"Santa Visits Indian Kiddies at North Battleford."

 
Database ID27254
InstitutionSaskatchewan Archives Board
Fonds/CollectionMorton, Jessie M
File/Item ReferenceA-792-2-pic9.17
Date of creation1953
Physical description/extent1 photograph; 24 cm X 18 cm
Number of images1
Scope and contentA photograph in a scrap book (A-792-2) that appears alongside the same photograph as it appeared in a North Battleford newspaper on 7 January 1954. Part of the caption reads: "Indian youngsters from several nearby reserves joining in an impromtu pow wow with Santa Claus. Edwin Awasis, second from left, is "sounding off" on his tom tom." Also in the picture are Douglas Awasis, Raymond Pete, Edgar Pete, Gordon Angus and Charlie Beattie plays Santa.
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TypeArchival
Primary MediaPhotographs
Provenance Access PointMorton, Jessie M
Language of materialEnglish
PlaceNorth Battleford, Saskatchewan, Canada
Treaty boundariesTreaty 6
Cultural regionPlains
NamesAngus, Gordon
Awasis, Douglas
Awasis, Edwin
Beattie, Charlie
Pete, Edgar
Pete, Raymond
SubjectHealth -- Hospitals
Religion -- Christianity
Children -- Portraits
Date Range(s)1950-1959
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