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Beaded Martingale
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- Date
- 1972
- Material
- fibre; feather; plastic; glass; skin
- Catalogue Number
- 106.06.3032 a,b
- Description
- Navy blue fabric martingale and horse collar with beaded floral decoration. Each piece is edged with red fabric. a) “V” - shaped collar edged with feathers and thread fringe. Floral pattern in blue, white, orange and red is repeated on each arm of “V.” The collar is also decorated with sequins…
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- Title
- Beaded Martingale
- Date
- 1972
- Material
- fibre; feather; plastic; glass; skin
- Dimensions
- 19.0 (a); 37.0 (b) x 45.0 (a); 69.0 (b) cm
- Description
- Navy blue fabric martingale and horse collar with beaded floral decoration. Each piece is edged with red fabric. a) “V” - shaped collar edged with feathers and thread fringe. Floral pattern in blue, white, orange and red is repeated on each arm of “V.” The collar is also decorated with sequins held in place with beads. Tag with CRW writing: “Rachel Wildman wife of Killian from Nordegg - will pick up next Mon - Oct 12 1972” and other writing “Plains Cree horse ornament.”b) Martingale with two long strips, with striped fabric ties at one end, joined by a rectable at the centre. Both strips have one forked end and are decorated with a flipped, repeated pattern of orange, blue and white flowers. The centre piece has a white flower centred at the bottom with two blue and green flowers above. The martingale is also decorated with sequins held in place with beads. A strip of green fabric is attached to one side.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 106.06.3032 a,b
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Beaded Moccasins
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- Date
- 1940 – 1950
- Material
- skin, deer; fibre, silk
- Catalogue Number
- 103.03.0010 a,b
- Description
- A pair of soft moccasins shaped to the foot and sewn around the sole. Each moccasin has an ankle flap with leather thongs for tying. They are decorated with very simple three and four petalled flowers and leaves embroidered on the instep with pink, red and blue silk thread.
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- Title
- Beaded Moccasins
- Date
- 1940 – 1950
- Material
- skin, deer; fibre, silk
- Dimensions
- 25.0 cm
- Description
- A pair of soft moccasins shaped to the foot and sewn around the sole. Each moccasin has an ankle flap with leather thongs for tying. They are decorated with very simple three and four petalled flowers and leaves embroidered on the instep with pink, red and blue silk thread.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- Stoney
- Cree
- decorative
- needlework
- regalia
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.03.0010 a,b
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- Date
- 1940 – 1960
- Material
- fibre; glass
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.3026
- Description
- Black velvet vest with parallel machine sewn lines. The vest is lined with printed blue floral patterned cotton. The front of the vest is decorated with a floral motif in orange, red, green and yellow with red, blue and yellow buds and green leaves. The back of the vest is beaded with a man wear…
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- Title
- Beaded Vest
- Date
- 1940 – 1960
- Material
- fibre; glass
- Dimensions
- 54.5 x 62.2 cm
- Description
- Black velvet vest with parallel machine sewn lines. The vest is lined with printed blue floral patterned cotton. The front of the vest is decorated with a floral motif in orange, red, green and yellow with red, blue and yellow buds and green leaves. The back of the vest is beaded with a man wearing a headress of black and white feathers and a blue shirt with red and yellow beadstrips.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.3026
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Blood red the sun
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue19948
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1977
- Author
- Cameron, William Bleasdell
- Publisher
- Edmonton : Hurtig Publishers
- Call Number
- 08.1 C14b
- Author
- Cameron, William Bleasdell
- Responsibility
- William Bleadsdell Cameron
- Publisher
- Edmonton : Hurtig Publishers
- Published Date
- 1977
- Physical Description
- xxiii, 225 pages ; 21 cm
- Subjects
- Cree
- Abstract
- Pertains to the story of William Bleasdell Cameron, a European settler who was held captive during the Frog Lake Massacre of April, 1885. Cameron tells of the two months he was held captive, as well as his escape during the Battle of Frenchman’s Butte. Formerly titled, The War Trail of Big Bear, the title was changed to Blood Red the Sun in the 1940’s.
