Princess Morning Star (Miss Joan Rossetti)
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- Material Type
- Photograph
- Date Range
- 1945
- Description Level
- Item
- Accession No.
- 19841078002
- Physical Description
- 7 x 11.4 cm. Black and white photograph
- Scope and Content
- Miss Joan Rossetti poses in a headdress and necklace given to her by the Blood Indians after they bestowed upon her the title Princess Morning Star.
- Material Type
- Photograph
- Date Range
- 1945
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 7 x 11.4 cm. Black and white photograph
- Physical Condition
- Good
- History Biographical
- Dorothy Rossetti, Joan's mother, was the first white girl to be made an Indian Princess. The honour was bestowed upon her in 1935 at a colourful ceremony held at the Lethbridge Exhibition. She was given the name Princess Omoneysa. Dorothy Rossetti is the daughter of Fred Botsford (1880 -1958), a long time Lethbridge resident, and the first white man to be made a chief of the Blood Indian Tribe. The donor is the daughter of Fred and Beth Sandercock, friends of Fred Botsford. See P19841 see P19841078001-GM for gift certificate.
- Acquisition Source
- Sillito Carrie
- Scope and Content
- Miss Joan Rossetti poses in a headdress and necklace given to her by the Blood Indians after they bestowed upon her the title Princess Morning Star.
- Access Restrictions
- Public Access
- Accession No.
- 19841078002
- Collection
- Archive
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