Band plays for the participants at the Indian suffrage ceremony at Kitzsegukla Community Hall
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- 20 May 1949
P. Richards, Premier Byron Johnson and Chief Harold Sinclair to the right.
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Band plays for the participants at the Indian suffrage ceremony at Kitzsegukla Community Hall
P. Richards, Premier Byron Johnson and Chief Harold Sinclair to the right.
Ferguson, Mrs. Alexander H. Victoria
The file consists of photocopies of Department of Education forms re attendance of pupils, ca. 1913-1914. The forms are signed Dorothy Bryant and include one filled out for Sumas. There is a also circular letter from Women's Suffrage Referendum Association and a circular from the Dept. of Education regarding prohibition, both dated 1916.
Kitzsegukla Village - general view at time of ceremony
Showing decorations, band playing and arrival of guests in cars.
Indian band; Premier Johnson foreground.
Reception at Government House following opening ceremonies of BC Legislature. Chief Scow, president of the Native Brotherhood of BC, and Chief Assu, president of the North American Brotherhood of Indians, had presented petition thanking legislature for being the first in Canada to grant Indians the right to vote.
From left to right: Lieutenant-Governor Charles Arthur Banks, Chief William Scow, Mrs. (Jane Charlotte) Banks, Chief Frank Assu.
Participants at the Indian suffrage ceremony at the Kitzsegukla Community Hall
Community Hall with draped flag, band and participants at left. Decorations and Welcome sign at right.
Participants at the Indian suffrage ceremony at the Kitzsegukla Community Hall
Gathered at entrance to Community Hall. Band playing on left. Chief Peter Cooksen with back to camera. See A-09546 (HP025378) for names.
Participants at the Indian suffrage ceremony at the Kitzsegukla Community Hall
Group photo on steps of Community Hall after ceremony. From l to r: Constance Cox (interpreter); Maisie Armytage-Moore (later Maisie Hurley); Chief Harold Sinclair; Percy Richards (E.A. to Premier); E.T. Kenney (MLA, Skeena and Minister of Lands and Forests); Mrs. Byron Johnson (Kate); Chief Peter Cooksen; Premier Byron Johnson; B. Johnson, Jr.; Chief Arthur McDames; Olaf Hanson (former Skeena MP); Jeffrey Johnson, Smithers; George Martin, Hazelton; Joe Wesley, Kitzsegukla; Fred Johnson, Kitwanga.
Participants at the Indian suffrage ceremony at the Kitzsegukla Community Hall
Chief Peter Cooksen wearing headdress. See A-09546 (HP025378) for other names (Maisie Armytage-Moore absent from this group photo).
The British Columbia woman suffrage movement, 1890-1917 / Linda Louise Hale
The item is a microfiche copy of a thesis by Linda Louise Hale titled "The British Columbia woman suffrage movement, 1890-1917." x, 156 p. Thesis (M.A.), University of British Columbia, 1977. Vita. Bibliography: pages 128-144. Canadian theses, 34829.