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Josiah or Joe Kaquitts (left) and Tom Kaquitts (Sûga Wakâ) (Dog God) (right) at ice palace, Banff Winter Carnival

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Part Of: Bill Gibbons fonds

Scope & Content: Item consists of Josiah or Joe Kaquitts (left) and Tom Kaquitts (Sûga Wakâ) (Dog God) (right) at the Banff Winter Carnival ice palace.

Date Range: 1949

Reference Code: V227 / 4417

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph; Negative

1 image

Part Of: Bill Gibbons fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: V227

Sous-Fonds: V227

Accession Number: n/a

Reference Code: V227 / 4417

GMD: Photograph; Negative

Date Range: 1949

Physical Description: 1 Negative

Scope & Content: Item consists of Josiah or Joe Kaquitts (left) and Tom Kaquitts (Sûga Wakâ) (Dog God) (right) at the Banff Winter Carnival ice palace.

Notes: Note: Any descriptive information or identification of people has been provided by research done through the Recognizing Relations

Name Access: Gibbons, Bill; Kaquitts, Josiah; Kaquitts, Tom

Subject Access: Banff Winter Carnival; First Nations; Indigenous Peoples; Stoney Nakoda; Stoney

Geographic Access: Alberta

Language: English

Related Material: Recognizing Relations number: RR 294

Creator: Gibbons, Bill

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.; 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.

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Jake Twoyoungmen (Mînâ Wasiju), Stoney Nakoda

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Part Of: Bill Gibbons fonds

Scope & Content: Item consists of side profile of Jake Twoyoungmen (Mînâ Wasiju) in regalia.

Date Range: 1948

Reference Code: V227 / 3351

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph; Negative

1 image

Part Of: Bill Gibbons fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: M532 / V227

Sous-Fonds: V227

Accession Number: n/a

Reference Code: V227 / 3351

GMD: Photograph; Negative

Parallel Title: Indian's Bears Paws

Date Range: 1948

Physical Description: 1 Negative

Scope & Content: Item consists of side profile of Jake Twoyoungmen (Mînâ Wasiju) in regalia.

Name Access: Gibbons, Bill; Twoyoungmen, Jake

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

Geographic Access: Alberta

Language: English

Related Material: Recognizing Relations number: RR 281

Creator: Gibbons, Bill

Title Source: Title based on contents of file; 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.

Content Details: [Recognized by beadwork pattern. Mina-Wasiju, means Yankee Whiteman, Wasiju means land of the men with long knives (referring to the US cavalry)]* .

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Unknown men in regalia on horseback, Banff Indian Days parade

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Part Of: Bill Gibbons fonds

Date Range: 1948

Reference Code: V227 / 4041

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph; Negative

1 image

Part Of: Bill Gibbons fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: M532 / V227

Sous-Fonds: V227

Accession Number: n/a

Reference Code: V227 / 4041

GMD: Photograph; Negative

Date Range: 1948

Physical Description: 1 Negative

Notes: Note: Any descriptive information or identification of people has been provided by research done through the Recognizing Relations

Name Access: Gibbons, Bill

Subject Access: Banff Indian Days; First Nations; Indigenous Peoples; Parades; Stoney Nakoda; Stoney

Geographic Access: Alberta

Language: English

Creator: Gibbons, Bill

Title Source: Title based on contents of file; Stoney Nakoda Elders provided naming and other culturally relevant information during interviews held for Recognizing Relations, an archives initiative active from 2014-2023. 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.

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Chief Enos Hunter

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Part Of: Bill Gibbons fonds

Date Range: 1947

Reference Code: V227 / 3674

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph; Negative

1 image

Part Of: Bill Gibbons fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: V227

Sous-Fonds: V227

Accession Number: n/a

Reference Code: V227 / 3674

GMD: Photograph; Negative

Date Range: 1947

Physical Description: 1 Negative

Name Access: Gibbons, Bill; Hunter, Enos

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

Geographic Access: Alberta

Language: English

Creator: Gibbons, Bill

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.; 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.

Content Details: [Might be a Cree person - blanket pattern on beadwork] .

Processing Status: Processed

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Unidentified group of women and children in regalia at Banff Indian Grounds

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Part Of: Bill Gibbons fonds

Date Range: 1947

Reference Code: V227 / 3926

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph; Negative

1 image

Part Of: Bill Gibbons fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: M532 / V227

Sous-Fonds: V227

Accession Number: n/a

Reference Code: V227 / 3926

GMD: Photograph; Negative

Date Range: 1947

Physical Description: 1 Negative

Notes: Note: Any descriptive information or identification of people has been provided by research done through the Recognizing Relations

Name Access: Gibbons, Bill

Subject Access: Banff Indian Days; First Nations; Indigenous Peoples; Stoney Nakoda; Stoney

Geographic Access: Banff Indian Grounds; Alberta

Language: English

Creator: Gibbons, Bill

Title Source: Title based on contents of file; Stoney Nakoda Elders provided naming and other culturally relevant information during interviews held for Recognizing Relations, an archives initiative active from 2014-2023. 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.

