File consists of close-up portraits of Indigenous individuals at Banff Indian Days, inlcudes some individuals on horseback and some wearing regalia, beaded regalia, headresses and headpieces.
Indian heads dull sky 1945-50
Indians on bridge 1945-50
Other Title Info
Parallel title is original title
Date Range
1945-1950
Physical Description
1 photograph : col. transparencies ; 35 mm
Scope & Content
File consists of close-up portraits of Indigenous individuals at Banff Indian Days, inlcudes some individuals on horseback and some wearing regalia, beaded regalia, headresses and headpieces.
*Image is part of the Recognizing Relations project, an archives initiative undertaken in 2014 to identify Stoney people in photographs held in the Whyte Museum Archives.
Fonds consists of 16 photograph prints depicting various First Nations people both in studio settings and in camp settings. Most prints are mounted on various kinds of cardboard or cardstock.
Eliza Hunter Wîchîyânâgish (Young Woman), probably born in the early 1900s, lived in Morley most of her life. She attended the Calgary Stampede and Banff Indian Days regularly, and was married to Judas Hunter (maiden name unknown).
Collection of 16 photograph prints donated by Eliza in 1970 to the Archives of the Canadian Rockies, annotations on the backs on some written by Catharine Robb Whyte.
Scope & Content
Fonds consists of 16 photograph prints depicting various First Nations people both in studio settings and in camp settings. Most prints are mounted on various kinds of cardboard or cardstock.
Item consists of a photograph print of Eliza Hunter (Wîchîyânâgish) (Young Woman) and Eleanor McMurty dressed in regalia in front of what appears to be a painted studio background screen.
Item consists of a photograph print of Eliza Hunter (Wîchîyânâgish) (Young Woman) and Eleanor McMurty dressed in regalia in front of what appears to be a painted studio background screen.
*Image was part of the Recognizing Relations project, an archives initiative undertaken in 2014 to identify Stoney people in photographs held in the Whyte Museum Archives. Title from annotation on the back of the print written by Catharine Robb Whyte.
Item consists of Eliza Hunter (Wîchîyânâgish) (Young Woman) (center), Peggy (Rider) Bearspaw in sunglasses, and other unknown individuals on horseback in regalia preparing for Banff Indian Days parade.
Item consists of Eliza Hunter (Wîchîyânâgish) (Young Woman) (center), Peggy (Rider) Bearspaw in sunglasses, and other unknown individuals on horseback in regalia preparing for Banff Indian Days parade.
Item consists of side profile of Eliza Hunter (Wîchîyânâgish) (Young Woman), Stoney Nakoda.
Notes
Note: It is believed that the handwritten information on the back of the contact sheets was written by former archival staff in the initial phases of processing the photographs of Peter and Catharine Whyte. There is no list of titles attached to the individual images. Any descriptive information or identification of people has been provided by research done through the Recognizing Relations project
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.
Item consists of a photograph print of Eliza Hunter (Wîchîyânâgish) (Young Woman) and Flora (Crawler) McLean (Mrs George McLean) on horseback taken during the Calgary Stampede, year unknown.
Item consists of a photograph print of Eliza Hunter (Wîchîyânâgish) (Young Woman) and Flora (Crawler) McLean (Mrs George McLean) on horseback taken during the Calgary Stampede, year unknown.
*Image was part of the Recognizing Relations project, an archives initiative undertaken in 2014 to identify Stoney people in photographs held in the Whyte Museum Archives. Title from annotation on the back of the print written by Catharine Robb Whyte.
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.
*Image was part of the Recognizing Relations project, an archives initiative undertaken in 2014 to identify Stoney people in photographs held in the Whyte Museum Archives. Title from annotation on the back of the print written by Catharine Robb Whyte.