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Chief Sitting Bull

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Artist: Earl F. Spencer

Date: 1962

Medium: oil on canvas on board

Catalogue Number: SpE.02.03

Description: Study of an man sitting on a rock, he holds a pipe across his knees, his hair is braided and he wears one feather in it.

Artist: Earl F. Spencer

Title: Chief Sitting Bull

Date: 1962

Medium: oil on canvas on board

Dimensions: 40.5 x 30.5 cm

Description: Study of an man sitting on a rock, he holds a pipe across his knees, his hair is braided and he wears one feather in it.

Subject: figure, male; Indigenous

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: SpE.02.03

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Chimney Stack of Demolished School, Levern

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Artist: George Webber

Date: 2000 – 2000

Medium: photograph on paper

Catalogue Number: WeB.18.05

Description: View of a chimney stack by a demolished school. Photograph taken at The Blood Reserve, Levern, Alberta.

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Artist: George Webber

Title: Chimney Stack of Demolished School, Levern

Date: 2000 – 2000

Medium: photograph on paper

Dimensions: 11” x 14” cm

Description: View of a chimney stack by a demolished school. Photograph taken at The Blood Reserve, Levern, Alberta.

Subject: documentary photography; Indigenous; landscape; school

Credit: Gift of George Webber, Calgary, 2014

Catalogue Number: WeB.18.05

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Clearwater Lake

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Artist: William Hutchinson (1874 – 1918, Canadian)

Date: 1914

Medium: oil on paperboard

Catalogue Number: HuW.02.01

Description: In the foreground is a small lake coming from the left side, a man is working on a canoe on the shore. Grass and rocks dominate the foreground, forest behind. The centre of the painting is dominated by a mountain with snow-covered mountain range behind.

Artist: William Hutchinson (1874 – 1918, Canadian)

Title: Clearwater Lake

Date: 1914

Medium: oil on paperboard

Dimensions: 119.5 x 80.1 cm

Description: In the foreground is a small lake coming from the left side, a man is working on a canoe on the shore. Grass and rocks dominate the foreground, forest behind. The centre of the painting is dominated by a mountain with snow-covered mountain range behind.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; mountain; lake; figure; man; forest; canoe

Credit: Gift of Dorothy Hutchinson, Winnipeg, 1994

Catalogue Number: HuW.02.01

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The Cook, Louis Hill, and old dog Dooley

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Artist: James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)

Date: 1964

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: SiJ.05.08

Description: Colour: blue, green. A figure and a dog stand by a fire over which are hanging two pots - left of center. Right is a tent and surrounding this in the front is snow and behind snow and trees.

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Artist: James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)

Title: The Cook, Louis Hill, and old dog Dooley

Date: 1964

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 16.5 x 11.4 cm

Description: Colour: blue, green. A figure and a dog stand by a fire over which are hanging two pots - left of center. Right is a tent and surrounding this in the front is snow and behind snow and trees.

Subject: figure; man; animal; dog; activity; cooking; winter

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975

Catalogue Number: SiJ.05.08

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Cowboy on Bucking Bronco

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Artist: Reinhold H. Palenske (1884 – 1955, American)

Date: c. 1930

Medium: etching

Catalogue Number: PeR.04.07

Description: Centered in the picture is a bucking horse, all four feet off the ground. A cowboy holds the halter rope in his left hand while his right hand holds his cowboy hat high in the air.

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Artist: Reinhold H. Palenske (1884 – 1955, American)

Title: Cowboy on Bucking Bronco

Date: c. 1930

Medium: etching

Dimensions: 25.0 x 29.8 cm

Description: Centered in the picture is a bucking horse, all four feet off the ground. A cowboy holds the halter rope in his left hand while his right hand holds his cowboy hat high in the air.

Subject: animal; horse; figure; man; activity; stampede

Credit: Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: PeR.04.07

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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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Drunk Last Night... Drunk the Night Before [I]

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1921

Medium: ink on paper

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.621

Description: Ink cartoon drawing of a man in a top hat and tuxedo yawning amongst musical notes. His squinting eyes are represented by crosses on his face. In the bottom left corner, the words DRUNK LAST NIGHT/ DRUNK THE NIGHT BEFORE appear. Signed P.W /21 in bottom left.

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Drunk Last Night... Drunk the Night Before [I]

Date: 1921

Medium: ink on paper

Dimensions: 22.0 x 14.5 cm

Description: Ink cartoon drawing of a man in a top hat and tuxedo yawning amongst musical notes. His squinting eyes are represented by crosses on his face. In the bottom left corner, the words DRUNK LAST NIGHT/ DRUNK THE NIGHT BEFORE appear. Signed P.W /21 in bottom left.

Subject: drinking; drunk; top hat; yawn; man; tuxedo; liquor; music

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.621

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Drunk Last Night... Drunk the Night Before [II]

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1922

Medium: ink on paper

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.623

Description: An ink cartoon drawing of a very tall thin man in a tuxedo ramming his head into a lamppost as he walks down a street. He wears a top hat, white gloves, and spats. There is a brick wall behind him. Below the drawing is the inscription DRUNK LAST NIGHT/ DRUNK THE NIGHT BEFOREsigned P.W /22. in brc

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Drunk Last Night... Drunk the Night Before [II]

Date: 1922

Medium: ink on paper

Dimensions: 22.0 x 14.5 cm

Description: An ink cartoon drawing of a very tall thin man in a tuxedo ramming his head into a lamppost as he walks down a street. He wears a top hat, white gloves, and spats. There is a brick wall behind him. Below the drawing is the inscription DRUNK LAST NIGHT/ DRUNK THE NIGHT BEFOREsigned P.W /22. in brc

