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[Verna Kirkness and Rosalie Kirkness being a given a tour of the Royal Canadian Mint by a man]

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Item

Date:

April 1967

Reference:

R216, RG10, Volume number: 03680A

Type of material:

Photographs

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Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

5430253

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Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development fonds

Information Division

Unidentified negatives

[Verna Kirkness and Rosalie Kirkness being a given a tour of the Royal Canadian Mint by a man]
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Date(s):

April 1967

Place:

Royal Canadian Mint, Ottawa (Ont.)

Place of creation:

Ontario

Extent:

1 photograph : b&w negative ; 6 x 6 cm.

Language of material:

English

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Photograph depicting Verna Kirkness (left), Rosalie Kirkness (Middle) and an unidentified man at the Royal Canadian Mint in Ottawa. The man is showing Rosalie a bucket of coins. Rosalie and Verna are holding coins from a bag. The man is likely giving the pair a tour of the Mint. Rosalie Kirkness is a Cree woman from God's Lake First Nation. At the age of 13, she was invited by Dofasco Steel Mills to participate in the opening the Canadian Steel Pavilion at the 1967 Montreal Expo and tour a number of cities including Winnipeg, Montreal, Ottawa, Hamilton and Sault Ste. Marie. Verna Jane Kirkness is a Cree scholar and teacher from Fisher River Cree Nation.
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Depicted: Kirkness, Verna J., 1935-

Depicted: Kirkness, Rosalie
Finding aid no.:

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FA-292

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Source of title:

Title assigned by Library and Archives Canada.

Signatures and inscriptions note:

Sleeve inscription: "IA68-83" / Rosalie [Kirkness]"

Link to related resource:

For an article about Rosalie's tour, see The Indian News, August 1967, Vol. 10, No. 2, page 4. http://hdl.handle.net/10680/624

Source:

Government

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RG10

Other accession no.:

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1976-281 NPC
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Graphic (photo)

[Consultation90 Open]

Volume [INDIAN & NORTHERN AFFAIRS 1976-281]

[Consultation 90 Open]

03680A File number 165

[Consultation 90 Open]

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Credit: Unknown photographer / Library and Archives Canada / Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development fonds / e011217738 ; Copyright: Government of Canada ; Restrictions on use: Nill.

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