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Unknown man in regalia

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Part Of: Bill Gibbons fonds

Date Range: 1947

Reference Code: V227 / 3932

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph; Negative

1 image

Part Of: Bill Gibbons fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: M532 / V227

Sous-Fonds: V227

Accession Number: n/a

Reference Code: V227 / 3932

GMD: Photograph; Negative

Date Range: 1947

Physical Description: 1 Negative

Notes: Note: Any descriptive information or identification of people has been provided by research done through the Recognizing Relations

Name Access: Gibbons, Bill

Subject Access: Banff Indian Days; First Nations; Indigenous Peoples; Stoney Nakoda; Stoney

Geographic Access: Alberta

Language: English

Creator: Gibbons, Bill

Title Source: Title based on contents of file; Stoney Nakoda Elders provided naming and other culturally relevant information during interviews held for Recognizing Relations, an archives initiative active from 2014-2023. 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.

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Hansen Bearspaw (Ade Ejiyabin), Stoney Nakoda (left), unknown man (right)

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Part Of: Bill Gibbons fonds

Scope & Content: [Updated description: Hansen Bearspaw (Ade Ejiyabin), Stoney Nakoda (left), unknown man (right)]*

Date Range: 1946

Reference Code: V227 / 587

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph; Negative

2 images

Part Of: Bill Gibbons fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: M532 / V227

Sous-Fonds: V227

Accession Number: n/a

Reference Code: V227 / 587

GMD: Photograph; Negative

Date Range: 1946

Physical Description: 1 Negative

Scope & Content: [Updated description: Hansen Bearspaw (Ade Ejiyabin), Stoney Nakoda (left), unknown man (right)]*

Name Access: Bearspaw, Hansen; Gibbons, Bill

Subject Access: First Nations; Stoney Nakoda; Banff Indian Days; Stoney

Geographic Access: Alberta

Language: English

Creator: Gibbons, Bill

Title Source: Title based on contents of file; Stoney Nakoda Elders provided naming and other culturally relevant information during interviews held for Recognizing Relations, an archives initiative active from 2014-2023. 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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Two unknown men in front of tipi

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Part Of: Bill Gibbons fonds

Scope & Content: [Updated description: Two unknown men in front of tipi]

Date Range: 1946

Reference Code: V227 / 595

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph; Negative

1 image

Part Of: Bill Gibbons fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: M532 / V227

Sous-Fonds: V227

Accession Number: n/a

Reference Code: V227 / 595

GMD: Photograph; Negative

Date Range: 1946

Physical Description: 1 Negative

Scope & Content: [Updated description: Two unknown men in front of tipi]

Name Access: Gibbons, Bill

Subject Access: Banff Indian Days; First Nations; Indigenous Peoples; Stoney Nakoda; Stoney

Geographic Access: Alberta

Language: English

Creator: Gibbons, Bill

Title Source: Title based on contents of file; Stoney Nakoda Elders provided naming and other culturally relevant information during interviews held for Recognizing Relations, an archives initiative active from 2014-2023. 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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Hansen Bearspaw (Ade Ejiyabin) with child in dog travois

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Part Of: Bill Gibbons fonds

Scope & Content: [This may also be Hansen Bearspaw (Ade Ejiyabin), similar regalia, different dog]

Date Range: 1946

Reference Code: V227 / 611

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph; Negative

1 image

Part Of: Bill Gibbons fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: M532 / V227

Sous-Fonds: V227

Accession Number: n/a

Reference Code: V227 / 611

GMD: Photograph; Negative

Date Range: 1946

Physical Description: 1 Negative

Scope & Content: [This may also be Hansen Bearspaw (Ade Ejiyabin), similar regalia, different dog]

Name Access: Bearspaw, Hansen; Gibbons, Bill

Subject Access: Banff Indian Days; First Nations; Indigenous Peoples; Stoney Nakoda; Stoney

Geographic Access: Alberta

Language: English

Creator: Gibbons, Bill

Title Source: Title based on contents of file; Stoney Nakoda Elders provided naming and other culturally relevant information during interviews held for Recognizing Relations, an archives initiative active from 2014-2023. 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.

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Tobacco dance, 1944

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of one miniature photograph album [12.5 x 7.5 cm] made of black construction paper containing 4 b&w photograph prints pertaining to a Tobacco Dance event in Gleichen, Alberta in 1944. Photographs depict landscape views, teepees, and groups of unidentified Indigenous people [possibly …

Date Range: 1944

Reference Code: LUX / I / E6 / PD - 1

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Album; Photograph; Photograph print

Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: LUX

Series: LUX / I / E : Collected material

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

Sub-Series: LUX / I / E6 : Photographs : Stoney

Accession Number: LUX

Reference Code: LUX / I / E6 / PD - 1

GMD: Album; Photograph; Photograph print

Date Range: 1944

Physical Description: 1 album (4 photographs : b&w ; 8 x 5.5 cm)

Scope & Content: File consists of one miniature photograph album [12.5 x 7.5 cm] made of black construction paper containing 4 b&w photograph prints pertaining to a Tobacco Dance event in Gleichen, Alberta in 1944. Photographs depict landscape views, teepees, and groups of unidentified Indigenous people [possibly members of the nearby Siksika Nation]. The rest of the album is blank.

