Stand Off, Alta. on Blood Reserve
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| Database ID | 27752 | |
| Institution | Saskatoon Public Library Local History Room | |
| Fonds/Collection | General Photographs Collection | |
| File/Item Reference | LH-2168 | |
| Date of creation | 1946-1952 | |
| Physical description/extent | 1 photograph; b&w | |
| Number of images | 1 | |
| Scope and content | A photograph taken at Stand Off, Alta. on Blood Reserve. Shows a ceremony in which Alexander of Tunis, Governor General, was inducted into Kainai Chieftanship. Part of a series of photographs, LH 2166-2169. In this photograph, Percy Creighton stands in centre holding "weasel tail robe", formerly owned by Red Crow, Blood war chief and signator to Treaty 7. Robe now in Alberta provincial Museum. John Cotton, kneeling at right, is medicine man performing initiation ceremony. | |
| Restrictions on access | There are no restrictions on access. | |
| Contributer | unknown | |
| Copyright holder | public domain | |
| Other terms governing use and reproduction | Credit Saskatoon Public Library - Local History Room. | |
| Type | Archival | |
| Primary Media | Photographs | |
| Provenance Access Point | General Photographs Collection | |
| Place | Stand Off, Alberta, Canada | |
| Treaty boundaries | Treaty 7 | |
| Cultural region | Plains | |
| Names | Cotton, John Creighton, Percy Red Crow | |
| Subject | Ceremonies Chiefs Government officials | |
| Date Range(s) | 1940-1949 1950-1959 | |
| Permanent Link | https://digital.scaa.sk.ca/ourlegacy/permalink/27752
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