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Big Bear Medicine

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Artist: Dale Auger (1958 – 2008, Canadian)

Date: 1998

Medium: acrylic on canvas

Catalogue Number: AuD.12.01

Description: A large painting of an Indigenous dressed as a bear. The man’s face is visible through the mouth of the bear fur that covers him. The man’s eyes are hidden by shadows. Yellow and black paint is on the rest of his face. In the claws, the man holds a wand-like stick, at the tip of which are four …

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Artist: Dale Auger (1958 – 2008, Canadian)

Title: Big Bear Medicine

Date: 1998

Medium: acrylic on canvas

Dimensions: 92.5 x 92.5 cm

Description: A large painting of an Indigenous dressed as a bear. The man’s face is visible through the mouth of the bear fur that covers him. The man’s eyes are hidden by shadows. Yellow and black paint is on the rest of his face. In the claws, the man holds a wand-like stick, at the tip of which are four feathers. These are in the blc of the image. On either side of the bear’s head are patches of aquamarine.

Subject: religious; Indigenous; animal; bear

Credit: Purchased from Bernie Makokis, St. Paul, 2001

Catalogue Number: AuD.12.01

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Untitled

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Artist: Nicholas Raffael de Grandmaison (1892 – 1978, Canadian)

Date: c. 1927

Medium: pastel on paper

Catalogue Number: DgN.03.02

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Artist: Nicholas Raffael de Grandmaison (1892 – 1978, Canadian)

Title: Untitled

Date: c. 1927

Medium: pastel on paper

Dimensions: 27.7 x 40.0 cm

Subject: portrait; male; Indigenous

Credit: Gift of Peter and Judith Jekill, Calgary, 1976

Catalogue Number: DgN.03.02

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Shorty White-Grass A-PO-TO-YE-SEE

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Artist: Wilfred Langdon Kihn (1898 – 1957, American)

Date: 1924

Medium: pastel on paper

Catalogue Number: KiW.03.02

Description: A very brightly coloured pastel drawing. The portrait of the man dominates almost the entire picture. A dark blue background behind his head, the face is drawin in good detail, black braids to the front. A red undershirt, yellow vest with white/red/purple diamond designs over shoulders. A necklace …

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Artist: Wilfred Langdon Kihn (1898 – 1957, American)

Title: Shorty White-Grass A-PO-TO-YE-SEE

Date: 1924

Medium: pastel on paper

Dimensions: 49.8 x 38.0 cm

Description: A very brightly coloured pastel drawing. The portrait of the man dominates almost the entire picture. A dark blue background behind his head, the face is drawin in good detail, black braids to the front. A red undershirt, yellow vest with white/red/purple diamond designs over shoulders. A necklace of black-tipped weasel tails and long, black horse tails. He is wearing a brown (buckskin ?) shirt. On the back of the heavy card backing: Shorty White-Grass A-PO-TO-YE-SEE Blackfeet Tribe of Browning Mont. in blue; in black: #54.

Subject: portrait, male; Indigenous

Credit: Gift of Banff Centre Brewster Donation, Banff, 1986

Catalogue Number: KiW.03.02

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Untitled

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Artist: Pegi Nicol MacLeod (1904 – 1949, Canadian)

Date: 1927

Medium: oil on wood

Catalogue Number: McP.02.01

Description: Head and shoulder portrait of a woman, she is wearing a scarf wrapped around her head, purple/green with red stripes, covering her shoulders blue with light green stripes, the features are cubistic, eyes looking straight out of the picture, mouth light purple and opened, bottom teeth visible, t…

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Artist: Pegi Nicol MacLeod (1904 – 1949, Canadian)

Title: Untitled

Date: 1927

Medium: oil on wood

Dimensions: 25.5 x 20.5 cm

Description: Head and shoulder portrait of a woman, she is wearing a scarf wrapped around her head, purple/green with red stripes, covering her shoulders blue with light green stripes, the features are cubistic, eyes looking straight out of the picture, mouth light purple and opened, bottom teeth visible, the portrait is very close cropped to the outer edges. Linen mat, gold coloured frame with a small brass plate centered Pegi Nicol MacLeod 1904 - 1949.

Subject: portrait; female; Indigenous

Credit: Gift of Christopher Varley, Toronto, 1986

Catalogue Number: McP.02.01

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Indian Smoke Houses, Hagwelget Canyon, B.C.

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Artist: George Douglas Pepper (1903 – 1962, Canadian)

Date: c. 1928

Medium: oil on wood panel

Catalogue Number: PeG.01.01

Description: Colour: brown, green. A green slope in the foreground goes down to three buildings center. Five totems run behind to the right, where there is another building. The green lake fills in behind, trees in the upper left and beach along the left side and rock cliffs in the upper right.

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Artist: George Douglas Pepper (1903 – 1962, Canadian)

Title: Indian Smoke Houses, Hagwelget Canyon, B.C.

Date: c. 1928

Medium: oil on wood panel

Dimensions: 30.5 x 35.6 cm

Description: Colour: brown, green. A green slope in the foreground goes down to three buildings center. Five totems run behind to the right, where there is another building. The green lake fills in behind, trees in the upper left and beach along the left side and rock cliffs in the upper right.

Subject: architecture; rural; Indigenous

Credit: Purchased from Kathleen Frances Daly Pepper, 1969

Catalogue Number: PeG.01.01

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Indian Smoke Houses, Hagwelget Canyon, B.C.