Material Details: Album bound with thin pink string

Subject Access: Cultural pluralism; Events; Dance; Environment; Community events; First Nations; Indigenous Peoples; Landscapes; Multiculturalism

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Gleichen

Language: N/A

Category: Cultural pluralism; Environment; First nations

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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[Sundance, Gleichen, Morley]

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of photographs that are mainly portraits of Blackfoot men numbered one through thirteen and identified on a note: "Blackfeet June 25.26.27. 1943," Author unknown, possibly Fern Gully includes similar note with numbers one to fifteen.

Date Range: 1943

Reference Code: LUX / I / E6 / NA - 23 to NA - 39

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Negative

Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: LUX

Series: LUX / I / E : Collected Material: Photographs

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

Sub-Series: LUX / I / E / 6 : Stoney

Reference Code: LUX / I / E6 / NA - 23 to NA - 39

GMD: Photograph; Negative

Date Range: 1943

Physical Description: 17 photographs : b&w negatives ; 7 x 4 cm

Scope & Content: File consists of photographs that are mainly portraits of Blackfoot men numbered one through thirteen and identified on a note: "Blackfeet June 25.26.27. 1943," Author unknown, possibly Fern Gully includes similar note with numbers one to fifteen.

Notes: See PA for identification note.

Subject Access: Indigenous Peoples; First Nations; Portrait; Tipi; Sundance

Geographic Access: Morley; Alberta

Access Restrictions: Access restricted

Related Material: See corresponding 27 prints (includes duplicates) LUX / I / E6 PA-121 to PA-147.

Title Source: Title based on contents of file.

Processing Status: Processed

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Indigenous people sun drying salmon on Fraser River

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Part Of: Professional photographers collection

Scope & Content: Pertains to unidentified Indigenous people sun drying salmon on the Fraser River

Date Range: 1889 Oct. 4

Reference Code: V650 / 2581 - PD 1 - 45

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph

1 image

Part Of: Professional photographers collection

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: V650

Sous-Fonds: V650

Reference Code: V650 / 2581 - PD 1 - 45

GMD: Photograph

Parallel Title: Indians Sun drying Salmon on Fraser River

Date Range: 1889 Oct. 4

Physical Description: 1 photograph : print, in album

Scope & Content: Pertains to unidentified Indigenous people sun drying salmon on the Fraser River

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

Geographic Access: British Columbia

Creator: Unknown

Processing Status: Processed

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Group portrait

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Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Scope & Content: Image of three First Nations men posed with Reverends McDougall and Stunhaues[?] in a studio setting - "Standing Chief Samson & Rev. R.B. Stunhaues[?] L to R Rev. John McDougall Chief Paken[?] Chief Jonas Big Stoney" written on the back in blue ink

Date Range: 1886

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 15 / PA - 848

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 - 848

GMD: Photograph

Date Range: 1886

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

Scope & Content: Image of three First Nations men posed with Reverends McDougall and Stunhaues[?] in a studio setting - "Standing Chief Samson & Rev. R.B. Stunhaues[?] L to R Rev. John McDougall Chief Paken[?] Chief Jonas Big Stoney" written on the back in blue ink

Notes: Copyright: Ernest Brown collection

Name Access: Big Stoney, Jonas; McDougall, John

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

Language: English

Title Source: Title based on item

Processing Status: Processed

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Ben Kaquitts (Mînâ Yuha Wagicha) (Dances with Sword)

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Part Of: Byron Harmon fonds

Scope & Content: Item consists of Ben Kaquitts (Mînâ Yuha Wagicha) (Dances with Sword) in regalia.

Date Range: [ca.1930]

Reference Code: V263 / NA - 3046

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph; Negative

1 image

Part Of: Byron Harmon fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: V263

Series: I. Scenic / commercial series

Sous-Fonds: V263

Sub-Series: A.1.a. Negatives, Main series : 13 x 18 cm and smaller

Accession Number: 2770

Reference Code: V263 / NA - 3046

GMD: Photograph; Negative

Parallel Title: Indian

Other Title Info: Parallel title is original title

Date Range: [ca.1930]

Physical Description: 1 photograph : negative, 13 x 18 cm or smaller

Scope & Content: Item consists of Ben Kaquitts (Mînâ Yuha Wagicha) (Dances with Sword) in regalia.

Name Access: Harmon, Byron; Kaquitts, Benjamin

Subject Access: Banff Indian Days; First Nations; Indigenous Peoples; Public events; Stoney; Stoney Nakoda

Geographic Access: Alberta

Language: English

Creator: Harmon, Byron (Banff, Alberta)

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.; 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.