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Date
1920 – 1930
Material
hide; fibre, silk; glass
Catalogue Number
103.03.0009 a,b
Description
A pair of soft moccasins with a centre seam and leather thongs that tie at the ankle flap. The small vamp is edged with welt wrapped with pink silk thread. Other colours are horse hair wrap. In the center of the vamp is beadwork forming a flower with blossoms in transparent pink, green and blue be…
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Title
Beaded Moccasins
Date
1920 – 1930
Material
hide; fibre, silk; glass
Dimensions
27.0 cm
Description
A pair of soft moccasins with a centre seam and leather thongs that tie at the ankle flap. The small vamp is edged with welt wrapped with pink silk thread. Other colours are horse hair wrap. In the center of the vamp is beadwork forming a flower with blossoms in transparent pink, green and blue beads. Thick rough hide likely bison.
Subject
Indigenous
Slavey
Metis
regalia
decorative
beadwork
bison
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
103.03.0009 a,b
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Date
1885 – 1910
Material
hide, caribou; fibre; fabric
Catalogue Number
103.08.0011
Description
A purse made of a soft caribou hide pouch topped with black velvet. The hide is embroidered in silk with a bouquet of flowers and an inscription “Mrs. J. Brewster” and “Winnipeg Man”.
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Title
Beaded Purse
Date
1885 – 1910
Material
hide, caribou; fibre; fabric
Dimensions
16.0 x 29.0 cm
Description
A purse made of a soft caribou hide pouch topped with black velvet. The hide is embroidered in silk with a bouquet of flowers and an inscription “Mrs. J. Brewster” and “Winnipeg Man”.
Subject
Indigenous, Cree
decorative
regalia
embroidery
Isabella Brewster
Metis
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
103.08.0011
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From Rupert's Land to Canada : essays in honour of John E. Foster

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue14098
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2001
Author
Binnema, Theodore
Publisher
Edmonton : University of Alberta Press
Call Number
07.2 B51f
Author
Binnema, Theodore
Responsibility
Theodore Binnema, Gerhard J. Ens & R.C. Macleod, editors
Publisher
Edmonton : University of Alberta Press
Published Date
2001
Physical Description
xxxiii, 288 p. : ill.
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
First Nations - (SEE ALSO Indians)
Fur trade
Kane, Paul
Metis
Riel, Louis
Notes
Includes essay, "How does a map mean? Old Swan's map of 1801 and the Blackfoot world" / Theodore Binnema
ISBN
0888643632
Accession Number
70,000 12-08-15
Call Number
07.2 B51f
Collection
Archives Library
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Date
1925 – 1940
Material
hide, deer; glass; fibre
Catalogue Number
103.07.0018 a,b
Description
A pair of woman's soft deerskin gloves with fringed gauntlets. There is some decorative stitching on the gauntlets. Each glove also has ornate floral beadwork of orange, blue, white and brown beads that almost covers the top of each hand and the front of each gauntlet. The gloves have a machine s…
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Title
Gauntlet Gloves
Date
1925 – 1940
Material
hide, deer; glass; fibre
Dimensions
18.0 x 25.0 cm
Description
A pair of woman's soft deerskin gloves with fringed gauntlets. There is some decorative stitching on the gauntlets. Each glove also has ornate floral beadwork of orange, blue, white and brown beads that almost covers the top of each hand and the front of each gauntlet. The gloves have a machine stitched design on the back, and are lined with red fabric.
Subject
Indigenous
Cree
Norway House
decorative
regalia
beadwork
needlework
Metis
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
103.07.0018 a,b
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In the days of our grandmothers : a reader in Aboriginal women's history in Canada /

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue14190
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2006
Author
Kelm, Mary-Ellen
Publisher
Toronto : University of Toronto Press
Call Number
07.2 K27
Author
Kelm, Mary-Ellen
Responsibility
edited by Mary-Ellen Kelm and Lorna Townsend
Publisher
Toronto : University of Toronto Press
Published Date
2006
Physical Description
xi, 434 p. : ill., maps, ports
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Fur trade
First Nations - (SEE ALSO Indians)
Metis
Notes
Partial contents: "Categories and terrains of exclusion: Constructing the 'Indian Woman' in the early settlement era in Western Canada" by Sarah Carter
ISBN
9780802079602
Accession Number
13-2-22 70,500
Call Number
07.2 K27
Collection
Archives Library
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A note on terminology: Inuit, Metis, First Nations, and Aboriginal

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue14476
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
March 2014
Author
Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami
Publisher
Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami
Call Number
07.2 I1a Pam
Author
Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami
Responsibility
Adapted from the report on the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples
Publisher
Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami
Published Date
March 2014
Physical Description
1 page
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
First Nations - (SEE ALSO Indians)
Inuit
Metis
Call Number
07.2 I1a Pam
Collection
Archives Library
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