File consists of 85 b&w prints and 1 colour print, various sizes. Content pertains to CPR, construction sites, horses and ranching, wildlife/landscapes, Indigenous art, and images from scenes in several provinces across Canada (BC, AB, NB, NS, QC) created for use in Canadian Pacific travel promotio…
Produced by Nicholas Morant and Ivy 'Willie' Morant
Date Range
[ca. 1935 - ca. 1940]
[ca. 1950 - ca. 1960]
[ca. 1980 - 1986]
Physical Description
86 Photographs: prints; b&w and colour
Scope & Content
File consists of 85 b&w prints and 1 colour print, various sizes. Content pertains to CPR, construction sites, horses and ranching, wildlife/landscapes, Indigenous art, and images from scenes in several provinces across Canada (BC, AB, NB, NS, QC) created for use in Canadian Pacific travel promotions. Also contains three portrait images of Stoney Nakoda chiefs including John Hunter and Jacob Two-Young-Man, and two images of an older Nicholas Morant (at least one taken by Ivy 'Willie' Morant, depicting Nicholas Morant in train tunnel holding camera equipment). Many images in this file are stamped on the reverse side as property of Miller Services Ltd.
Storage Range
In file box V500 / II / C / 5 / PA - 326 to V500 / II / C / 5 / PA - 648
File consists of Banff Indian Days negatives, photographs, and photograph postcards depicting events, including the Duke of Connaught and Princess Patricia at the Banff Springs Hotel courtyard. Subjects include identified and unidentified Indigenous individuals, Rev. John McDougall, Lt. Governor R.…
Date Range
ca. 1910
1910-1912
1916
1926
1953
Reference Code
LUX / I / D3a / 13 / NA - 01 to NA - 17
LUX / I / D3a / 13 / PA - 01 to PA - 93
Photographs taken and published by G. & W. Fear, Philip Godsell, Byron Harmon, and some attributed to M. Forsyth
Date Range
ca. 1910
1910-1912
1916
1926
1953
Physical Description
110 photographs : 1 b&w negatives ; 15.5 x 19.5 cm or smaller : 93 b&w prints ; 20 x 13 cm or smaller
Scope & Content
File consists of Banff Indian Days negatives, photographs, and photograph postcards depicting events, including the Duke of Connaught and Princess Patricia at the Banff Springs Hotel courtyard. Subjects include identified and unidentified Indigenous individuals, Rev. John McDougall, Lt. Governor R.G. Brett Photographs taken and published by G. & W. Fear, Philip Godsell, Byron Harmon, and some attributed to M. Forsyth.
Additional information provided through consultation with Stoney community members.
NA - 1: George McLean (Tatâga Mânî) (Walking Buffalo) standing on far left
NA - 3: (Left to right) Jonas Benjamin, Flora (Crawler) McLean, George McLean (Tatâga Mânî) (Walking Buffalo)
PA - 13: John Hunter (Îhre Wapta) (Dry River Rocks) wearing quill work
PA - 14: (Left to right) Peter Wesley (Ta Otha) (Moose Hunter), Hector Crawler (Wachegiye) (Prayer Giver), and Enos Hunter
PA - 15: John Hunter (Îhre Wapta) (Dry River Rocks) wearing quill work, Hector Crawler (Wachegiye) (Prayer Giver) wearing headband with cross, Jonas Benjamin standing behind Hector Crawler, Peter Wesley (Ta Otha) (Moose Hunter) kneeling, Lazarus Dixon (Ohâthi Sa) (Red Cloud) behind Jim Brewster fourth from right, Jim Brewster wearing chaps third from right, Norman Luxton second from right
PA - 16: Dan Wildman Jr., Jonas Rider, unknown, could be Ben Kaquitts, Hector Crawler, unknown, John Mark
PA - 18: Hector Crawler (Wachegiye) (Prayer Giver) on horse
PA - 20: Peter Wesley (Ta Otha) (Moose Hunter) second from left wearing hat, Hector Crawler (Wachegiye) (Prayer Giver) fourth from left, Enos Hunter fifth from left, and Jim Brewster far right
PA - 37: George McLean (Tatâga Mânî) (Walking Buffalo)
PA - 38: George Crawler (Yuzabi Toga) in center of photograph
PA - 47: (Left to right) Elizabeth (McLean) Bearspaw, Mary Jean Crawler, and George Crawler (Yuzabi Toga)
PA - 60: (Left to right) Unknown, Jim Brewster, Mark Poucette, Norman Luxton, Enos Hunter, unknown, John Hunter (Îhre Wapta) (Dry River Rocks)
PA - 61: (Left to right) Unknown, Jim Brewster, Mark Poucette, Norman Luxton, Enos Hunter, unknown, John Hunter (Îhre Wapta) (Dry River Rocks)
PA - 62: (Left to right) John Hunter (Îhre Wapta) (Dry River Rocks), Enos Hunter, Mark Poucette, unknown
PA - 63: (Left to right) John Hunter (Îhre Wapta) (Dry River Rocks), Enos Hunter, Mark Poucette, unknown
PA - 64: (Left to right) John Hunter (Îhre Wapta) (Dry River Rocks), Enos Hunter, Mark Poucette, unknown
PA - 65: (Left to right) Unknown, unknown, John Hunter (Îhre Wapta) (Dry River Rocks)
PA - 66: (Left to right) John Hunter (Îhre Wapta) (Dry River Rocks), Enos Hunter, unknown, Mark Poucette
PA - 67: Heavy Shield, Blackfoot
PA - 71: Mark Poucette second from left
PA - 85 to PA - 89: (Far left to right) Jonas Benjamin, Flora (Crawler McLean) partially obscured, George McLean (Tatâga Mânî) (Walking Buffalo)
PA - 90: (Far left) Hector Crawler (Wachegiye) (Prayer Giver)
Notes
NA-01 to NA-09 have associated copy print and duplicate postcard prints. PA-22 and PA-54 have duplicate copies. NA-10 to NA-17 have a copy and duplicate print. Includes prints labelled [Peter Wesley?].
