravings"

Call Number: P

Collection: Archives Library

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Pisquapita (Hair in Knot) Cree Indian, Calgary and Kuskita-au-Musqua (Black Bear) Cree, Squaw, Calgary

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Medium: Library - Periodical

Published Date: 1890

Call Number: P

Published Date: 1890

Physical Description: p.281, ill.

Medium: Library - Periodical

Subjects: First Nations

Notes: In The Dominion Illustrated [newspaper], vol.IV, no.96, (May 1890); photographs on p.281, description on p.279 under "Our Engravings"

Call Number: P

Collection: Archives Library

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Old indian and squaws on the Blackfoot reserve, Alberta

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Medium: Library - Periodical

Published Date: 1890

Call Number: P

Published Date: 1890

Physical Description: p.284, ill.

Medium: Library - Periodical

Subjects: First Nations; Siksika

Notes: In The Dominion Illustrated [newspaper], vol.IV, no.96, (May 1890)

Call Number: P

Collection: Archives Library

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The late Indian Chief, "Crowfoot"

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Medium: Library - Periodical

Published Date: 1890

Call Number: P

Published Date: 1890

Physical Description: p.304, ill.

Medium: Library - Periodical

Subjects: First Nations; Siksika

Notes: In The Dominion Illustrated [newspaper], vol.IV, no.97, (May 1890); engraving on p. 304, description on p.295 under "Our Engravings"

Call Number: P

Collection: Archives Library

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Unidentified Indigenous people in Medicine Hat

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Part Of: Vaux family fonds

Scope & Content: Pertains to two unidentified Indigenous individuals posed in front of buildings in Medicine Hat

Date Range: 1894

Reference Code: V653 / PS - 7

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Transparency; Lantern slide

1 image

Part Of: Vaux family fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: M107 / V653

Series: I. Photography

Sous-Fonds: V653

Sub-Series: V. Lantern slides

Reference Code: V653 / PS - 7

GMD: Transparency; Lantern slide

Parallel Title: Indians at Medicine Hat 6/30/94

Date Range: 1894

Physical Description: 1 transparency : lantern slide

Scope & Content: Pertains to two unidentified Indigenous individuals posed in front of buildings in Medicine Hat

Notes: Made from negative WMCR-V653/NA-18

Subject Access: Indigenous Peoples; First Nations; Discovery and exploration

Geographic Access: Alberta

Creator: Vaux family (Philadelphia USA)

Processing Status: Processed

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Unidentified group of Indigenous people in Swift Current

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Part Of: Vaux family fonds

Scope & Content: Pertains to unidentified group of Indigenous people and children posed in Swift Current, Saskatchewan

Date Range: 1894

Reference Code: V653 / NA - 16

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph; Negative

1 image

Part Of: Vaux family fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: M107 / V653

Series: I. Photography

Sous-Fonds: V653

Sub-Series: B. Travel 1894

Reference Code: V653 / NA - 16

GMD: Photograph; Negative

Parallel Title: Indians at Swift Current CPR. 7/9/94

Date Range: 1894

Physical Description: 1 negative : film

Scope & Content: Pertains to unidentified group of Indigenous people and children posed in Swift Current, Saskatchewan

Subject Access: Discovery and exploration; Indigenous Peoples; First Nations

Geographic Access: Saskatchewan

Creator: Vaux family (Philadelphia USA)

Processing Status: Processed

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Unidentified Indigenous individuals in Medicine Hat

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Part Of: Vaux family fonds

Scope & Content: Pertains to two unknown Indigenous individuals posed in front of buildings in Medicine Hat

Date Range: 1894

Reference Code: V653 / NA - 18

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph; Negative

1 image

Part Of: Vaux family fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: M107 / V653

Series: I. Photography

Sous-Fonds: V653

Sub-Series: B. Travel 1894

Reference Code: V653 / NA - 18

GMD: Photograph; Negative

Parallel Title: Indians at Medicine Hat. 6/30/94

Date Range: 1894

Physical Description: 1 negative : film

Scope & Content: Pertains to two unknown Indigenous individuals posed in front of buildings in Medicine Hat

Subject Access: Indigenous Peoples; First Nations; Discovery and exploration

Geographic Access: Alberta

Creator: Vaux family (Philadelphia USA)

Processing Status: Processed

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Unidentified group of Indigenous individuals in Medicine Hat

