"Moose Mountain Indians"
Postcard Views of Indigenous Peoples
This collection of images is drawn from the large and growing collection of early Western Canadian postcards developed by the Special Collections Department of the University of Saskatchewan Library. Most of the cards were produced in the first two decades of the 20th century. The collection includes posed studio portraits as well as depictions of camps, powwows, parades, totem poles and residential schools. The originals may be viewed in the Special Collections Department where photocopying and scanning services are available. The main titles reproduce the text used on the original cards. Records are searchable on the Special Collections Pamphlet catalogue.

Update 2020: Postcard Views of Indigenous Peoples, launched in 2001, is one of University Archives and Special Collections' earliest virtual exhibits, part of longstanding efforts to make our unique holdings available online. The original captions, assigned by the creators of these postcards, have been transcribed, as originally produced. Original captions may include inappropriate, racist or offensive language. Archives keep this information as evidence, to provide authentic historical context and to document language that was used by mainstream society in earlier time periods.

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Last modified: April 25, 2001
This site created by Darrel Mikulcik.
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