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The battle at Belly River : stories of the last great Indian battle

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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
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
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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
1920 – 1930
Material
skin; glass; fibre
Catalogue Number
103.07.0100 a,b
Description
A pair of high gauntleted buckskin gloves. Gloves cut from single piece of leather, with insets on fingers and thumb. Thick fell where gauntlet is attached to glove, and fringe along outside. On back of glove is a leaf like pattern in vermilion and charcoal edged by brass coloured beads. On back o…
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Title
Gauntlet Gloves
Date
1920 – 1930
Material
skin; glass; fibre
Dimensions
22.5 x 36.5 cm
Description
A pair of high gauntleted buckskin gloves. Gloves cut from single piece of leather, with insets on fingers and thumb. Thick fell where gauntlet is attached to glove, and fringe along outside. On back of glove is a leaf like pattern in vermilion and charcoal edged by brass coloured beads. On back of gauntlet is a geometrical pattern of leaves in red and blue bordered by white, emerging from a central "diamond" of charcoal and gold-silver and green leaves, bordered by white.
Subject
Indigenous
beadwork
regalia
Blackfoot
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
103.07.0100 a,b
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Date
1920 – 1930
Material
skin, deer; fibre; glass
Catalogue Number
104.10.0004
Description
A deerskin sheath with a canvas backing made to hold a rifle. The case has bands of beadwork at the top and bottom, each about 1/5 of length of the case. The beadwork has a white beaded background with a design of two triangles joined at tips in yellows, red and blue. There is a leather fringe a…
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Title
Gun Case
Date
1920 – 1930
Material
skin, deer; fibre; glass
Dimensions
104.0 cm
Description
A deerskin sheath with a canvas backing made to hold a rifle. The case has bands of beadwork at the top and bottom, each about 1/5 of length of the case. The beadwork has a white beaded background with a design of two triangles joined at tips in yellows, red and blue. There is a leather fringe along the side of the beadwork and around the top of the case.
Subject
Indigenous, Blackfoot
sports
hunting
crafts
decorative
beadwork
regalia
tourism
trading
Philip Moore
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
104.10.0004
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Date
1920 – 1930
Material
skin; glass
Catalogue Number
104.10.0006
Description
A simply shaped sheath for a knife with a leather strap to hang the sheath from a belt. The sheath is decorated with beadwork in a band along the top edge composed of blue, green, red, yellow and black crosses on white background. Another band of beadwork follows the rounded shape of the sheath …
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Title
Knife Sheath
Date
1920 – 1930
Material
skin; glass
Dimensions
12.0 x 29.0 cm
Description
A simply shaped sheath for a knife with a leather strap to hang the sheath from a belt. The sheath is decorated with beadwork in a band along the top edge composed of blue, green, red, yellow and black crosses on white background. Another band of beadwork follows the rounded shape of the sheath with a pattern of coloured diagonal stripes on a white background. There is an attached tie-shaped decorative flap of leather that has a beaded floral design at the centre and is trimmed with beads along the edges.
Subject
Indigenous, Blackfoot
households
clothing
decorative
beadwork
tourism
trading
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
104.10.0006
Images
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