Joe Healy
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- Material Type
- Photograph
- Accession No.
- 19991041003-023
- Physical Description
- Black and white photograph
- Scope and Content
- Portrait of Joe Healy who was born in 1854 and died January 12th 1936. He was a First Nations child adopted by Captain Healy of the United States Army when his parents were killed by Pend d'Oreilles natives. Joe Healy was looked upon as one of the great leaders of the Blackfoot Confederacy and was…
- Material Type
- Photograph
- Physical Description
- Black and white photograph
- Physical Condition
- Excellent
- Scope and Content
- Portrait of Joe Healy who was born in 1854 and died January 12th 1936. He was a First Nations child adopted by Captain Healy of the United States Army when his parents were killed by Pend d'Oreilles natives. Joe Healy was looked upon as one of the great leaders of the Blackfoot Confederacy and was a trusted scout. In his later years he was a picturesque figure in the Lethbridge exhibition and Stampede. For more information on Joe Healy see book by Hugh Dempsey “The amazing Death of Calfshirt: Three Hundred years of Blackfoot History.
- Notes
- The portrait is part of 24 portraits of the Pemmican Club Old Timers on an oversized matt
- Access Restrictions
- Public Access
- Accession No.
- 19991041003-023
- Collection
- Archive
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