First Nations era – Photos & Art Work

Artist Paul Kane's artistic views of Metis life and times.

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A breeder's photo of cattle raised at the residential school.

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Art Thompson's photographic study of the abandoned architecture of the district.

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McGill's biography of the artist who was most well known for his pastel portraits of those First Nation leaders who signed the western treaties.

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Paul Kane's memoir of his journey across the North American conitinent.

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Edmund Morris was best known for his pastel portraits of the First Nation leaders who signed the western treaties.

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A European perspectiver on the lives and culture of North American First Nations - 1834.

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A collection of photos including several taken during preparations for the 1922 Sun Dance Ceremony at Swan Lake First Nation in Southern Manitoba. Photos taken between 1922 and 1925. The photographer may have been teaching in the district at the time.

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Written by Ron Rivard and Catherine Littlejohn, this book tells the story of the Métis families who started out in the Red River district, then moved west to Rock Lake and eventually to Willow Bunch, Saskatchewan.

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