Sioux Indians - Prince Albert

 
Database ID31934
InstitutionPrince Albert Historical Society
Fonds/CollectionPAHS Archives collection
SeriesSubject Files series
File/Item ReferenceSubject Files series-SF135b (Subject Files series)
Date of creationn.d., 1930s, 1972
Physical description/extent1 folder; 1 mm
Number of images1
Scope and contentThis file contains materials relating to Sioux Indians in Prince Albert, Canada and the United States. Included is a photocopy of a chapter of a book titled The First Sioux Nun: Sister Marie-Josephine Nebraska, S.G.M. 1859-1894; and a photocopy of a magazine article titled Faith Journeys of the Sioux by Pam Bauer. Also included is correspondence from 1972 between John L. Constantine, President, Prince Albert Historical Society and Archie Seivewright, Head, Historic Sites Committee, Saskatchewan History and Folklore Society pertaining to a proposed ski hill to be built in Little Red River Park, location of a Sioux encampment in the late 1870s. Also included is a letter from the Office of the Inspector of Indian Agencies, Prince Albert, to a Mr. Scott regarding dances held by Sioux Indians living on the Round Plains (Wahpeton No. 94A) First Nation near Prince Albert. Included in the letter is a memorandum relating to dances held by residents of Wahpeton First Nation, showing location, dates of dance and provisions consumed. Also included are two obituaries for Chief Flying Buffalo and Chief Toma from the Round Plain Reserve, and a typed manuscript of a report titled Sioux Indians in Canada by Ida M. C. Thompson.
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TypePublished
Primary MediaTextual documents
Specific document typesBooks
Articles
Correspondence
Provenance Access PointPAHS Archives
Other notesFirst page of Office of Inspector letter is cut off. No scans.
Treaty boundariesTreaty 6
International
Cultural regionPlains
Subarctic
International
NamesBauer, Pam
Constantine, John L.
Laird, David
Nebraska, Marie-Josephine (Sister)
Seivewright, Archie
SubjectChurches -- Roman Catholic
Culture -- Dance
Government policy
Shelter and temporary camps
Sioux - unspecified Dakota/Lakota/Nakota
Date Range(s)1930-1939
1970-1979
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