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The battle at Belly River : stories of the last great Indian battle
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25100
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1966
- Author
- Johnstone, Alexander
- Publisher
- Lethbridge : Lethbridge Branch, Historical Society of Alberta
- Call Number
- 08.2 J62t PAM
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- Author
- Johnstone, Alexander
- Publisher
- Lethbridge : Lethbridge Branch, Historical Society of Alberta
- Published Date
- 1966
- Physical Description
- 22 pages : illustrations, maps
- Abstract
- Pertains to the Battle at Belly River between Cree, Blackfeet Indigenous Peoples - descriptions of eye witness accounts and includes maps and photographs
- Contents
- Introduction The Last Great Indian Battle Other Accounts Summing Up Pictorial Representations of the Battle References Acknowledgements
- Accession Number
- 3069a
- Call Number
- 08.2 J62t PAM
- Collection
- Archives Library
- URL Notes
- Lethbridge Historical Society website
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- Date
- 1900 – 1915
- Material
- skin, deer; glass
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.0012
- Description
- A woman's deerskin dress fringed along each side and at the edges of the sleeves. There are two rows of fringe along the yoke at the front and back that curves into a slight dip at the centre and are accented by a row of green and silver beadwork at the top. A medallion of concentric green and si…
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- Title
- Beaded Dress
- Date
- 1900 – 1915
- Material
- skin, deer; glass
- Dimensions
- 70.0 (underarms) x 123.0 cm
- Description
- A woman's deerskin dress fringed along each side and at the edges of the sleeves. There are two rows of fringe along the yoke at the front and back that curves into a slight dip at the centre and are accented by a row of green and silver beadwork at the top. A medallion of concentric green and silver rows of beads is located at the dip of fringework on the front of the dress. There is a double row of fringe at the bottom hem.
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.0012
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Beaded Headband
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact103.04.0041
- Date
- 1960 – 1979
- Material
- skin; glass; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.04.0041
- Description
- A completely beaded canvas headband strip with buckskin ends and lined with green cotton fabric having pink, white and blue daisy pattern. A series of large red and white checked triangles run its length with a blue sky of seed beads, buckskin tab at one end with single thong passing through it tie…
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- Title
- Beaded Headband
- Date
- 1960 – 1979
- Material
- skin; glass; fibre
- Dimensions
- 5.2 x 48.2 cm
- Description
- A completely beaded canvas headband strip with buckskin ends and lined with green cotton fabric having pink, white and blue daisy pattern. A series of large red and white checked triangles run its length with a blue sky of seed beads, buckskin tab at one end with single thong passing through it ties to buckskin tab at other end with hole cut through.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- beadwork
- regalia
- blackfoot?
- Stoney?
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.04.0041
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- Date
- 1875 – 1890
- Material
- skin; skin, ermine; hair, sheep; glass; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.0010 a,b
- Description
- Natural skin leggings fringed along the length of one side. A beaded strip along the outside length of each legging has a white background with a coloured design. There are ermine tails fastened into the fringe. The fringe is approximately 10 cm long.
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- Title
- Beaded Leggings
- Date
- 1875 – 1890
- Material
- skin; skin, ermine; hair, sheep; glass; fibre
- Dimensions
- 27.0 x 71.0 cm
- Description
- Natural skin leggings fringed along the length of one side. A beaded strip along the outside length of each legging has a white background with a coloured design. There are ermine tails fastened into the fringe. The fringe is approximately 10 cm long.
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.0010 a,b
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- Date
- 1875 – 1900
- Material
- skin; fibre, cotton; glass
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.0045 a,b
- Description
- A pair of beaded leggings worn on the leg from the knee to the ankle. The leggings tie on at the back of the leg with thongs. The leggings have a design of three vertical stripes and two diamond shapes of yellow, red, green and blue on a white background.
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- Title
- Beaded Leggings
- Date
- 1875 – 1900
- Material
- skin; fibre, cotton; glass
- Dimensions
- 35.0 x 30.0 cm
- Description
- A pair of beaded leggings worn on the leg from the knee to the ankle. The leggings tie on at the back of the leg with thongs. The leggings have a design of three vertical stripes and two diamond shapes of yellow, red, green and blue on a white background.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- Blood
- Blackfoot
- Siksika
- decorative
- regalia
- beadwork
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.0045 a,b
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Beaded Moccasins
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- Date
- 1900 – 1920
- Material
- skin; glass
- Catalogue Number
- 103.03.0019 a,b
- Description
- A pair of soft soled moccasins, shaped to the foot, with a flap at the ankle and leather thongs to tie. Beadwork on the instep is in the shape of a rectangle and small triangle with white, pink and dark blue beads.
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- Title
- Beaded Moccasins
- Date
- 1900 – 1920
- Material
- skin; glass
- Dimensions
- 25.0 cm
- Description
- A pair of soft soled moccasins, shaped to the foot, with a flap at the ankle and leather thongs to tie. Beadwork on the instep is in the shape of a rectangle and small triangle with white, pink and dark blue beads.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- Blackfoot
- Siksika
- Blood
- decorative
- regalia
- beadwork
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.03.0019 a,b
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- Date
- 1875 – 1890
- Material
- skin, deer; skin, ermine; hair, sheep; glass
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.0011
- Description
- A man's deerskin shirt with fringe at the ends of the sleeves. The shirt has strips of beadwork at the shoulders that extend down both the front and back of the garment with a fringe of ermine tails along the length of the outside edge. The background of the beadwork is white with an x-shaped pa…
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- Title
- Beaded Shirt
- Date
- 1875 – 1890
- Material
- skin, deer; skin, ermine; hair, sheep; glass
- Dimensions
- 53.0 (shoulder) x 81.0 cm
- Description
- A man's deerskin shirt with fringe at the ends of the sleeves. The shirt has strips of beadwork at the shoulders that extend down both the front and back of the garment with a fringe of ermine tails along the length of the outside edge. The background of the beadwork is white with an x-shaped pattern of blue, yellow and red. There is a medallion of beadwork in the centre of both the front and back of the shirt, with an ermine tail hanging from the centre of each medallion.
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.0011
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- Date
- 1900 – 1920
- Material
- skin; glass
- Catalogue Number
- 109.02.1034
- Description
- Long, beaded and fringed bag, fringe 20.0 long at bottom of bag, beaded panel 1910, white background, both side edges with blue beads, different designs each side. One side 3 red and blue rectangles along edge, centered large stylized 8-pointed flower, dark blue edge, light blue, yellow, red and gr…
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- Title
- Calumet Bag
- Date
- 1900 – 1920
- Material
- skin; glass
- Dimensions
- 19.0 x 75.0 cm
- Description
- Long, beaded and fringed bag, fringe 20.0 long at bottom of bag, beaded panel 1910, white background, both side edges with blue beads, different designs each side. One side 3 red and blue rectangles along edge, centered large stylized 8-pointed flower, dark blue edge, light blue, yellow, red and green, other side red, mauve, blue flower, yellow bud. Top of bag buckskin has blue beads on side edges, red on top scalloped edge. One thong looped thought 2 holes near top. [Typical transitional floral patterns with a wide selection of beads, ie. 1870-1920, interesting rectangular pattern on back. Al McClelland 1997]
- Credit
- Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986
- Catalogue Number
- 109.02.1034
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