"Indian Tea Dance, Battleford Sask."

 
Database ID25266
InstitutionUniversity of Saskatchewan Libraries Special Collections
Fonds/CollectionCanadiana Pamphlets Collection
SeriesLXX
File/Item ReferenceLXX-138 (Postcard views of early Saskatchewan.)
Date of creation[190-]
Physical description/extent1 postcard; b&w; 9cm x 6cm
Number of images1
Scope and contentImage of a small circle of Aboriginal dancers, drummers and women in the foreground with a larger group of mixed race people observing in the background. One dancer carries a small Union Jack flag. Handwritten on the back of the back of the postcard it reads: "The Indians are paid treaty money twice a year, and they always hold dances at the treaty seasons. They are at the back of one of the stores having a feed."
Restrictions on accessThere are no restrictions on access.
ContributerTuck
Copyright holderPublic domain
Other terms governing use and reproductionResponsibility regarding questions of copyright that may arise in the use of any images is assumed by the researcher.
TypePublished
Primary MediaPhotographs
Provenance Access PointUniversity of Saskatchewan Library. Canadiana Pamphlets Collection
PlaceBattleford, Saskatchewan, Canada
Treaty boundariesTreaty 6
Cultural regionPlains
NamesTuck
SubjectCeremonies
Community Life
Indigenous Relations
Lifestyle
Treaty
Women
Date Range(s)1900-1909
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