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A Photographic Memory

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Aboriginal Peoples

Gallery - Dignity and Pride

Photographs can and often have been used as tools of resistance. Historical photographs have provided contemporary Aboriginal artists with sources of inspiration; they have documented the ways in which Aboriginal peoples in Canada have coped with their surroundings; and they have celebrated the many accomplishments of Aboriginal people in Canada.

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Photograph of a thirteen-member Mohawk lacrosse team from Kahná:wake, 1869

Canadian lacrosse champions from the Mohawk Nation at Kahná:wake
Montréal, Quebec, 1869
Photographer: James Inglis
C-001959
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Photograph of Louis Riel taken after his election as Member of Parliament for Provencher, Manitoba, 1873

Louis Riel, carte-de-visite studio portrait taken after his election as
Member of Parliament for Provencher, Manitoba
Ottawa, Ontario, 1873
Photographer: Notman Studio
C-002048
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Photograph of poet Tekahionwake (Pauline E. Johnson) in traditional clothing, circa 1895

Portrait of poet Tekahionwake (Pauline E. Johnson)
Brantford, Ontario, ca. 1895
Photographer: Cochran
C-085125
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Photograph of Tom Longboat with several of his trophies, 1907

Tom Longboat, the Canadian runner, with his trophies
Toronto, Ontario, April 22, 1907
Photographer: Charles Aylett
C-014090
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Photograph, entitled ABENAKIS VILLAGE, of an Aboriginal woman standing near an enormous clump of trees beside a road, with a church in the background, Pierreville, Quebec, 1917

"Abenakis village"
Pierreville, Quebec, 1917
Photogapher: P.E. Gelinas
PA-030258
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Photograph of an elderly Aboriginal woman in traditional clothing, circa 1920s

Wife of Calf Bull
Calgary, Alberta, ca. 1920s
Photograph credited to David J. Martin
PA-195135
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Photograph of three Dogrib girls, Northwest Territories, 1937

Portrait of Dogrib girls
Northwest Territories, June 1937
Photographer: Charles A. Keefer
PA-073971
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Photograph of two aboriginal men, Morris and Tommy Prince, in military uniform, London, England, 1945

Sergeant Tommy Prince (right), 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion,
with his brother, Private Morris Prince at an investiture at Buckingham Palace
London, England, February 12, 1945
Photographer: Christopher J. Woods
PA-142289
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