File consists of various documents including entry tickets, advertisements, event programs, newspaper articles and other documents pertaining to Banff Indian Days celebrations in Banff between 1910 and 1973 [some items not dated].
2 cm of textual records ; 22.5 x 30.5 cm or smaller
Scope & Content
File consists of various documents including entry tickets, advertisements, event programs, newspaper articles and other documents pertaining to Banff Indian Days celebrations in Banff between 1910 and 1973 [some items not dated].
Notes
File contains numerous duplicates. Additional duplicates of items with more than two copies have been moved to a separate box or potential de-accession.
Items have been arranged in file by date [if known].
Items 20, 23, and 39 contain the photo LUX / I / D3a / NA-12, identified in a copy of item 39 as "Tom Kakitts" [Tom Kaquitts].
Image of seven First Nations men standing in a row with tepees and Cascade Mountain in the background and writing across the top of the image - "Swampie chief Hector Crawler Old Jonas Twoyoungmen Bearspaw Peter Wesley Amos Big Stoney Karl Mark" written on the back in pencil by Catharine Whyte
Image of seven First Nations men standing in a row with tepees and Cascade Mountain in the background and writing across the top of the image - "Swampie chief Hector Crawler Old Jonas Twoyoungmen Bearspaw Peter Wesley Amos Big Stoney Karl Mark" written on the back in pencil by Catharine Whyte
File consists of one large poster-style Christmas greeting card created by Eleanor Luxton. Poster has 11 cropped photographs attached to front, depicting teepees, members of the Stoney Nakoda community (including Chief Peter Wesley), landscapes, wildlife, and related scenes.
File consists of one large poster-style Christmas greeting card created by Eleanor Luxton. Poster has 11 cropped photographs attached to front, depicting teepees, members of the Stoney Nakoda community (including Chief Peter Wesley), landscapes, wildlife, and related scenes.
Notes
Text on bottom of poster/card:
"Pictures always bring to mind,
Old days, old times, old friends
So these memories of bygone years go to you,
For a Happy Christmas and
A Joyous New Year, too.
ELEANOR G. LUXTON
Banff Park Canadian Rockies"
File consists of written works by Norman Luxton pertaining to: Chiefs Hector Crawler (Wachegiye) (Prayer Giver), Crowfoot and Peter Wesley (Ta Otha) (Moose Hunter); an account of a Sun Dance ceremony; and local Indigenous history.
File consists of written works by Norman Luxton pertaining to: Chiefs Hector Crawler (Wachegiye) (Prayer Giver), Crowfoot and Peter Wesley (Ta Otha) (Moose Hunter); an account of a Sun Dance ceremony; and local Indigenous history.
Notes
Most items in file are not dated; date range is provided by Processing Archivist based on content and formatting of materials
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.