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Part Of: Vaux family fonds

Scope & Content: Pertains to unidentified group of Indigenous individuals posed with their backs turned at Medicine Hat

Date Range: 1894

Reference Code: V653 / NA - 19

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph; Negative

1 image

Part Of: Vaux family fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: M107 / V653

Series: I. Photography

Sous-Fonds: V653

Sub-Series: B. Travel 1894

Reference Code: V653 / NA - 19

GMD: Photograph; Negative

Parallel Title: Indians at Medicine Hat 6/30/94

Date Range: 1894

Physical Description: 1 negative : film

Scope & Content: Pertains to unidentified group of Indigenous individuals posed with their backs turned at Medicine Hat

Subject Access: Discovery and exploration; Indigenous Peoples; First Nations

Geographic Access: Alberta

Creator: Vaux family (Philadelphia USA)

Processing Status: Processed

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Beaded Vest

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Date: 1895

Material: skin, buffalo; glass; fabric

Catalogue Number: 103.05.0003

Description: An entirely beaded boy's vest with fringe along both of the sides and the bottom. The vest has blanket trim and a v-neck. The vest is decorated with nine diamond motifs of red and blue beads forming a square on the back, and six diamonds centred on the front and two on the front shoulders. The en…

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Title: Beaded Vest

Date: 1895

Material: skin, buffalo; glass; fabric

Dimensions: 42.0 x 55.0 (includes 9.0 cm fringe) cm

Description: An entirely beaded boy's vest with fringe along both of the sides and the bottom. The vest has blanket trim and a v-neck. The vest is decorated with nine diamond motifs of red and blue beads forming a square on the back, and six diamonds centred on the front and two on the front shoulders. The entire vest is beaded with a light blue background.

Subject: Indigenous; First Nations; Stoney; Sioux; children; regalia; beadwork; decorative

Credit: Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: 103.05.0003

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[Unknown children in front of tipi]

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: [Unknown children in front of tipi]

Date Range: 1910

Reference Code: LUX / I / D3a / 7 / NG - 7

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph; Negative

2 images

Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: LUX

Series: LUX / I / D : Personal and professional

Sous-Fonds: LUX / I : Norman Luxton sous-fonds

Sub-Series: LUX / I / D / 3: Organizations

Accession Number: n/a

Reference Code: LUX / I / D3a / 7 / NG - 7

GMD: Photograph; Negative

Date Range: 1910

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w glass negative ; 20.3 x 25.4 cm

Scope & Content: [Unknown children in front of tipi]

Subject Access: First Nations; Indigenous Peoples

Geographic Access: Alberta; Banff; Banff National Park

Language: English

Conservation: Scratches on negative

Title Source: Stoney Nakoda Elders provided naming and other culturally relevant information during interviews held for Recognizing Relations, an archives initiative active from 2014-2023. . No identification was possible.; The goal of this initiative was to name local Indigenous peoples in photographs held in the WMCR archives as well as encouraging access for Indigenous communities to these images.

Processing Status: Processed

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Thomas Kaquitts

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Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Scope & Content: Image of Thomas Kaquitts posed wearing a dark button up shirt and trousers [possibly at the Banff Indian Days grounds] - "Tom Kaquitts father Thomas Kaquitts 1911" written on the back in pencil

Date Range: 1911

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 15 / PA - 834

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph

2 images

Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: M36 / V683 / S37

Series: V683 / III / A / 15 : Peter and Catharine Whyte: Collected Photographs

Sous-Fonds: V683

Accession Number: .

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 15 / PA - 834

GMD: Photograph

Date Range: 1911

Physical Description: Photograph: 1 print (front and back) ; b&w.

Scope & Content: Image of Thomas Kaquitts posed wearing a dark button up shirt and trousers [possibly at the Banff Indian Days grounds] - "Tom Kaquitts father Thomas Kaquitts 1911" written on the back in pencil

Name Access: Kaquitts, Tom

Subject Access: First Nations; Indigenous Peoples; Portrait; Stoney; Stoney Nakoda

Language: English

Title Source: Title based on item

Processing Status: Processed

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Group on horseback

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Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Scope & Content: Image of a group of unidentified Frist Nations people on horseback posed in an open field - "24th of May Morley 1912" written on the back in pencil by Catharine Whyte

Date Range: 1912

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 15 / PA - 875

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph; Postcard

2 images

Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: M36 / V683 / S37

Series: V683 / III / A / 15 : Peter and Catharine Whyte: Collected Photographs

Sous-Fonds: V683

Accession Number: .

