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Abstract: This paper examines the life of William Twin (c. 1860–1940), a member of the Nakoda (or Stoney) First Nation, and pays particular attention to his connection with Banff National Park and role in facilitating the tourism empire that still flourishes there. Being careful to distinguish between who William Twin was and how he was imagined to be, this paper argues that his life story has at least two aspects: William as an ‘institution’ useful to the development of Banff National Park, and William as a person who enjoyed sustained and very personal interactions with both Stoney and Euro-Canadian communities (abstract)

URL Notes: Website for Native Studies Review via the University of Saskatchewan Department of Indigenous Studies

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Subjects: First Nations; Art; Stoney First Nation (formerly known as Stoney Indians); Crawler, Hector; Harmon, Byron; Banff Indian Days; Calgary Stampede

Abstract: Pertains to the collection of Indigenous Peoples materials from the private collection of Richard Green

Contents: Acknowledgments, foreword / Carole Morris -- Introduction / Michael G. Johnson -- Behold these things : Northern Plains parade regalia -- Something splendid I wear : Plains trade cloth dresses -- In paint and feathers : on tour with Pahaska -- Some honor I seek : Sioux Indians in early photographs -- White man's vision : evolving stereotypes of the Plains Indian -- The catalog : reservation period Plains Indian art -- The warrior's world : weapons, clothing, trade cloth clothing, non-native influences, dance regalia -- The women's world : tools and implements, tipi furniture, clothing -- Childhood -- Horsegear -- Tobacco bags -- Bags and pouches -- Moccasins -- Made for sale -- Maps -- Bibliography.

Notes: Includes photographs by Byron Harmon of Stoney Nakoda Peoples, specifically Hector Crawler, Mark Poucette and other unnamed people at Banff Indian Days and the Calgary Stampede

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