Indigenous dancers performing at the Commonwealth Games in Edmonton.
Indigenous dancers performing at the Paul Kane dinner held at Fort Edmonton; the dancers are wearing traditional costume, and dinner guests are seated at tables set against the walls of the room.
Indigenous dancers performing at the Paul Kane dinner held at Fort Edmonton; the dancers are wearing traditional costume, and dinner guests are seated at tables set against the walls of the room.
Names: Hughes, George; Jordan, A., Archbishop
Two Indigenous women seated in front of cooking fires; they appear to be inside a fenced area with onlookers outside the fence watching their demonstration. A young Indigenous boy is also within the fence compound.
A cooking pot and fire preparation site set up as part of an Indigenous culture exhibit used in Eaton's Department Store's Klondike Days advertising.
A birch bark basket arranged as part of an Indigenous culture exhibit used in Eaton's Department Store's Klondike Days advertising.
A midden heap set up as part of an Indigenous culture exhibit used in Eaton's Department Store's Klondike Days advertising.
Note: midden heap - a mound or deposit containing shells, animal bones, or other refuse that indicates the site of a human settlement.
A buffalo skull set up as part of an Indigenous culture exhibit used in Eaton's Department Store's Klondike Days advertising.
A mounted buffalo head set up as part of an Indigenous culture exhibit used in Eaton's Department Store's Klondike Days advertising.
The fonds consists of a play written by Elizabeth Wilson named Raiders on the Wind. The work was commissioned by the Civic Centennial Committee of the City of Edmonton through the Junior Arts Council to mark the celebration of the Centennial of Canadian Confederation.
Wilson, Elizabeth