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Artist: George Douglas Pepper (1903 – 1962, Canadian)

Date: c. 1928

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: PeG.02.01

Description: Colour: green. Looking down on wooden buildings. The two in the lower left are up on four posts, one at each corner. The two buildings in the lower center have broken roofs. Behind them stand a row of tall totems which go along the waters edge. On the right side, parts of 2 more buildings can be se…

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Artist: George Douglas Pepper (1903 – 1962, Canadian)

Title: Indian Smoke Houses, Hagwelget Canyon, B.C.

Date: c. 1928

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 79.7 x 84.8 cm

Description: Colour: green. Looking down on wooden buildings. The two in the lower left are up on four posts, one at each corner. The two buildings in the lower center have broken roofs. Behind them stand a row of tall totems which go along the waters edge. On the right side, parts of 2 more buildings can be seen. The rocky cliffs rise out of the water on the right side. In the background in the upper left are trees and hills on the far shore.

Subject: architecture; rural; Indigenous

Credit: Gift of Kathleen Frances Daly Pepper, 1968

Catalogue Number: PeG.02.01

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Sacrifice

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Artist: Jane Ash Poitras (1951 – , Canadian)

Date: 1999

Medium: mixed media on canvas

Catalogue Number: PoJ.13.01

Description: Down the centre of the piece there is a column of four historical photographs of Indigenous people participating in the sundance ritual. Different colours and patterns border each photograph on either side of them. On each side of the piece there are painted areas or strips. Red paint looks like…

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Artist: Jane Ash Poitras (1951 – , Canadian)

Title: Sacrifice

Date: 1999

Medium: mixed media on canvas

Dimensions: 122.0 x 91.5 cm

Description: Down the centre of the piece there is a column of four historical photographs of Indigenous people participating in the sundance ritual. Different colours and patterns border each photograph on either side of them. On each side of the piece there are painted areas or strips. Red paint looks like blood running down the image. A quill is attached to the painting in the top left corner. A bone or tooth is attached to the canvas in the top right corner. The left side of the piece is painted in red tones, the left in green. In the bottom right corner there are some pictograph-like drawings of people and a dog.

Subject: figure; group; historical; cultural; Indigenous; religious; Sundance Ceremony

Credit: Purchased from Jane Ash Poitras, Edmonton, 2001

Catalogue Number: PoJ.13.01

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Bernice White Man Left and Larry Hairy Bull

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Artist: George Webber

Date: 1997 – 2008

Medium: photograph on paper

Catalogue Number: WeB.18.01

Description: Two men standing on the side of the road. Photograph taken at The Blood Reserve, Alberta.

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Artist: George Webber

Title: Bernice White Man Left and Larry Hairy Bull

Date: 1997 – 2008

Medium: photograph on paper

Dimensions: 11” x 14” cm

Description: Two men standing on the side of the road. Photograph taken at The Blood Reserve, Alberta.

Subject: documentary photography; community; Indigenous

Credit: Gift of George Webber, Calgary, 2014

Catalogue Number: WeB.18.01

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Dogs, Standoff, Blood Reserve, Alberta

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Artist: George Webber

Date: 1997 – 1998

Medium: photograph on paper

Catalogue Number: WeB.18.06

Description: Two dogs outside Standoff general store, Alberta.

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Artist: George Webber

Title: Dogs, Standoff, Blood Reserve, Alberta

Date: 1997 – 1998

Medium: photograph on paper

Dimensions: 11” x 14” cm

Description: Two dogs outside Standoff general store, Alberta.

Subject: documentary photography; Indigenous; community; dogs

Credit: Gift of George Webber, Calgary, 2014

Catalogue Number: WeB.18.06

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Elizabeth Eagle Speaker After the Funeral of her Grandson, Roland Scowt

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Artist: George Webber

Date: 1999 – 2000

Medium: photograph on paper

Catalogue Number: WeB.18.07

Description: Photograph of Elizabeth Eagle Speaker sitting in a car after her grandson’s funeral at St. Catherine Cemetery. Photograph taken at the Blood Reserve, Alberta.

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Artist: George Webber

Title: Elizabeth Eagle Speaker After the Funeral of her Grandson, Roland Scowt

Date: 1999 – 2000

Medium: photograph on paper

Dimensions: 11” x 14” cm

Description: Photograph of Elizabeth Eagle Speaker sitting in a car after her grandson’s funeral at St. Catherine Cemetery. Photograph taken at the Blood Reserve, Alberta.

Subject: documentary photography; Indigenous; community

Credit: Gift of George Webber, Calgary, 2014

Catalogue Number: WeB.18.07

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Frank Smallface, Randa Weaselhead and their daughter Kayleen Smallface

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Artist: George Webber

Date: 1997 – 1997

Medium: photograph on paper

Catalogue Number: WeB.18.08

Description: Portrait photograph of Frank Smallface, Randa Weaselhead and their daughter Kayleen Smallface taken in their home near Standoff, Alberta.

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Artist: George Webber

Title: Frank Smallface, Randa Weaselhead and their daughter Kayleen Smallface

Date: 1997 – 1997

Medium: photograph on paper

Dimensions: 11” x 14” cm

Description: Portrait photograph of Frank Smallface, Randa Weaselhead and their daughter Kayleen Smallface taken in their home near Standoff, Alberta.