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Photostory #165: Pow Wow at Banff: Indian Pageant in the Rockies

Photographer(s)
Lund, Chris
Locations
Canada
Rocky Mountains
Date
July 8, 1958
Subjects
Aboriginal Peoples
First Nations
Festivals and celebrations
Arts
Dance

Photostory #31: Huron Indian Village: Historic Past Recaptured

Photographer(s)
Taylor, Herb
Locations
Canada
Ontario
Simcoe Co.
Date
October 25, 1955
Subjects
Aboriginal Peoples
First Nations
Historical sites
Tourist attraction

Photostory #114: At St-Regis Reserve: 14,440 Sticks to Play Baggataway

Photographer(s)
Lunney, Gar; Ryan, Jim
Locations
Canada
Ontario
Cornwall
Date
July 16, 1957
Subjects
Aboriginal Peoples
First Nations
Sports, recreation and hobbies
Commercial activity
Manufacturing

Photostory #45: Abitibi Beaver Pays Dividends

Photographer(s)
Hunter, George; Lunney, Gar
Locations
Canada
Quebec (Northern)
Date
February 21, 1956
Subjects
Aboriginal Peoples
First Nations
Wildlife and game
Commercial activity
Natural resources
Animals
Fur
Environment and ecology

Photostory #35: Canada's Northern Citizens

Photographer(s)
Hunter, George; Glunz, Bud; Doucette, Wilfred; Roy, Jean; Wilkinson, Doug
Locations
Canada
Quebec
Sugluk [Salluit]
Quebec
Sugluk [Salluit]
Date
November 29, 1955
Subjects
Aboriginal Peoples
Inuit

Photostory #257: New Town in Land of Tomorrow: "Place of Man" on Rim of Arctic

Photographer(s)
Lunney, Gar
Locations
Canada
Northwest Territories
Inuvik
Date
April 19, 1960
Subjects
Aboriginal Peoples
Inuit
Aboriginal Peoples
First Nations
Commercial activity
Manufacturing
Construction
Education
High school
Religion

Photostory #148: Canada's Northern Citizens Produce Unique Art: Lively Forms from Lifeless Stone

Photographer(s)
Doucette, Wilfred; Lunney, Gar; Lund, Chris
Locations
Canada
Northwest Territories [Nunavut]
Cape Dorset [Kingnait]
Cape Dorset [Kingnait]
Date
March 11, 1958
Subjects
Aboriginal Peoples
Inuit
Arts
Craft
Carving
Arts
Visual

Photostory #236L: Eskimo Carvers at Stratford

Photographer(s)
Smith, S.
Locations
Canada
Ontario
Stratford
Ontario
Stratford
Date
November 17, 1959
Subjects
Aboriginal Peoples
Inuit
Arts
Craft
Carving
Festivals and celebrations
Arts
Dramatic

Photostory #279: Eskimo Artists at Cape Dorset: When the Wind Blows They Make Prints

Photographer(s)
Gilliat, Rosemary; N.A.N.R.
Locations
Canada
Northwest Territories [Nunavut]
Cape Dorset [Kingnait]
Date
February 21, 1961
Subjects
Aboriginal Peoples
Inuit
Arts
Visual
Arts
Craft
Carving

Photostory #308: New Canadian Committee Advises Arctic Craftsmen: Eskimo Art Approved by Experts

Photographer(s)
Lund, Chris; Grant, Ted; unattributed; Korda, B.; Wilkinson, Doug; Lunney, Gar
Locations
Canada
Northwest Territories [Nunavut]
Cape Dorset [Kingnait]
Date
April 3, 1962
Subjects
Aboriginal Peoples
Inuit
Arts
Visual
Gender
Women
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