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Metis leader Duke Redbird, 39: 'I realized one day that I needed academic credibility' Red power's Duke is an MA
Metis leader Duke Redbird, 39: 'I realized one day that I needed academic credibility' Red power's Duke is an MA

Metis leader Duke Redbird, 39: 'I realized one day that I needed academic credibility' Red power's Duke is an MA

Date6/14/1978
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Original Toronto Star caption: Metis leader Duke Redbird, 39: 'I realized one day that I needed academic credibility' Red power's Duke is an MA
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Photographs
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    ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
    CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
    Usage Rights Copyright (Learn More)
    Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
    Object NumberTSPA_0075640F
    Duke Redbird: His people once were the elite of prairie society, he writes in We Are Metis
    Duke Redbird: His people once were the elite of prairie society, he writes in We Are Metis
    Redbird, Duke, 1939-
    8/12/1980
    Poet and actor Duke Redbird (right) last night played host and read one of his poems at an evening of New Native Cinema in the St. Lawrence Centre Tow(...)
    Poet and actor Duke Redbird (right) last night played host and read one of his poems at an evening of New Native Cinema in the St. Lawrence Centre Tow(...)
    Innell, Reg, 1926-2018
    5/14/1974
    Métis Making Wheel for Red River Cart, Manitoba
    Métis Making Wheel for Red River Cart, Manitoba
    Hind, William G. R., 1833-1889
    1870 circa
    Handhewn school - Community leader and school board chairman Don Patience, 47, a Metis, stands in front of the school Collins built with craftsmanship admired in Ontario
    Handhewn school - Community leader and school board chairman Don Patience, 47, a Metis, stands in front of the school Collins built with craftsmanship admired in Ontario
    Kenna, Kathleen
    8/3/1987
    Bernard Turgeon has come to identify himself completely with the Metis leader Louis Riel, whom he'll be portraying in a fall telecast of the opera by Canadian composer Harry Somers
    Bernard Turgeon has come to identify himself completely with the Metis leader Louis Riel, whom he'll be portraying in a fall telecast of the opera by Canadian composer Harry Somers
    Geo, Mario
    6/21/1969
    Jim Sinclair, a field worker for the Saskatchewan Metis Society, stands in front of a Metis shack in Meadow Lake, where there is no running water and (...)
    Jim Sinclair, a field worker for the Saskatchewan Metis Society, stands in front of a Metis shack in Meadow Lake, where there is no running water and (...)
    Griffin, Doug
    2/24/1970
    Hell will break loose if Canada's Metis are not given the same status as full-blood Indians, Joe Blyne, vice-president of the Alberta Metis Association, warns
    Hell will break loose if Canada's Metis are not given the same status as full-blood Indians, Joe Blyne, vice-president of the Alberta Metis Association, warns
    Blyne, Joe
    6/11/1975
    Duke Redbird
    Duke Redbird
    Redbird, Duke, 1939-
    8/12/1980
    Native fare: Tecumseh Pavilion princess Nahanni Bell and Duke Redbird show off some of the bannock breads that will be served at Caravan '87
    Native fare: Tecumseh Pavilion princess Nahanni Bell and Duke Redbird show off some of the bannock breads that will be served at Caravan '87
    Eglinton, Rick
    6/5/1987
    Peace offering: Rev. Jacques Johnson, wearing a robe of bearded deerskin as he celebrates Mass, gives communion to one of the members of his Cree and Metis congregation
    Peace offering: Rev. Jacques Johnson, wearing a robe of bearded deerskin as he celebrates Mass, gives communion to one of the members of his Cree and Metis congregation
    Slaughter, Mike
    12/20/1984
    A Saskatchewan Metis stands beside his one-room log cabin
    A Saskatchewan Metis stands beside his one-room log cabin
    Griffin, Doug
    2/20/1970
    Just a crust of bread covered with lard, and small glass of condensed milk-but it was breakfast yesterday for Victoria Murray, a 2-year-old Metis girl(...)
    Just a crust of bread covered with lard, and small glass of condensed milk-but it was breakfast yesterday for Victoria Murray, a 2-year-old Metis girl(...)
    Griffin, Doug
    2/20/1970