Sioux chief Whitecap
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| Database ID | 28413 | |
| Institution | Saskatoon Public Library Local History Room | |
| Fonds/Collection | General Photographs Collection | |
| File/Item Reference | LH-4852 | |
| Date of creation | 1885 | |
| Physical description/extent | one photograph; b&w; 17 cm x 24 cm | |
| Number of images | 1 | |
| Scope and content | A head and torso portrait of Chief Whitecap of the Moose Woods reserve, now called the Whitecap Dakota First Nation. Photo taken in Regina in 1885 after the North West Resistance. Whitecap reportedly saved the people of Saskatoon from massacre at the time of the resistance. The Dakota people under his leadership fled the U.S. Cavalry for Canada in ca. 1862. | |
| Restrictions on access | There are no restrictions on access. | |
| Contributer | Buell, O. B. | |
| Copyright holder | public domain | |
| Other terms governing use and reproduction | Credit Public Archives of Canada. | |
| Type | Archival | |
| Primary Media | Photographs | |
| Provenance Access Point | General Photographs Collection | |
| Language of material | English | |
| Place | Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada | |
| Treaty boundaries | Treaty 4 Treaty 6 | |
| Cultural region | Plains | |
| Names | Wapahaska Whitecap | |
| Subject | Chiefs People -- Portraits Dakota (Sioux) | |
| Date Range(s) | 1880-1889 | |
| Permanent Link | https://digital.scaa.sk.ca/ourlegacy/permalink/28413
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