Gentleman Joe McKay
Database ID | 28872 | |
Institution | Prince Albert Historical Society | |
Fonds/Collection | PAHS Archives collection | |
File/Item Reference | J 76 Gentleman Joe McKay (PAHS Network) | |
Date of creation | n.d. | |
Physical description/extent | 1 photograph; unknown | |
Number of images | 1 | |
Scope and content | A photographic portrait of "Gentleman" Joe McKay of Prince Albert. McKay was a Metis North West Mounted Police Scout, and held by some to have fired the first shots in the Northwest Uprising of 1885 at Duck Lake. This is a studio portrait with McKay posed in costume. | |
Restrictions on access | None. | |
Copyright expiry date | Unknown | |
Other terms governing use and reproduction | Responsibility regarding questions of copyright that may arise in the use of any images is assumed by the researcher. | |
Type | Archival | |
Primary Media | Photographs | |
Provenance Access Point | PAHS Archives | |
Place | Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, Canada Duck Lake, Saskatchewan, Canada | |
Treaty boundaries | Treaty 6 No treaty Canada -- National | |
Cultural region | Plains Subarctic Canada -- National | |
Names | McKay Family McKay, Joseph, 1856-1938 (Gentleman Joe) | |
Subject | Royal Canadian Mounted Police Community Histories Indigenous Relations Indigenous Peoples General Northwest Resistance Metis -- History Metis -- Communities People -- Portraits Northwest Resistance -- Biographies Metis Metis - Scouts | |
Date Range(s) | 1890-1899 1880-1889 1870-1879 | |
Permanent Link | https://digital.scaa.sk.ca/ourlegacy/permalink/28872 |