Gentleman Joe McKay
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| Database ID | 28872 | |
| Institution | Prince Albert Historical Society | |
| Fonds/Collection | PAHS Archives collection | |
| File/Item Reference | J 76 Gentleman Joe McKay (PAHS Network) | |
| Date of creation | n.d. | |
| Physical description/extent | 1 photograph; unknown | |
| Number of images | 1 | |
| Scope and content | A photographic portrait of "Gentleman" Joe McKay of Prince Albert. McKay was a Metis North West Mounted Police Scout, and held by some to have fired the first shots in the Northwest Uprising of 1885 at Duck Lake. This is a studio portrait with McKay posed in costume. | |
| Restrictions on access | None. | |
| Copyright expiry date | Unknown | |
| Other terms governing use and reproduction | Responsibility regarding questions of copyright that may arise in the use of any images is assumed by the researcher. | |
| Type | Archival | |
| Primary Media | Photographs | |
| Provenance Access Point | PAHS Archives | |
| Place | Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, Canada Duck Lake, Saskatchewan, Canada | |
| Treaty boundaries | Treaty 6 No treaty Canada -- National | |
| Cultural region | Plains Subarctic Canada -- National | |
| Names | McKay Family McKay, Joseph, 1856-1938 (Gentleman Joe) | |
| Subject | Royal Canadian Mounted Police Community Histories Indigenous Relations Indigenous Peoples General Northwest Resistance Metis -- History Metis -- Communities People -- Portraits Northwest Resistance -- Biographies Metis Metis - Scouts | |
| Date Range(s) | 1890-1899 1880-1889 1870-1879 | |
| Permanent Link | https://digital.scaa.sk.ca/ourlegacy/permalink/28872
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