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A portrait of the cook on a steamwheeler, posing with fresh fish (though not trout as the caption indicates). This slide is shown in full, showing the black paper used to frame the image and the red and white indexing stickers.

The first typewritten page of Miriam Green Ellis' account of the last Cree First Nation Sun Dance at Hobbema of the early 20th century.

A man from the Cree First Nation poses in full Sun Dance regalia at Hobbema. The geometric pattern on his vest, arms and belt is composed entirely of intricate, highly skilled beadwork.

A number of Cree gather on horseback, all wearing brimmed hats, at Hobbema during the Sun Dance.

The Cree First Nation begins gathering for the Hobbema Sun Dance.

A wide view of the Cree First Nation's tepees at Hobbema, arranged around a central space.

Tepees belonging to the Cree First Nation, erected at Hobbema for the last Sun Dance of the early 20th Century. Women, children and horses go about their business within the camp.

Cree women gather, awaiting the commencement of the last Hobbema Sun Dance of the early 20th century.

An image of Miriam Green Ellis with Henry House and painter Henry George Glyde, taken at the Athabasca Glacier, Columbia Icefield in the Alberta Rockies. This image resides in the Glenbow Museum's collection, in Calgary, Alberta.

A close view of the shipping tag attached to one of the storage boxes in the Miriam Green Ellis collection. It indicates that this box was sent by the estate of Miriam Green Ellis via rail to Dr. Walter Johns, President of the University Alberta, and…