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.
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.
Fonds consists of George McLean papers and photographs. Textual records include personal and business correspondence and financial papers, etc., 1909-1955 (pre-dominant 1909-1927) pertaining to ranching and reserve matters; Indian Association of Alberta minutes and bulletins, 1944-1953; newsclippi…
18 cm of textual records. -- 92 photographs : prints
History / Biographical
George McLean (Tatâga Mânî), 1871-1967, also known as Walking Buffalo, was a Stoney Chief and Moral Rearmament representative at Morley, Alberta, Canada. McLean was educated at Morley and Red Deer, Alberta, Canada and Winnipeg, Manitoba. He received his English name when "adopted" by Rev. John MacLean, who supported his education. A successful rancher, McLean was Chief of the Bearspaw Band, Stoney First Nation, from 1920 until 1935. In 1958, he became deeply involved in the Moral Rearmament Movement and made public appearance tours in England, Europe, New Zealand and Africa.
Scope & Content
Fonds consists of George McLean papers and photographs. Textual records include personal and business correspondence and financial papers, etc., 1909-1955 (pre-dominant 1909-1927) pertaining to ranching and reserve matters; Indian Association of Alberta minutes and bulletins, 1944-1953; newsclippings, scrapbooks, etc., 1960-1967, mainly concerning Moral Rearmament movement; and miscellaneous material, n.d., 1955, 1960. Photographs, 1924-1966, pertain to George McLean, family and friends; events and activities; Stoney First Nation; and Moral Rearmament tours, 1959-1962.
File includes letters pertaining to issues of religion, education and quality of life on Indian reserves; business transactions for native goods; and ranching and trapping. Letters are from friends on various Indian reserves across Canada and Montana U.S.A.; businessmen, including Norman Luxton; a…
File includes letters pertaining to issues of religion, education and quality of life on Indian reserves; business transactions for native goods; and ranching and trapping. Letters are from friends on various Indian reserves across Canada and Montana U.S.A.; businessmen, including Norman Luxton; and Indian Affairs. File also includes receipts and work orders; published articles on veterinary medicine and farming equipment; and government acts and by-laws
Photographs pertain to George McLean (Tatâga Mânî) (Walking Buffalo), family, friends and activities, including McLean's involvement in the Moral Rearmament movement.
Photographs pertain to George McLean (Tatâga Mânî) (Walking Buffalo), family, friends and activities, including McLean's involvement in the Moral Rearmament movement.
Language
English
Title Source
Title based on contents of file
Content Details
LIST OF ITEMS (V422 / PA - 1 to 92):
1 Jonas Benjamin
2 Group of Indigenous people on horses
3 Indigenous Chief
4 John Englishman
5 Walking Buffalo with friends, possibly at Morley, Alberta
6 Dr. B. K. Sood, Sister Anne Istella, Nurse ?,Sister Cecilia, Chief Walking Buffalo. Mineral Springs Hospital, Banff, Sept.1966
7 Walking Buffalo with South American Indigenous peoples, South America, 1961 or 1962
8 Walking Buffalo with unidentified man
9 Moral Rearmament rally in Chile, 1961
10 Moral Rearmament books in Brazil, 1962
11 Parade with Chinese dragon
12 Eudocio Ravines speaks to Moral Rearmament rally 1961
13 Moral Rearmament photograph from Brazil, 1961
14 Moral Rearmament photograph from Bolivia, 1961
15 Moral Rearmament photograph from Chile, 1961
16 Funeral for Dr. Buchman, founder of Moral Rearmament, 1961
17 Indigenous people in court room with unidentified man
18 Moral Rearmament photograph from Chile, 1961
19 Moral Rearmament photograph from Peru, 1961
20 Motel Rearmament photograph from U.S.A., 1961
21 Reindeer in Parade
23 Moral Rearmament photograph from Peru, 1961
24 Moral Rearmament photograph from U.S.A., 1961
27-30 Moral Rearmament photograph from U.S.A., 1961. -- Most depict funeral of Dr. Buchman
