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.
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.
*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.
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
Leah Rider Hunter and 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
Leah Rider Hunter and John Hunter (Ihre Wapta)(Laughing Water- refers to the sound the North Wypress Creek makes)
File consists of portraits depicting Stoney Nakoda families and individuals [some not identified] from the early and mid-1900s. Named individuals in photographs include members of the Hunter, Twoyoungmen, Crawler, McLean and Rollinmud families. Includes several early portraits by Byron Harmon [1906…
Some photographs produced by Byron Harmon; Items LUX/I/E6/PA-484 to 489 produced by Ernest Kehr; Item LUX/I/E6/PA-501 attributed to Nicholas Morant; Items LUX/I/E6/PA-522 and 523 produced by Buell Photography
Date Range
[ca.1884-1886]
1885
[ca.1890]
1902-1903
1906
[ca.1910-1920]
[ca.1930-1940]
1953
1958
Physical Description
58 photographs : b&w prints ; 21 x 25.5 cm or smaller
Scope & Content
File consists of portraits depicting Stoney Nakoda families and individuals [some not identified] from the early and mid-1900s. Named individuals in photographs include members of the Hunter, Twoyoungmen, Crawler, McLean and Rollinmud families. Includes several early portraits by Byron Harmon [1906]; 6 photograph prints on matboard depicting John Hunter and Job Stevens “staging a battle” [1903]; and two early photograph prints depicting Blackfoot Chief Crowfoot [1885] and Cree Chief Poundmaker. [ca.1884-1886].
Notes
Some names spelled incorrectly in original annotations on photographs, including name "Job Stephen[sic]" [Stevens]
File consists of 3 hand-tinted photographs [LUX/I/E6/PA-338 to 340] and 40 b&w photographs. Content pertains to an Indigenous [Sundance?] ceremony [ca.1940s]; an “Indian Nativity Play” performed in Victoria, British Columbia; and portraits and group photographs of various Stoney Nakoda and Blackfoo…
Photographs LUX/I/E6/PA-343 to 345 produced by Harry Pollard
Date Range
[ca.1900-1910]
[ca.1914-1920]
[ca.1930-1950]
Physical Description
43 photographs : b&w prints ; 19 x 24 cm or smaller
Scope & Content
File consists of 3 hand-tinted photographs [LUX/I/E6/PA-338 to 340] and 40 b&w photographs. Content pertains to an Indigenous [Sundance?] ceremony [ca.1940s]; an “Indian Nativity Play” performed in Victoria, British Columbia; and portraits and group photographs of various Stoney Nakoda and Blackfoot tribe members.
Notes
Most individuals depicted in photographs are not identified
Date ranges provided are estimates by Processing Archivist based on context and format of photographs in file
Enos Hunter’s name spelled incorrectly on back of one photograph [“Enod”] - spelling has been corrected in Name Access field but not on original photograph
***Disclosure for individuals who which to access materials in this file : photographs LUX/I/E6/PA-341 and 342 depict racially insensitive material - individuals wearing dark face makeup to resemble Indigenous people. The content of these items reflects the time period in which they were produced, and may be offensive to contemporary audiences.
File consists of portraits of various Stoney Nakoda people (including members of the Bearspaw, Hunter and Wildman families), as well as Joshua Wetsit of the Assiniboine Sioux First Nation in Montana. Some photographs are accompanied by handwritten notes with information pertaining to the photograph…
Photographs produced by Mitchell Studio (Baltimore, Maryland); Harry Pollard; Byron Harmon; Nicholas Morant; and Ernest Kehr. Some photographs not attributed
Date Range
[1905-1915]
1915
[1920-1940]
1929
1939
1950
1957
Physical Description
34 photographs : b&w prints ; 20 x 25 cm or smaller
Scope & Content
File consists of portraits of various Stoney Nakoda people (including members of the Bearspaw, Hunter and Wildman families), as well as Joshua Wetsit of the Assiniboine Sioux First Nation in Montana. Some photographs are accompanied by handwritten notes with information pertaining to the photographs.
File consists of 13 photograph prints and 26 commercial postcards [produced by Byron Harmon]. Prints pertain to the McDougall Church in Morley, a Sundance ceremony [n.d.], and an [Indigenous?] crafts store with a small teepee outside. Postcards depict various Stoney Nakoda people including Chief Si…
39 photographs : b&w prints and postcards ; 8.5 x 14 cm or smaller
Scope & Content
File consists of 13 photograph prints and 26 commercial postcards [produced by Byron Harmon]. Prints pertain to the McDougall Church in Morley, a Sundance ceremony [n.d.], and an [Indigenous?] crafts store with a small teepee outside. Postcards depict various Stoney Nakoda people including Chief Sitting Eagle [John Hunter], Leah Rider Hunter, Enos Hunter and Hector Crawler; some individuals in images not identified.
Notes
File contains duplicates of some postcards by Byron Harmon
Date ranges provided are estimates by Processing Archivist
File consists of photographs pertaining to a 1944 Tobacco Dance event at Beaver Lodge Camp near Gleichen, Alberta; a 1943 Sundance ceremony; an unidentified young Indigenous woman and Indigenous man [possibly Chief Sitting Bull?] standing by the Bow River; distant photographs of a moose in shallow …
File consists of photographs pertaining to a 1944 Tobacco Dance event at Beaver Lodge Camp near Gleichen, Alberta; a 1943 Sundance ceremony; an unidentified young Indigenous woman and Indigenous man [possibly Chief Sitting Bull?] standing by the Bow River; distant photographs of a moose in shallow water; teepees [context unknown]; aerial views of Morley[?] or Gleichen[?]; and various unidentified Indigenous people, standing and on horseback.
Notes
Photographs LUX/I/E6/PA-107 to 120 are annotated on back sides with additional information/context pertaining to specific images.