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 15 / PA - 875

GMD: Photograph; Postcard

Date Range: 1912

Physical Description: Photograph: 1 print (front and back) ; b&w.

Scope & Content: Image of a group of unidentified Frist Nations people on horseback posed in an open field - "24th of May Morley 1912" written on the back in pencil by Catharine Whyte

Subject Access: First Nations; Horses; Indigenous Peoples; Portrait; Recognizing relations; Stoney; Stoney Nakoda

Geographic Access: Morley; Alberta

Language: English

Title Source: Title based on item

Processing Status: Processed

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Stony Chiefs Stampede 1912

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: Photograph depicts approximately 60 Indigenous men on horses dressed in traditional regalia, including Stoney Nakoda chiefs, gathered at the Calgary Stampede in 1912.

Date Range: 1912

Reference Code: LUX / II / F2 / PC - 15

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph; Framed print

Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: LUX

Series: LUX / II / F : Collected material

Sous-Fonds: LUX / II : Eleanor Luxton sous-fonds

Sub-Series: LUX / II / F2 : Photographs

Accession Number: LUX

Reference Code: LUX / II / F2 / PC - 15

GMD: Photograph; Framed print

Date Range: 1912

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w framed print ; 43 x 11.5 cm

Scope & Content: Photograph depicts approximately 60 Indigenous men on horses dressed in traditional regalia, including Stoney Nakoda chiefs, gathered at the Calgary Stampede in 1912.

Notes: Text on back of frame reads: "Stony[sic] Chiefs Stampede 1912"

Material Details: Photograph is in simple black wooden frame with plain beige paper backing and metal hanging wire attached.

Subject Access: Indigenous Peoples; First Nations; Cultural pluralism; Horses; Events; Public events; Calgary Stampede; Regalia

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Calgary

Language: English

Category: First nations; Indigenous Peoples; Cultural pluralism

Title Source: Original title used

Processing Status: Processed

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Duke of Connaught in Banff

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of one photograph depicting the Duke of Connaught dressed in Indigenous regalia. Photograph was taken on July 15, 1916, when the Duke was made a Chief of the Stoney Nakoda community, and published in the Crag and Canyon on July 22, 1916.

Date Range: 1916

Reference Code: LUX / III / D / PA - 277

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Print

Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: LUX

Series: LUX / III / D : Other material

Sous-Fonds: LUX / III : Luxton family sous-fonds

Accession Number: LUX

Reference Code: LUX / III / D / PA - 277

GMD: Photograph; Print

Date Range: 1916

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w print on paper ; 30.5 x 35.5 cm

History / Biographical: Prince Arthur (1850-1942), also known as the Duke of Connaught and Strathearn, was Queen Victoria's third son and the first member of the British Royal Family to become Governor General of Canada.

Scope & Content: File consists of one photograph depicting the Duke of Connaught dressed in Indigenous regalia. Photograph was taken on July 15, 1916, when the Duke was made a Chief of the Stoney Nakoda community, and published in the Crag and Canyon on July 22, 1916.

Notes: Text below photograph: "Arthur The Great Mountain Chief Banff - July 15th 1916 -"

Subject Access: Royalty; Royal Visit; Regalia; Cultural pluralism; First Nations; Ceremony

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Banff

Language: English

Category: Cultural pluralism; First nations

Biographical Source Notes: https://www.gg.ca/en/governor-general/former-governors-general/hrh-duke-connaught

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Royal visit address, Stoney Nakoda language translation

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: FIle consists of a blueprint copy of an address presented to the Prince of Wales (later King Edward VIII) during his royal visit to Banff in 1919. The address is written in the Stoney Nakoda language, translated from English by George Kaquitts.

Date Range: 1919

Reference Code: LUX / III / C2 / 23

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Blueprint; Textual record

Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: LUX

Series: LUX / III / C : Extended family

Sous-Fonds: LUX / III : Luxton family sous-fonds

Sub-Series: LUX / III / C2 : McDougall and Ross families papers and photographs

Accession Number: LUX

Reference Code: LUX / III / C2 / 23

GMD: Blueprint; Textual record

Responsibility: Translated by George Kaquitts

Date Range: 1919

Physical Description: 1 textual record : blueprint ; 35 x 45 cm

Scope & Content: FIle consists of a blueprint copy of an address presented to the Prince of Wales (later King Edward VIII) during his royal visit to Banff in 1919. The address is written in the Stoney Nakoda language, translated from English by George Kaquitts.