31 Moral Rearmament photograph from U.S.A., 1961
32 Moral Rearmament photograph from Vancouver, B.C.
33 [Unidentified men]
34 Indigenous people from Ottawa / Michigan
35 Banff Indian Days
36 Frank Buchman being made a blood brother of the Stoney Indigenous
37 "To my dear "Indian" father, affectionately, his adopted pale face daughter Valda"
38 Montage of Walking Buffalo's visit to Harbour Springs Michigan, 1959
39 "To George, with Best Wishes, Raoul Walsh" : [Walking Buffalo with famous Hollywood film director
40 Moral Rearmament photograph from U.S.A., 1961 : [Walking Buffalo with Miss Muriel Smith]
41 Moral Rearmament photograph from U.S.A., 1961
42 Indigenous chiefs in airport
43 Indigenous chiefs at head table speaking to meeting
44 Moral Rearmament photograph from Brazil, 1962
45, 46 Moral Rearmament photograph from India, 1962
47 to 50 Moral Rearmament photograph from Trivandrum India, 1962
51, 52 Motel Rearmament photograph from Santiago, Chile, 1961
53 Moral Rearmament photograph from La Paz, Bolivia, 1961
54 Moral Rearmament photograph from Trivandrum, India, 1962
55 Moral Rearmament photograph from Essen, Germany 1961
56 Walking Buffalo speaking to group, probably for Moral Rearmament
57 Moral Rearmament photograph from Santiago, Chile, 1961
58 Moral Rearmament photograph from Bonn, West Germany, 1962
59 The Lord Mayor and the Lady Mayoress of Sheffield, England
60 Walking Buffalo being applauded by young people, probably in connection with Moral Rearmament
61 [Ship coming into dock] / N. A. Forsyth; [one-half of a stereo view]
62 [Buffalo] / N. A. Forsyth; [one-half of a stereo view]
63 [Unidentified Indigenous people]
64 [George McLean with unidentified group of people], Sept. 1960
65 [George McLean], June 1958
66 [Flora McLean, Bill McLean and George McLean].
67 Indigenous on horseback in full regalia in front of RCMP detachment, George McLean present], 1924
68 [Indigenous women]
69 [Bill Brewster with Indigenous people by teepee]
70 Stella R, John H[?], Patsy K : [group sitting in front of teepee]
71 [Indigenous girl with horses]
72 [John Hunter and his wife with moose carcass]
73 [Unidentified group of people]
74 [George McLean, Walking Buffalo], ca.1940
75 Western Canadian family / Byron Harmon : [John Hunter family in front of teepee]. / Byron Harmon [V263/NA-3117]
76 Unidentified group drinking - 2 sheep carcasses on ground)
77 [Making of Sundance Lodge] / F. Gully, Calgary. -- George McLean on left (with scarf around neck) behind rider & John Hunter on horseback at right.
78 [John Hunter (right) and George McLean (far left) in full costume]
79 [Indigenous chief in full regalia] / F. Gully, Calgary
80 [Indigenous in suit]
81 [George McLean and Flora McLean in Calgary Stampede Parade, ca.1945-ca.1950?]
82 [Highwood area, Opal Range]
83 [2 riders fording a stream]
84 [Group of Indigenous peoples with sticks in campfire]
85 [Unidentified Indigenous man in front of Dave White's Store]
86 [Flora McLean]
87 [Group of unidentified Indigenous people]
88 [Unidentified Indigenous person on horseback] / F. Gully, Calgary
89 [Bill and Mary McLean?]
90 [Agnes Kaquitts and Nancy Daniel (Stoney)] / Byron Harmon [V263/NA71-3195]
91 [Mrs. Mary Chiniquay (Stoney)] / Byron Harmon [V263/NA71-3199]
92 [John Simeon, Eli Rider, Eli Rider's mother, John Salter and Ben Kaquitts at Banff Indian Days] / Byron Harmon [V263/NA71-3199]
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.
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.