Item pertains to 12 colour photographs of the July 1970 Banff Indian Days parade down Banff Avenue. Includes images of unidentified First Nations people on horseback and on floats all dressed in regalia, some dancing. Images also include RCMP officers in dress reds, crowds along the street, busines…
Item pertains to 12 colour photographs of the July 1970 Banff Indian Days parade down Banff Avenue. Includes images of unidentified First Nations people on horseback and on floats all dressed in regalia, some dancing. Images also include RCMP officers in dress reds, crowds along the street, business fronts, and an unidentified group of girls in uniform, possibly Girl Guides.
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Accompanied by report titled "1969 Archeological Survey of Banff National Park" by O. A. Christensen, Department of Archeology, University of Calgary. Copy in Archives library
Image of George McLean (Tatâga Mânî) (Walking Buffalo) dressed in regalia and standing beside a woman [Agnes?] sitting on horseback at the Banff Indian Grounds.
Image of George McLean (Tatâga Mânî) (Walking Buffalo) dressed in regalia and standing beside a woman [Agnes?] sitting on horseback at the Banff Indian Grounds.
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.