Caughnawaga Indians.

Caughnawaga Indians.

Caughnawaga Indians.

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Introduction

The is a posed group photograph of men and women of the Kahnawake reserve in traditional dress. This photograph was taken between 1880 and 1890.

Nation of Maker: Hodenosaunee/Haudenosaunee
Nation of Origin

The people of Kahnawake are of the Hodenosaunee nation.

 

Place of Origin: Kahnawake
Date Made or Date Range: 188u/189u
Summary of Source(s) for this Relative

Drawn from the LAC record.

Materials

Black and white photograph

Motifs and Patterns

Photograph of a posed group of approximately twenty men and women in traditional dress. There are three men in the back row in European dress.

Dimensions: 0 × 0 × 0 mm
Reasons for connecting this relative with particular times, materials, styles and uses

LAC record

Current Location: Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: Mikan no. 3193497
Link to Institution's Collections Database: collectionscanada.gc.ca
Date of Acquisition by the Institution: 1972
Date Relative was First Removed or Collected from its Community Context: 1880s to 1892
Collection Narratives and Histories

This is a collection of photographs taken by Maureen E. Prior-Wandesforde, documenting a summer holiday in Canada in 1892.The photographs are accompanied by detailed journal entries recounting the daily activities, impressions and experiences.

GKS Reference Number: 91
Approximate Place of Origin

45.3896, -73.6776

Source of Information about Places

The Six Nations are of the Great Lakes region.

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