Aboriginal women as subservient to a dominant male figure?

 

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PRIDE & DIGNITY -an exhibition of over 60 photographic reproductions (c.1846 - c.1960) taken from the original exhibition Aboriginal Portraits from the National Archives of Canada.

Stereotypes and Culture Clash

 

 

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Figure 10 - A studio portrait of a Dakota (Sioux) woman, Manitoba, 1909

"one of the areas of concern that emerged was the representation of Aboriginal women. In general, photographers have shown Aboriginal women as subservient to a dominant male figure. The caption usually identifies the man and leaves the woman nameless.