Item consists of Hector Crawler (Wachegiye) (Prayer Giver) and Mary Jean Crawler (pronounced Menee-chin by some Stoney Nakoda speakers) in regalia stood in front of tipi.
Item consists of Hector Crawler (Wachegiye) (Prayer Giver) and Mary Jean Crawler (pronounced Menee-chin by some Stoney Nakoda speakers) in regalia stood in front of tipi.
Identification made through cross referencing with other fonds and Morley Archives.
Information provided by Stoney Elders during the Recognizing Relations project, an archives initiative undertaken in 2014 to identify Stoney people in photographs held in the Whyte Museum Archives.
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.
[Woman and children]
[Updated description: Libby Benjamin, with Daughter Annie and baby. Stoney Nakoda]
Identification made by cross referencing with Whyte fonds.
[Woman and children]
[Updated description: Libby Benjamin, with Daughter Annie and baby. Stoney Nakoda]
Identification made by cross referencing with Whyte fonds.
Identification made by cross referencing with Whyte fonds.
Information provided by Stoney Elders during the Recognizing Relations project, an archives initiative undertaken in 2014 to identify Stoney people in photographs held in the Whyte Museum Archives.
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.
Item consists of group posed next to painted tipi, (L-R) Norman Luxton, unknown, Peter Wesley (Ta Otha) (Moose Hunter), George McLean (Tatâga Mânî) (Walking Buffalo), Hector Crawler (Wachegiye) (Prayer Giver) and unknown.
Item consists of group posed next to painted tipi, (L-R) Norman Luxton, unknown, Peter Wesley (Ta Otha) (Moose Hunter), George McLean (Tatâga Mânî) (Walking Buffalo), Hector Crawler (Wachegiye) (Prayer Giver) and unknown.
Left to right: Norman Luxton, unknown woman, Peter Wesley, George McLean (Tatâga Mânî) (Walking Buffalo), Hector Crawler and unknown man
Identification made by cross referencing with other fonds
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.
Stoney Nakoda Elders provided naming and other culturally relevant information during interviews held for Recognizing Relations, an archives initiative active from 2014-2023.The photographs in the Elliot Barnes fonds were taken between 1900-1910. In interviews with Stoney Elders, this era was found to be outside the scope of their rememberance. No new identifications or confirmations were made.
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.