"Indian Tea Dance, Battleford Sask."
Database ID | 25266 | |
Institution | University of Saskatchewan Libraries Special Collections | |
Fonds/Collection | Canadiana Pamphlets Collection | |
Series | LXX | |
File/Item Reference | LXX-138 (Postcard views of early Saskatchewan.) | |
Date of creation | [190-] | |
Physical description/extent | 1 postcard; b&w; 9cm x 6cm | |
Number of images | 1 | |
Scope and content | Image of a small circle of Aboriginal dancers, drummers and women in the foreground with a larger group of mixed race people observing in the background. One dancer carries a small Union Jack flag. Handwritten on the back of the back of the postcard it reads: "The Indians are paid treaty money twice a year, and they always hold dances at the treaty seasons. They are at the back of one of the stores having a feed." | |
Restrictions on access | There are no restrictions on access. | |
Contributer | Tuck | |
Copyright holder | 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 | Published | |
Primary Media | Photographs | |
Provenance Access Point | University of Saskatchewan Library. Canadiana Pamphlets Collection | |
Place | Battleford, Saskatchewan, Canada | |
Treaty boundaries | Treaty 6 | |
Cultural region | Plains | |
Names | Tuck | |
Subject | Ceremonies Community Life Indigenous Relations Lifestyle Treaty Women | |
Date Range(s) | 1900-1909 | |
Permanent Link | https://digital.scaa.sk.ca/ourlegacy/permalink/25266 |