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Repository	University of Saskatchewan Archives
Repository Link	http://www.usask.ca/archives/
Fonds/collection	Bill Waiser Fonds
File/item reference	B19-WaiserLoyal-P037
Physical location reference	Bill Waiser fonds, B19-Photos-NWMP
Location of originals	Saskatchewan Archives Board.
Copyright/terms of use	Responsibility regarding questions of copyright that may arise in the use of any images is assumed by the researcher.
Title	Hon. David Laird
Description (Scope and content)	Portrait of the Hon. David Laird. Caption from Waiser/Stonechild book: "Lieutenant Governor David Laird was responsible for some seventeen thousand treaty Indians living in a two-hundred-thousand-square-mile area in western Canada."
Date(s) of creation / publication	[ca. 1885]
Date range	1880-1889
War	Northwest Resistance
Names	Waiser, William Andrew (Bill) Laird, David
Theme	Veterans
Geographic Coverage	Canada
Canadian Subject Headings	Riel Rebellion, 1885
Primary media	Graphic material
Specific medium	Photographs
Physical extent	1 photograph
Dimensions	17 mm x 12 mm
Other physical details	B&W
Language of material	English
Historical Note	Loyal Till Death: Indians and the North West Rebellion was co-authored with Professor Blair Stonechild, head of Indigenous Studies at the First Nations University of Canada. The book was praised for its sensitivity in telling the stories of Indians during this turbulent time. It won a 1997 Saskatchewan Book Award for First Peoples Publishing and was a finalist for the Governor General's Literary Award for non-fiction. David Laird (1833-1914) was the first resident Lieutenant Governor of the North West Territories of Canada. He was the fifth Lieutenant Governor in charge of the territory. He was appointed Indian Commissioner of the North West Territories, Manitoba, and Keewatin he held that position until his death. After 1909 he also became an advisor for the Department of Indian Affairs.
Other notes	General note: Photograph found on page 33, Loyal Till Death: Indians and the Northwest Rebellion. Virtual exhibits: Part of Our Legacy, http://scaa.sk.ca/ourlegacy/permalink/32246
Date created	2011-07-27

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