NA-12 is printed in brochures LUX / II / F1 / 20 / 20, 23, and 39. On a copy of LUX / II / F1 / 20 / 39 is a pen annotation under the photo "Tom Kakitts" [Tom Kaquitts]
File consists of 5 photographs pertaining to the Calgary Stampede. Photographs depict Norman Luxton and other individuals involved in the coordination of the Calgary Stampede, including Fred Graham, Chief David Bearspaw, members of the Hunter and Burns families, Col. Walker, Guy Weadick and others.
Items LUX/I/D3c/PA-1 and 2 attributed to photographer F. Gully
Date Range
[ca.1920-1930]
1944
Physical Description
5 photographs : b&w prints ; 25 x 20 cm or smaller
Scope & Content
File consists of 5 photographs pertaining to the Calgary Stampede. Photographs depict Norman Luxton and other individuals involved in the coordination of the Calgary Stampede, including Fred Graham, Chief David Bearspaw, members of the Hunter and Burns families, Col. Walker, Guy Weadick and others.
Notes
Most individuals in photographs are not named, and items [aside from first in file] are not dated
Item consists of a photograph print of a couple sitting side by side inside a tepee. The man is identified as George Hunter by Catharine Robb Whyte, possibly in consultation with Eliza Hunter, on the back of the photo.
Item consists of a photograph print of a couple sitting side by side inside a tepee. The man is identified as George Hunter by Catharine Robb Whyte, possibly in consultation with Eliza Hunter, on the back of the photo.
Title from annotation on the back of the print written by Catharine Robb Whyte.
This image was part of the Recognizing Relations project, an archives initiative undertaken from 2014-2023 to name Indigenous people in photographs held by the Whyte Museum Archives. Identifications were not possible.
Content Details
Eliza Hunter donated her collection of photographs to the archives in 1970, most images in the collection have annotations by Catharine Robb Whyte, which likely means Catharine sat down with Eliza and asked her to identify the relatives and Stoney community members who appear in the photographs.
Information provided by Stoney Nakoda Elders during the Recognizing Relations project, an archives initiative undertaken in 2014 to identify Indigenous people in photographs held in the Whyte Museum Archives and Special Collections.
Item consists of John Hunter (Îhre Wapta) (Dry River Rocks) and George McLean (Tatâga Mânî) (Walking Buffalo) stood next to each other behind a fire pit with children around them.
Item consists of John Hunter (Îhre Wapta) (Dry River Rocks) and George McLean (Tatâga Mânî) (Walking Buffalo) stood next to each other behind a fire pit with children around them.
Information provided by Stoney Nakoda Elders during the Recognizing Relations project, an archives initiative undertaken in 2014 to identify Indigenous people in photographs held in the Whyte Museum Archives and Special Collections.
Stoney Nakoda Elders provided naming and other culturally relevant information during interviews held for Recognizing Relations, an archives initiative active from 2014-2023. The goal of this initiative was to name local Indigenous peoples in photographs held in the WMCR archives as well as encouraging access for Indigenous communities to these images.
Identification made through cross referencing with other sources
Content Details
John Hunter (Ihre Wapta)(Laughing Water- refers to the sound the North Wypress Creek makes)*
Stoney Nakoda Elders provided naming and other culturally relevant information during interviews held for Recognizing Relations, an archives initiative active from 2014-2023.
The goal of this initiative was to name local Indigenous peoples in photographs held in the WMCR archives as well as encouraging access for Indigenous communities to these images.
