Image of Chief Jacob Johnstone (Kah-kee-ka- pow)

Database ID	27755
Institution	Saskatoon Public Library Local History Room
Fonds/Collection	General Photographs Collection
File/Item Reference	LH-2236
Date of creation	[19--?]
Physical description/extent	1 photograph; b&w; 8 cm X 14 cm
Number of images	1
Scope and content	Image of Chief Jacob Johnstone (Kah-kee-ka-pow), Cree, of the Mistawasis reserve, located approximately 20 miles west of Shellbrook, Saskatchewan. Chief Jacob is standing out of doors near a log fence, and is wearing treaty medals. Johnstone was the chief of the Mistawasis reserve from 1904 to 1915. He received a fractured jaw in a Cree-Blackfoot battle at Buffalo Lake that permanently disfigured his face. Inscription on back of original postcard reads, Chief Jacob- who had his lower jaw fractured by a bullet when he refused to join Riels' rising in the west. The Chief loved a game of cribbage.
Restrictions on access	There are no restrictions on access.
Contributer	unknown
Copyright holder	public domain
Other terms governing use and reproduction	Credit Saskatoon Public Library - Local History Room.
Type	Archival
Primary Media	Photographs
Provenance Access Point	General Photographs Collection
Place	Mistawasis First Nation, Saskatchewan, Canada Shellbrook, Saskatchewan, Canada
Treaty boundaries	Treaty 6
Cultural region	Plains
Names	Johnstone, Jacob Kah-kee-ka-pow Riel, Louis, 1844-1885
Subject	Chiefs People -- Portraits Northwest Resistance Postcards
Date Range(s)	1910-1919 1920-1929 1930-1939
Permanent Link	https://digital.scaa.sk.ca/ourlegacy/permalink/27755