Mrs. Alfred Lafond, elected chief of the Muskeg Lake Indian Reserve by defeating her brother, Harry Venne by a vote of 33 to 25 when practically every eligible voter cast a ballot is seen here with her children, Bobbie, Butch, Georgie and Carol Ann

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Mrs. Alfred Lafond, elected chief of the Muskeg Lake Indian Reserve by defeating her brother, Harry Venne by a vote of 33 to 25 when practically every eligible voter cast a ballot is seen here with her children, Bobbie, Butch, Georgie and Carol Ann

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Saskatchewan: Muskeg Lake Band

Mrs. Alfred Lafond, elected chief of the Muskeg Lake Indian Reserve by defeating her brother, Harry Venne by a vote of 33 to 25 when practically every eligible voter cast a ballot is seen here with her children, Bobbie, Butch, Georgie and Carol Ann
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Mrs. Alfred Lafond, elected chief of the Muskeg Lake Indian Reserve by defeating her brother, Harry Venne by a vote of 33 to 25 when practically every eligible voter cast a ballot is seen here with her children, Bobbie, Butch, Georgie and Carol Ann

Date:

9 July 1960

Reference:

R216, RG10, Box number: 3677

Item no. (creator):

3245

Type of material:

Photographs

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

5383346

Date(s):

9 July 1960

Place:

Muskeg Lake Reserve (Sask.):

Place of creation:

Saskatchewan

Extent:

1 photograph : b&w mounted on cardstock.

Language of material:

English

Scope and content:

Chief Alphonsine Lafond was the first elected female chief in Saskatchewan, first female First Nations appointed as justice of the peace and first female senator in the Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations, among many other firsts.

Additional name(s):

Depicted: Lafond, Alphonsine, chief, 1926-2000

Depicted: Lafond, Allan Myles

Depicted: Lafond, George Earl

Depicted: Lafond, Carol Ann

Depicted: Lafond, Robert Russel

Photographer: Saskatoon Star-Phoenix

Photographer: Webb, Alice

Subject heading:

Muskeg Lake Reserve (Sask.)

Source:

Government

Former archival reference no.:

RG10

Other accession no.:

1976-281 NPC
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Credit: Alice Webb / Saskatoon Star-Phoenix / Department of Citizenship and Immigration / Library and Archives Canada / Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development fonds / e011304753 ; Copyright: Expired ; Restrictions on use: Nil.

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