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[Camp portrait of Tsuut'ina women and baby. Two women are identified as Micakiu & Mucayiomoxin Otokeman]. Original title: Sarcee Squaws

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Date:

[between 1870-1910]

Reference:

Box number: 2212

Type of material:

Photographs

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Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

3368638

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Ernest Brown fonds

Birth of the West Album

[Portraits of Indigenous people]

[Camp portrait of Tsuut'ina women and baby. Two women are identified as Micakiu & Mucayiomoxin Otokeman]. Original title: Sarcee Squaws
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Record information – Details
Date(s):

[between 1870-1910]

Place:

Alta. (Vicinity),

Place of creation:

Alberta

Extent:

1 photograph : b&w print mounted in an album.

Language of material:

English
Additional name(s):

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Photographer: Mathers, Charles W., 1868-1950

Tsuut'ina Nation
Finding aid no.:

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MSS2695

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Described by the RECON project.
The term "squaw" is a derogatory term that is no longer used to describe First Nations women. The original caption of this photograph is a reflection of the contemporary attitudes that existed in society at the time of its creation.
There is a dog with a travois in the foreground of the photo. A travois is a type of sled used by First Nations (including Siksika, Piikani, Kainai, Dakota, Stoney Nakoda, Cree, Assiniboine and Tsuut'ina) throughout the Plains region of North America to transport large loads. Travois are a transportation device unique to this region, as they are perfectly suited for dragging large loads along flat, grassy landscapes. For this reason, they were also adopted for use by European and Métis fur traders in the area. The travois consists of two long poles that are hitched to each side of a dog or horse with a leather harness. The two poles are lashed together at the front end to form a triangle. The apex of the triangle shape rests on the dog or horse's shoulders, while the splayed ends drag over the ground. Buffalo skin is traditionally used to prevent discomfort to the animal pulling the travois. The load is fastened to the travois with a platform or netting that is stretched between the splayed ends of the two poles.

Source of title:

Title assigned by Library and Archives Canada.

Availability of other formats note:

Copy negative available: C-004997

Signatures and inscriptions note:

Original caption: "Sarcee Squaws. C.W. Mathers, Edmonton N.W.T., Can."

Source:

Private

Other accession no.:

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1947-009 NPC
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Graphic (photo)

[Consultation90 Open]
Nil

Box [BROWN, ERNEST 1947-009] 2212

[Consultation 90 Open]

02212 Page 63

[Consultation 90 Open]

Copy negative [1947-009 NPC] C-004997

[Consultation 90 Open]

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Credit: C.W. Mathers / Library and Archives Canada / Ernest Brown fonds / e011303100-066_s1
Restrictions on use: Nil
Copyright: Expired

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