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A warrior I have been : Plains Indian cultures in transition : the Richard Green collection of Plains Indian art
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25094
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2004
- Author
- Green, Richard
- Publisher
- Folsom, LA : Written Heritage
- Call Number
- 07.2 Gr82a
- Author
- Green, Richard
- Responsibility
- Richard Green
- Publisher
- Folsom, LA : Written Heritage
- Published Date
- 2004
- Physical Description
- 205 pages : illustrations (some color), maps
- 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
- ISBN
- 096714941X
- Accession Number
- TBD
- Call Number
- 07.2 Gr82a
- Collection
- Archives Library
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The Stoney Nakoda return to Banff
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue12709
- Author
- Larmour, Judy
- Physical Description
- p.55 : ill
- Medium
- Library - Periodical
- Subjects
- Banff Indian Days
- Stoney Indians
- Notes
- In Legacy, vol.10, no.3 (Fall 2005)
- Call Number
- P
- Collection
- Archives Library
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A useful institution: William Twin, "Indianness," and Banff National Park, c. 1860-1940
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue14470
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2005
- Author
- Bradford, Tolly
- Publisher
- Native Studies Review 16, no 2
- Call Number
- 07.2 B72a Pam
- Author
- Bradford, Tolly
- Publisher
- Native Studies Review 16, no 2
- Published Date
- 2005
- Physical Description
- 21pages : illustrations
- Subjects
- Banff Indian Days
- Outfitters, trail guides, packers
- Stoney Indians
- Tourism
- Treaty Number Seven
- Notes
- Includes bibliographical references - William Twin's connection to the Town of Banff, Brewster Family and Tom Wilson, and his role in Indian Days - Stoney Culture
- Call Number
- 07.2 B72a Pam
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Spirits of the Rockies : reasserting an indigenous presence in Banff National Park
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue14567
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2014
- Author
- Mason, Courtney W.
- Publisher
- Toronto ; Buffalo ; London : University of Toronto Press
- Call Number
- 07.2 M37s c.1
- 07.2 M37s c.2
- Author
- Mason, Courtney W.
- Responsibility
- Courtney W. Mason; foreword by Roland Rollinmud and Ian A. L. Getty
- Publisher
- Toronto ; Buffalo ; London : University of Toronto Press
- Published Date
- 2014
- Physical Description
- xvi, 195 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some colour), colour map, portraits (some colour) ; 24 cm
- Subjects
- Banff Indian Days
- Banff Springs Hotel
- First Nations
- Hunting
- Missionaries
- Morley
- Racism
- Religion
- Residential schools
- Stoney First Nation (formerly known as Stoney Indians)
- Tourism
- Notes
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Contents: Chapter 1 Theorizing power relations in colonial histories. -- Chapter 2 Colonial encounters: Treaty 7, Missionaries and the contraints of the reserve system. -- Chapter 3 The repression of indigenous subsistence practices in Roocky Mountains Park. -- Chapter 4 Sporting and tourism festivals: representations of indigenous peoples. -- Chapter 5 Rethinking the Banff Indian Days as critical spaces of cultural exchange. --Chapter 6 Looking back and pushing ahead
- ISBN
- 9781442626683
- Accession Number
- P2015-09-03
- 2015.8518
- Call Number
- 07.2 M37s c.1
- 07.2 M37s c.2
- Collection
- Archives Library
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First Indian Day at Banff proved most interesting
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue14677
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1927
- Publisher
- Edmonton : Edmonton Journal?
- Call Number
- 07.2 F52 Pam
- Publisher
- Edmonton : Edmonton Journal?
- Published Date
- 1927
- Physical Description
- 3 pages
- Subjects
- Banff Indian Days
- Stoney Indians
- Tourism
- Notes
- Photocopy of an article from the Edmonton Journal on July 29, 1927 about Banff's first Indian Days
- Retrieved from the folklore library and the University of Alberta
- Call Number
- 07.2 F52 Pam
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Rev. John McDougall and the Duke of Connaught
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue15159
- Author
- Smith, Donald B.
