Fine Day on horseback
Database ID | 28243 | |
Institution | Saskatoon Public Library Local History Room | |
Fonds/Collection | General Photographs Collection | |
File/Item Reference | PH-2001-60-1 | |
Date of creation | [ca. 1930] | |
Physical description/extent | one photograph; b&w; 19 cm x 24 cm | |
Number of images | 1 | |
Scope and content | A close up portrait of Fine Day on horseback. Fine Day was Poundmaker's Chief Warrior at the Battle of Cut Knife Hill during the Riel Rebellion of 1885. He is shown wearing an elaborate headpiece mounted with buffalo horns and trimmed with weasel skins. Fine Day died on January 8, 1942 at the age of 94. | |
Restrictions on access | There are no restrictions on access. | |
Contributer | unknown | |
Copyright holder | public domain | |
Other terms governing use and reproduction | If used researchers must credit Saskatoon Public Library, Local History Room. | |
Type | Archival | |
Primary Media | Photographs | |
Provenance Access Point | General Photographs Collection | |
Language of material | English | |
Place | Poundmaker Cree Nation, Saskatchewan, Canada | |
Treaty boundaries | Treaty 6 | |
Cultural region | Plains | |
Names | Fine Day (Chief) pihtikowa-nahapÄwiyin pihtikwÄn-ayapÄ«wÄ«yan Poundmaker, ca. 1842-1886 (Chief) | |
Subject | Chiefs People -- Portraits Northwest Resistance -- Biographies Warfare | |
Date Range(s) | 1930-1939 1920-1929 | |
Permanent Link | https://digital.scaa.sk.ca/ourlegacy/permalink/28243 |