Content Details
John Hunter (Ihre Wapta)(Laughing Water- refers to the sound the North Wypress creek makes)*
Stoney Nakoda Elders provided naming and other culturally relevant information during interviews held for Recognizing Relations, an archives initiative active from 2014-2023.
The goal of this initiative was to name local Indigenous peoples in photographs held in the WMCR archives as well as encouraging access for Indigenous communities to these images.
Content Details
John Hunter (Ihre Wapta)(Laughing Water- refers to the sound the North Wypress creek makes)*
Stoney Nakoda Elders provided naming and other culturally relevant information during interviews held for Recognizing Relations, an archives initiative active from 2014-2023. The goal of this initiative was to name local Indigenous peoples in photographs held in the WMCR archives as well as encouraging access for Indigenous communities to these images.
Content Details
John Hunter (Ihre Wapta)(Laughing Water- refers to the sound the North Wypress Creek makes)*
Stoney Nakoda Elders provided naming and other culturally relevant information during interviews held for Recognizing Relations, an archives initiative active from 2014-2023.The goal of this initiative was to name local Indigenous peoples in photographs held in the WMCR archives as well as encouraging access for Indigenous communities to these images.
Content Details
John Hunter (Ihre Wapta) (Laughing Water- refers to the sound the North Wypress Creek makes)
Stoney Nakoda Elders provided naming and other culturally relevant information during interviews held for Recognizing Relations, an archives initiative active from 2014-2023.The goal of this initiative was to name local Indigenous peoples in photographs held in the WMCR archives as well as encouraging access for Indigenous communities to these images.
Identification made through cross referencing with other sources
Content Details
John Hunter (Ihre Wapta)(Laughing Water- refers to the sound the North Wypress Creek makes)*
Original identifications made by Byron Harmon, his staff and Harmon family
Stoney Nakoda Elders provided naming and other culturally relevant information during interviews held for Recognizing Relations, an archives initiative active from 2014-2023. The goal of this initiative was to name local Indigenous peoples in photographs held in the WMCR archives as well as encouraging access for Indigenous communities to these images.
Content Details
John Hunter (Ihre Wapta)(Laughing Water- refers to the sound the North Wypress Creek makes)
Original identifications made by Byron Harmon, his staff or Harmon family
Stoney Nakoda Elders provided naming and other culturally relevant information during interviews held for Recognizing Relations, an archives initiative active from 2014-2023. The goal of this initiative was to name local Indigenous peoples in photographs held in the WMCR archives as well as encouraging access for Indigenous communities to these images.
Content Details
John Hunter (Ihre Wapta)(Laughing Water- refers to the sound the North Wypress Creek makes)
Original identifications made by Byron Harmon, his staff or Harmon family
Stoney Nakoda Elders provided naming and other culturally relevant information during interviews held for Recognizing Relations, an archives initiative active from 2014-2023. The goal of this initiative was to name local Indigenous peoples in photographs held in the WMCR archives as well as encouraging access for Indigenous communities to these images.
Content Details
John Hunter (Ihre Wapta)(Laughing Water- refers to the sound the North Wypress Creek makes)
Original identifications made by Byron Harmon, his staff or Harmon family
Close physical investigation and systematic inquiry brings question to former identification.
Stoney Nakoda Elders provided naming and other culturally relevant information during interviews held for Recognizing Relations, an archives initiative active from 2014-2023.
The goal of this initiative was to name local Indigenous peoples in photographs held in the WMCR archives as well as encouraging access for Indigenous communities to these images.
Stoney Nakoda Elders provided naming and other culturally relevant information during interviews held for Recognizing Relations, an archives initiative active from 2014-2023.
The goal of this initiative was to name local Indigenous peoples in photographs held in the WMCR archives as well as encouraging access for Indigenous communities to these images.
Stoney Nakoda Elders provided naming and other culturally relevant information during interviews held for Recognizing Relations, an archives initiative active from 2014-2023.The goal of this initiative was to name local Indigenous peoples in photographs held in the WMCR archives as well as encouraging access for Indigenous communities to these images.
Identification made through cross referencing with other sources
Content Details
(Ihre Wapta)(Laughing Water- refers to the sound the North Wypress Creek makes)*
Identification made through cross referencing with other sources
Item consists of a photograph print of John Hunter (Îhre Wapta) (Dry River Rocks) in regalia on horseback with a long wooden pole topped with feathers held in his right hand, possibly taken during Banff Indian Days, year unknown.
Item consists of a photograph print of John Hunter (Îhre Wapta) (Dry River Rocks) in regalia on horseback with a long wooden pole topped with feathers held in his right hand, possibly taken during Banff Indian Days, year unknown.
This image was part of the Recognizing Relations project, an archives initiative undertaken from 2014-2023 to name Indigenous people in photographs held by the Whyte Museum Archives