Indian Villages
and Pow-wows

Dolls

Dakota/Lakota Turn of the century Porcupine quills CMC V-E-345	Nakoda 1950s Morley, Alberta CMC V-C-224

During the residential school period, Aboriginal children were forced to cut their hair. For parades and special gatherings such as Indian Day celebrations, many people wore wigs made of human hair or horsehair.

Headband Nehiyaw, 1964 Made by the Jimmy family Thunderchild Reserve, Saskatchewan CMC V-A-434

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