Notes: Item in file appears to be blueprint copy of original document

Name Access: Kaquitts, George

Subject Access: Public events; Public Speaking; Royal Visit; Royalty; First Nations; Cultural pluralism; Stoney Nakoda

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Banff

Language: Stoney; English

Conservation: Item stored in mylar

Category: First nations; Cultural pluralism

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Indigenous portrait given to Norman Luxton by W. Langdon Kihn

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of one signed copy of a portrait of an unidentified Indigenous man by artist W. Langdon Kihn. Portrait was gifted to Norman Luxton by Kihn in 1922.

Date Range: 1922

Reference Code: LUX / I / D1 / 17

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Drawing

1 image

Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: LUX

Series: LUX / I / D : Personal and professional

Sous-Fonds: LUX / I : Norman Luxton sous-fonds

Sub-Series: LUX / I / D1 : Personal and family life

Accession Number: LUX

Reference Code: LUX / I / D1 / 17

GMD: Drawing

Responsibility: Produced by W. Langdon Kihn

Date Range: 1922

Physical Description: 1 drawing : portrait, pencil and ink ; 29 x 37.5 cm

History / Biographical: Wilfred Langdon Kihn (1898-1957) was an American artist born in Brooklyn, New York. Kihn was best known for his illustrated portraits of American and Canadian Indigenous people, including members of the Blackfoot, Navajo, Pueblo and Tsimshian communities. The individuals in Kihn's portraits were most often depicted wearing traditional and ceremonial clothing rather than their typical clothes. Kihn's art career began in 1919 when he travelled to Montana and created some of his earliest portraits while visiting the Blackfeet Reservation. Throughout the 1920s, Kihn travelled extensively in Canada and the United States, creating portraits of individuals from a diverse range of Indigenous communities. Many of these portraits were put on display as part of a travelling exhibition organized by the Brooklyn Museum. In 1935, Kihn was commissioned by National Geographic to produce Indigenous portraits for publications; this ultimately led to a two-decade career with National Geographic.

Scope & Content: File consists of one signed copy of a portrait of an unidentified Indigenous man by artist W. Langdon Kihn. Portrait was gifted to Norman Luxton by Kihn in 1922.

Notes: Portrait is signed in the bottom left corner: "To "Norm" Luxton From his friend W. Langdon Kihn. 1922"

Name Access: Luxton, Norman; Kihn, W. Langdon

Subject Access: Portrait; First Nations; Indigenous Peoples; Art; Artist

Language: English

Category: Arts; First nations; Indigenous Peoples

Biographical Source Notes: https://www.nytimes.com/1983/02/20/nyregion/art-indian-portraits-by-kihn-exhibited.html; https://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/w-langdon-kihn-papers-7081

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Back of Tunnel Mt where Trail or Camp is now - Mountie Lew Cody, Frank Borzage, John Hunter (Îhre Wapta) (Dry River Rocks), Bunny Dull, Lew Borzage, Cyril Gardiner

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions53489

Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Scope & Content: Image of (left to right) unidentified, unidentified, unidentified, Lew Cody, unidentified, Frank Borzage, John Hunter (Îhre Wapta) (Dry River Rocks), unidentified, Bunny Dull, Lew Borzage, Cyril Gardinder - unidentified standing behing with unidentified child, unidentified child in foreground - tip…

Date Range: 1922

Reference Code: V683 / II / A / PA - 271

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph

2 images

Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: M36 / V683 / S37

Series: V683 / II / A : Peter Whyte: Personal

Sous-Fonds: V683

Reference Code: V683 / II / A / PA - 271

GMD: Photograph

Date Range: 1922

Physical Description: Photograph: 1 print (front and back); b&w.

Scope & Content: Image of (left to right) unidentified, unidentified, unidentified, Lew Cody, unidentified, Frank Borzage, John Hunter (Îhre Wapta) (Dry River Rocks), unidentified, Bunny Dull, Lew Borzage, Cyril Gardinder - unidentified standing behing with unidentified child, unidentified child in foreground - tipis in background - stamp at top left reads "Peter White Banff Alberta"