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Indigenous Children at Tom Sheehans, 1933 (South Peace Regional Archives)

Indigenous People on Horseback  circa 1930 (South Peace Regional Archives)

Indigenous Pack Train, circa 1942 (South Peace Regional Archives)

George Nicol and Charlie with Indigenous Girl, 1913 (South Peace Regional Archives)

Three Indigenous Boys, 1949 (South Peace Regional Archives)

Wives and Families of Indigenous Threshing Crew, 1933 (South Peace Regional Archives)

Two Indigenous Women and Mr. George, 1949.  Image shows two Papago Indigenous women standing near Mr. George, (South Peace Regional Archives)

Three Indigenous Women and Mr. George, 1949.  Image shows three Papago Indigenous women and a small child standing near Mr. George. (South Peace Regional Archives)

Note: Papago/Tohono Oʼodham are not an Albertan group, but these photos were archived in Alberta and thus included in this list. Indigenous Man with Dogs, 1942-1943.  Image shows an Indigenous man standing outside in the snow with two dogs. The caption on the back of the photograph says “Eskimo + his dogs.” (South Peace Regional Archives)

These are just a handful of the photos available on Alberta On Record. Most photos that are preserved in archives come from European settlers, who often did not record the names of the people photographed. Some photos include the name of the group the individual belonged to or the persons occupation. 

Lahore Armour from the Sikh Empire dated about 18th-19th Century on display at the Royal Armouries in Leeds

This armour is typical of those used in Northern India in the late 18th and early 19th Centuries. The mail shirt is of butted mail formed of iron and brass links in a geometrical pattern. The quilted lining of a the mail shirt, covered in green silk, is a rare survival on this armour. The helmet has a matching lining, covering the inside of the whale aventail. The cuirass of four plates (chahar a’ineh) is decorated in gold overlay (koftgari) and lined inside with red silk over cotton padding. The matching arm defences, called dastana, have padded hand defences embroidered with gold thread.

The helmet retains its original plumes made of heron feathers. Helmets amongst Sikh soldiers were rare prior to the early 19th century.

One of the three oldest accounts of Sikh armour like this comes from the Sri Gur Panth Prakash written by Rattan Singh Bhangoo in the 19th century. Chronicling a battle with the Afghan Ahmed Shah Durrani, who invaded the Punjab, he describes s Sikh soldier, Sukha Singh, arming himself to fight a Pathan:

Remarked Sukha Singh, “Blessed are you, my dear boy, Now see how I deal with that audacious Pathan?” With these words Sukha Singh sent for his steel armour, And covered his head and hands with steel helmet and gloves.

Prior to the late 18th century it is thought that helmets amongst Sikh soldiers was rare as most wore Turbans. Rattan Singh describes the martyring of  Gurbakhsh Singh and his 30 Sikhs at Amritsar in 1764 and emphasises their lack of armour compared to the Pathans they were fighting:

On the other side had Gilja Pathans made elaborate preparations, As they had heard about concentration of Singhs in large numbers. Gilja Pathans had covered themselves with steel helmets and armours, But Singhs had hardly any armours to protect themselves.

But the capitol hill attack by american white supremacists was a threat to show off their willingness to not comply to a more tolerant world. The police helped them. Going out of their way ready to kill so they do not loose their 'freedom'

The angry farmers you are watching have been peacefully protesting for about a month. They feed india, their anger with the govt is right and comes from a place of betrayal.

The racists at capitol hill were angry that they will be now held accountable for their doing. Our farmers are fighting for their kids and family, those fuckers at capitol were threatening the country because they cannot be white supremacist freely anymore

Tumblr and all of social media is wildly americanized, read what is happening, do not fucking dare to call the farmer protests 'india's capitol hill moment'.

NOTE: i am not saying who is right or wrong. Both sides are at fault here. It is not as black and white. I support the farmers, the situation is very tense rn and i do not have all of the imp info as modi govt cut off the fucking internet in the protesting areas. Fucking classic move. I do not know whether the farmers are fully right or wrong. Yes they didnt follow routes, but it was not a task to be done, this rally. We need to understand their anger, govt incomplaiance and stupidity. Its a shame it had to happen this way, but everyone knows no body would care if they had not rallied on this day.

PLEASE RESPECTFULLY CORRECT ME IF I AM WRONG HERE. I DO NOT KNOW ALL THE INFORMATION ATM

Over 150 farmers have died in the encampment. One of the protestors was shot and killed. Protestors have been lathicharged and tear gassed. The farmers also caught 13 people with government ID cards destroying buses.

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