- Contents
- Introduction (pg. ix)
- I. The Annuity Payments at Fort Pitt (pg. 1)
- II. When Poundmaker Defied the N.W.M.P. (pg. 9)
- III. The Winter of 1884-5 (pg. 25)
- IV. Before the outbreak (pg. 28)
- V. Big-Lie Day (pg. 33)
- VI. The Mutter of the Drums (pg. 37)
- VII. In the Power of the Hostiles (pg. 40)
- VIII. The Massacre (pg. 47)
- IX. Out of the Gloom (pg. 58)
- X. The Rescue of the White Women (pg. 67)
- XI. In the Crucible (pg. 72)
- XII. Big Bear Scores His Followers (pg. 83)
- XIII. A Council of War (pg. 87)
- XIV. The Fall of Fort Pit (pg. 93)
- XV. Three Scouts (pg. 102)
- XVI. Perilous Moments (pg. 109)
- XVII. Days in Camp (pg. 113)
- XVIII. An Indian Cannibal (pg. 123)
- XIX: In the Red Man's book (pg. 126)
- XX: More Days in Camp (pg. 132)
- XXI: The Turning of the Tide (pg. 140)
- XXII: The Thirst Dance (pg. 147)
- XXIII: Meeminook (pg. 155)
- XXIV: The Battle of Frenchman's Butte (pg. 159)
- XXV: Safe! (pg. 171)
- XXVI: With the Alberta Field Force (pg. 177)
- XXVII: Fort Pitt Once More (pg. 187)
- XXVIII: The Indian Trials (pg. 195)
- XXIX: The Executions (pg. 204)
- XXX: Conclusion (pg. 213)
- The Frog Lake Memorial (pg. 223)
- Notes
- First ed., Toronto, Ryerson Press, published in 1926 under title: The war trail of Big Bear
- Accession Number
- 2019.71
- Call Number
- 08.1 C14b
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Jacket Fragment
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact103.05.1154
- Date
- 1940 – 1950
- Material
- skin; glass
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.1154
- Description
- Rear shoulder panel or back yoke from jacket. Floral beadwork in red, blue, green, gold, brown, white, yellow and black.
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- Title
- Jacket Fragment
- Date
- 1940 – 1950
- Material
- skin; glass
- Dimensions
- 17.0 x 49.0 cm
- Description
- Rear shoulder panel or back yoke from jacket. Floral beadwork in red, blue, green, gold, brown, white, yellow and black.
- Credit
- Gift of Harold C. Whyte, Penticton, 2002
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.1154
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Recording from the Maskwacis Community
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- Part Of
- Archives General File Collection
- Scope & Content
- Maskwacis sound recording. -- 1969. -- 1 sound recording : audio tape reel. -- Recording was made at "Eden Valley Indian Days" (ca. one half hour) and "Hobbema Indian Days" (ca. one hour), Eden Valley and Hobbema, Alberta. -- Gift of Maskwacis Nation, 1973. -- No reproduction. Copyright in effect.…
- Date Range
- 1973
- Reference Code
- S8 / accn. 1729
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Sound recording
- Part Of
- Archives General File Collection
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- S8
- Sous-Fonds
- S8
- Accession Number
- 1729
- Reference Code
- S8 / accn. 1729
- GMD
- Sound recording
- Date Range
- 1973
- Physical Description
- .
- Scope & Content
- Maskwacis sound recording. -- 1969. -- 1 sound recording : audio tape reel. -- Recording was made at "Eden Valley Indian Days" (ca. one half hour) and "Hobbema Indian Days" (ca. one hour), Eden Valley and Hobbema, Alberta. -- Gift of Maskwacis Nation, 1973. -- No reproduction. Copyright in effect. -- Reference copy cassette available.
- Hobbema changed name in 2013 to Maskwacis
- Notes
- Singers in first song: Francis Omeasoo (lead singer), Morris Crier, Wilfred Buffalo and Henry Saddleback.
- Subject Access
- Indigenous Peoples
- First Nations
- Cree
- Eden Vally
- Maskwacis
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Scope & Content
- Item consists of a close-up of unknown individual dressed in regalia and holding a thin pole with eagle feathers tied to it, possibly on horseback.
- Date Range
- 1945-1950
- Reference Code
- V683 / III / B / NS - 1661
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Transparency
- Photograph
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- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- M36 / V683 / S37
- Series
- V683 / III : Peter and Catharine Whyte
- Sous-Fonds
- V683
- Sub-Series
- V683 / III / B : Peter and Catharine Whyte Transparencies
- Accession Number
- 3069
- Reference Code
- V683 / III / B / NS - 1661
- Date Range
- 1945-1950
- Physical Description
- Photograph: 1 negative ; col.
- Scope & Content
- Item consists of a close-up of unknown individual dressed in regalia and holding a thin pole with eagle feathers tied to it, possibly on horseback.
- Notes
- Previously thought to be Joe Saddleback
- Subject Access
- Banff Indian Days
- First Nations
- Indigenous Peoples
- Recognizing relations
- Cree
- Geographic Access
- Alberta
- Language
- NA
- Related Material
- Recognizing Relations number RR 371
- Title Source
- This image is a part of the Recognizing Relations project, an archives initiative undertaken since 2014 to identify First Nations people in photographs held in the Whyte Museum Archives.
- Processing Status
- Processed
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