Waiser - Loyal Till Death: Indians and the Northwest Rebellion - Photographs - Joe McKay
Database ID | 32231 | |
Institution | University of Saskatchewan Archives | |
Fonds/Collection | Bill Waiser fonds | |
Series | MG192_SIII | |
File/Item Reference | MG192_SIII-B19-Photos-Joe (Box 19) | |
Date of creation | [188-?] | |
Physical description/extent | 1 photograph; b&w; 15 mm x 10 mm | |
Number of images | 1 | |
Historical note | Loyal Till Death: Indians and the North West Rebellion was co-authored with Professor Blair Stonechild, head of Indigenous Studies at the First Nations University of Canada. The book was praised for its sensitivity in telling the stories of Indians during this turbulent time. It won a 1997 Saskatchewan Book Award for First Peoples Publishing and was a finalist for the Governor Generals Literary Award for non-fiction.The Prince Albert Volunteers were organized by "Gentleman" Joe McKay, an Anglo-Metis scout of the North West Mounted Police. | |
Scope and content | Caption in Waiser/Stonechild book: 'Gentleman' Joe McKay, mixed-blood interpreter for the mounted police, fired the first shot in what would become known as the Duck Lake battle." | |
Copyright holder | Public domain | |
Copyright expiry date | Public domain | |
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 | Waiser, William Andrew, 1953 - . (historian) | |
Other numbers/identification | Labelled '23' on back of photograph. | |
Other notes | Photograph found on page 68, Loyal Till Death: Indians and the Northwest Rebellion. | |
Place | Duck Lake, Saskatchewan, Canada | |
Treaty boundaries | Treaty 6 | |
Cultural region | Plains Subarctic | |
Names | McKay, Joseph, 1856-1938 (Gentleman Joe) Waiser, William Andrew (Bill) | |
Subject | Northwest Resistance Metis Law Enforcement -- NWMP | |
Date Range(s) | 1880-1889 | |
Permanent Link | https://digital.scaa.sk.ca/ourlegacy/permalink/32231 |