Skip header and navigation

Narrow Results By

5 records – page 1 of 1.

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
  1 website  
Author
Johnstone, Alexander
Publisher
Lethbridge : Lethbridge Branch, Historical Society of Alberta
Published Date
1966
Physical Description
22 pages : illustrations, maps
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Lethbridge
Lethbridge, Alberta
Rivers
First Nations
Cree
Blackfoot
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
Websites
Less detail
This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and potentially offensive content. Read more.
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…
  1 image  
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
Images
Less detail
This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and potentially offensive content. Read more.
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.
  1 image  
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.
Subject
Indigenous
Stoney
Blackfoot
Siksika
beadwork
decorative
regalia
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
103.05.0010 a,b
Images
Less detail
This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and potentially offensive content. Read more.
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.
  1 image  
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
Images
Less detail
This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and potentially offensive content. Read more.
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…
  1 image  
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.
Subject
Indigenous
Stoney
Blackfoot
Siksika
regalia
beadwork
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
103.05.0011
Images
Less detail
This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and potentially offensive content. Read more.
Back to Top