- Physical Description
- p.2-12
- Medium
- Library - Periodical
- Subjects
- Banff Indian Days
- Crawler, Hector
- Royal tours
- Stoney First Nation (formerly known as Stoney Indians)
- World War I
- Notes
- In Alberta History, vol. 65, no.1, Winter 2017
- ISBN
- 0316-1552
- Call Number
- P
- Collection
- Archives Library
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- Date
- 1970 – 1970
- Material
- metal
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.1046
- Description
- One Banff Indian Days silver dollar hung from silver key chain. Coin has “BANFF CANADA ONE KIWANIS DOLLAR” and portrait of Indigenous man with the signature “C.A. Beil R.” underneath. “INDIAN DAYS 1970” and “VALUE ONE DOLLAR IN BANFF EXPIRES SEPTEMBER, 1970” is written on reverse side. Coin attache…
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- Title
- Coin Keychain
- Date
- 1970 – 1970
- Material
- metal
- Dimensions
- 10.2 x 3.4 x 0.1 cm
- Description
- One Banff Indian Days silver dollar hung from silver key chain. Coin has “BANFF CANADA ONE KIWANIS DOLLAR” and portrait of Indigenous man with the signature “C.A. Beil R.” underneath. “INDIAN DAYS 1970” and “VALUE ONE DOLLAR IN BANFF EXPIRES SEPTEMBER, 1970” is written on reverse side. Coin attached to key chain by a metal ring through a puncture hole made in the coin. Key chain has midsection of interconnected metal rings connected to coin on one side by large metal ring and connected to a large clasp on the other side by a second large metal ring.
- Credit
- Gift of Nicholas Morant, Banff, 2006
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.1046
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War Bonnet Headdress
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact103.09.0006
- Date
- 1930
- Material
- feather, eagle; skin; metal; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.09.0006
- Description
- A war bonnet of feathers attached to a short strip of hide. The long eagle feathers have short downy feathers attached at the tips and two tassels of downy feathers hanging by each ear to frame the face. A hoop with three bells attached hangs by one ear. The brow band is decorated with orange, blac…
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- Title
- War Bonnet Headdress
- Date
- 1930
- Material
- feather, eagle; skin; metal; fibre
- Dimensions
- 51.0 cm
- Description
- A war bonnet of feathers attached to a short strip of hide. The long eagle feathers have short downy feathers attached at the tips and two tassels of downy feathers hanging by each ear to frame the face. A hoop with three bells attached hangs by one ear. The brow band is decorated with orange, black and white beads. The bonnet has a felt crown with several downy feathers attached.
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.09.0006
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- Date
- 1875 – 1895
- Material
- wood; metal; skin; feather
- Catalogue Number
- 104.05.0004
- Description
- A ceremonial pipe tomahawk which can serve either function. The metal wedge-shaped blade is surmounted by a pipe bowl on a shaft of wood that is covered with leather with four vertical rows of brass tacks. There is a fur lined piece of leather, probably used as hand grip, around the centre. Att…
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- Title
- Tomahawk Ax
- Date
- 1875 – 1895
- Material
- wood; metal; skin; feather
- Dimensions
- 162.0 cm
- Description
- A ceremonial pipe tomahawk which can serve either function. The metal wedge-shaped blade is surmounted by a pipe bowl on a shaft of wood that is covered with leather with four vertical rows of brass tacks. There is a fur lined piece of leather, probably used as hand grip, around the centre. Attached to the end of the tomahawk is a beaded band with long fringe at the end. The band has a white beaded background and design of three yellow triangles with red bases and blue corners. Two feathers hang from beaded leather thongs attached to the axehead with a tuft of grey fur.
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.05.0004
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Quirt Riding Whip
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact106.06.0008
- Date
- 1880 – 1920
- Material
- wood; skin
- Catalogue Number
- 106.06.0008
- Description
- A handle carved from a straight tree branch with a leather wrist strap fastened around one end and through itself. The lash at the opposite end has two ends of a leather strap that are slit and woven through each other's slits with a braided effect. The handle is about 1/3 of the length, the la…
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- Title
- Quirt Riding Whip
- Date
- 1880 – 1920
- Material
- wood; skin
- Dimensions
- 3.5 x 3.5 x 86.0 cm
- Description
- A handle carved from a straight tree branch with a leather wrist strap fastened around one end and through itself. The lash at the opposite end has two ends of a leather strap that are slit and woven through each other's slits with a braided effect. The handle is about 1/3 of the length, the lash about 2/3 of the length of the quirt.
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 106.06.0008
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