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Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg (Maniwaki Algonquin) [River Desert]

Catalog Data

Collection Creator:
Johnson, Frederick, 1904-1994  Search this
Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation  Search this
Extent:
24 Negatives (photographic)
Culture:
Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg (Maniwaki Algonquin) [River Desert]  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Negatives (photographic)
Date:
1928-1929
Scope and Contents:
The photographs in this subseries were taken by Frederick Johnson in the summers of 1928 and 1929 on the Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg First Nation reserve, also known as River Desert, near the town of Maniwaki in Quebec. The majority of the photographs are outdoor portraits of men, women and children posed on the reserve. There are also photographs of women weaving ash splint baskets, and tanning hides as well as a handful of scenic photographs of homes on the reserve. Many of the people photographed have been identified and are named in the descriptions.
N14814, N15035-N15057
Collection Restrictions:
Access to NMAI Archive Center collections is by appointment only, Monday - Friday, 9:30 am - 4:30 pm. Please contact the archives to make an appointment (phone: 301-238-1400, email: nmaiarchives@si.edu).
Collection Rights:
Permission to publish materials from the collection must be requested from National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center. Please submit a written request to nmaiphotos@si.edu. For personal or classroom use, users are invited users to download, print, photocopy, and distribute the images that are available online without prior written permission, provided that the files are not changed, the Smithsonian Institution copyright notice (where applicable) is included, and the source of the image is identified as the National Museum of the American Indian. Some images restricted: Cultural Sensitivity
Collection Citation:
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Frederick Johnson photograph collection, Photo Number; National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier:
NMAI.AC.001.038, Subseries 2.5
See more items in:
Frederick Johnson photograph collection
Frederick Johnson photograph collection / Series 2: Canada: Quebec and Ontario, Various Communities
Archival Repository:
National Museum of the American Indian
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sv456835e9c-15d3-4aa8-ba4c-c68c5c44bc14
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nmai-ac-001-038-ref554