Fine Day on horseback

 
Database ID28243
InstitutionSaskatoon Public Library Local History Room
Fonds/CollectionGeneral Photographs Collection
File/Item ReferencePH-2001-60-1
Date of creation[ca. 1930]
Physical description/extentone photograph; b&w; 19 cm x 24 cm
Number of images1
Scope and contentA close up portrait of Fine Day on horseback. Fine Day was Poundmaker's Chief Warrior at the Battle of Cut Knife Hill during the Riel Rebellion of 1885. He is shown wearing an elaborate headpiece mounted with buffalo horns and trimmed with weasel skins. Fine Day died on January 8, 1942 at the age of 94.
Restrictions on accessThere are no restrictions on access.
Contributerunknown
Copyright holderpublic domain
Other terms governing use and reproductionIf used researchers must credit Saskatoon Public Library, Local History Room.
TypeArchival
Primary MediaPhotographs
Provenance Access PointGeneral Photographs Collection
Language of materialEnglish
PlacePoundmaker Cree Nation, Saskatchewan, Canada
Treaty boundariesTreaty 6
Cultural regionPlains
NamesFine Day (Chief)
pihtikowa-nahapēwiyin
pihtikwān-ayapīwīyan
Poundmaker, ca. 1842-1886 (Chief)
SubjectChiefs
People -- Portraits
Northwest Resistance -- Biographies
Warfare
Date Range(s)1930-1939
1920-1929
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