Subject: drunk; liquor; alcohol; tuxedo; man; lamppost; cartoon

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.623

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Elizabeth Bearspaw

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Artist: Vera Louise Drysdale (1921 – 1994, Canadian)

Date: 1974

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: DyV.02.01

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Artist: Vera Louise Drysdale (1921 – 1994, Canadian)

Title: Elizabeth Bearspaw

Date: 1974

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 40.5 x 31.5 cm

Subject: portrait; female; Indigenous

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: DyV.02.01

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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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Father Jean Louis Levern

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

Date: 1945

Medium: painting on board

Catalogue Number: DgN.02.04

Description: An oil painting portrait of a man. An elderly man dominates the painting. The man has grey hair and is wearing a black high-necked coat with a large gold cross hanging on a black string around his neck. The background is a yellow-brown. The primary colours used are black, brown, yellow and red. The…

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

Title: Father Jean Louis Levern

Date: 1945

Medium: painting on board

Dimensions: 59.0 x 41.7 cm

Description: An oil painting portrait of a man. An elderly man dominates the painting. The man has grey hair and is wearing a black high-necked coat with a large gold cross hanging on a black string around his neck. The background is a yellow-brown. The primary colours used are black, brown, yellow and red. The bottom of the canvas is unfinished/ left blank except for the artist signature in pencil in the blhc and in the brhc, “F. J. Levern, A.M.I - 1945 Cardston, Alberta”. Au verso, in black ink in the top lhc, “# 47”. And left of centre near the bottom is a piece of white paper with black text taped onto the board, see Narrative.

Subject: portrait; man; priest; Nicolas de Grandmaison

Credit: Gift of Nicolas Jr. de Grandmaison, Vancouver, 2011

Catalogue Number: DgN.02.04

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Feather Dance

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Artist: Beatien Yazz

Date: n.d.

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: YaB.07.01

Description: A gouache painting of two people (Navajo?), a man and a woman dancing in middle of picture. They are dressed in regalia, including a belt that has eagle feathers on the back. They are both blue-skinned. In each hand they're carrying triangular shaped wire forms, festooned with streamers. Two large …

Artist: Beatien Yazz

Title: Feather Dance

Date: n.d.

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 50.5 x 76.4 cm

Description: A gouache painting of two people (Navajo?), a man and a woman dancing in middle of picture. They are dressed in regalia, including a belt that has eagle feathers on the back. They are both blue-skinned. In each hand they're carrying triangular shaped wire forms, festooned with streamers. Two large piles of logs, one at each side, have orange flames shooting upwards, thin smoke lines go to top of picture.

Subject: figure; group; activity; dance; religious; Indigenous

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: YaB.07.01

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The First Flower in Spring

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Artist: Sarain Stump (1945 – 1974, Canadian)

Date: 1972

Medium: acrylic on canvas board

Catalogue Number: StS.12.01

Description: On a yellow background a standing woman bends to down at a flower. She is wearing a decorated blanket over her shoulders and carrying a young child on her back.Au verso: On a PLYTEX canvas foundation board. A Gainsborough Gallery Ltd. Calgary Alberta sticker lhtc. The Bay price sticker “”529 A $1.4…

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Artist: Sarain Stump (1945 – 1974, Canadian)

Title: The First Flower in Spring

Date: 1972

Medium: acrylic on canvas board

Dimensions: 50.5 x 60.5 cm

Description: On a yellow background a standing woman bends to down at a flower. She is wearing a decorated blanket over her shoulders and carrying a young child on her back.Au verso: On a PLYTEX canvas foundation board. A Gainsborough Gallery Ltd. Calgary Alberta sticker lhtc. The Bay price sticker “”529 A $1.45 lhbc

Subject: figures; Indigenous; woman; baby; botanical; flower; symbols

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975

Catalogue Number: StS.12.01

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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.

Subject: documentary photography; portrait; First Nations; Indigenous; family

Credit: Gift of George Webber, Calgary, 2014

Catalogue Number: WeB.18.08

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Funeral of Morris Crow

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Artist: George Webber

Date: 2006 – 2007

Medium: photograph on paper

Catalogue Number: WeB.18.18

Description: Sundance Chief Morris Crow’s funeral, Standoff, Blood Reserve. Photograph of a couple weeping and dancing.

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Artist: George Webber

Title: Funeral of Morris Crow

Date: 2006 – 2007

Medium: photograph on paper

Dimensions: 11” x 14” cm

Description: Sundance Chief Morris Crow’s funeral, Standoff, Blood Reserve. Photograph of a couple weeping and dancing.

Subject: documentary photography; First Nations; funeral; Indigenous; dancing

Credit: Gift of George Webber, Calgary, 2014

Catalogue Number: WeB.18.18

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Funeral of Morris Crow

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Artist: George Webber

Date: 2006 – 2007

Medium: photograph on paper

Catalogue Number: WeB.18.19

Description: Sundance Chief Morris Crow’s funeral, Standoff, Blood Reserve.

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Artist: George Webber

Title: Funeral of Morris Crow

Date: 2006 – 2007

Medium: photograph on paper

Dimensions: 11” x 14” cm

Description: Sundance Chief Morris Crow’s funeral, Standoff, Blood Reserve.

Subject: documentary photography; First Nations; Indigenous; funeral

Credit: Gift of George Webber, Calgary, 2014

Catalogue Number: WeB.18.19

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George McLean

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1930 – 1940

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.02.024

Description: Colour: blue, brown, red. The head and shoulders on a man facing left. He has short hair and wears a hat. There is a red scarf around his neck. The background is blue.

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: George McLean

Date: 1930 – 1940

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 40.5 x 51 cm

Description: Colour: blue, brown, red. The head and shoulders on a man facing left. He has short hair and wears a hat. There is a red scarf around his neck. The background is blue.