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Teddy Yellow Fly fonds
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3 cm of textual records. -- 5 photographs
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Theodore Yellow Fly, 1898-1950, was born in High River, Alberta, the son of a Blackfoot mother and Chinese father. His mother moved back to her home on the Blackfoot (Siksika) reserve with Teddy and his sister, Rosy, when their father became ill. His father died, and the children were raised by, and took the name of, Yellow Fly. Teddy worked as an interpreter and office worker at the Indian Agency. He married in 1917, but his wife soon died giving birth to a son. He subsequently married Jane Many Guns, and they had two daughters and four sons. He attended Gleichen Agricultural College, then farmed on the reserve. In the 1930s he took charge of the Blackfoot coal mines. He also served on the Blackfoot band council until his death. He was a well-known spokesman for native peoples, through radio broadcasts and appearances before royal commissions. He drowned in Calgary in 1950.
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The fonds consists of a winter count, written by Yellow Fly (ca. 1927), which records important Blackfoot events from 1831 to 1877; his newspaper article about tipi designs (ca. 1935); a transcript of his CBC radio talk about the Blackfoot (1937); copies of his correspondence and a short speech (1940-1944); his articles about Chief Crowfoot and "The Red Man's Burdern (1940s); newspaper obituaries on his death (1950); and a biography written by George Gooderham (1956). Includes photographs of Yellow Fly during a visit to Los Angeles shortly before his death.
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Gift of George Gooderham, 1968-1970.
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The original winter count is restricted due to fragile condition. A photocopy, typescript, and online versions are available for research purposes.
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No finding aid, but the winter count has been digitized. http://www.glenbow.org/collections/search/findingaids/archhtm/extras/yellowfly/m-4423.pdf
Associated materials
For other photographs of Teddy Yellow Fly see NA-486-6, NA-3223-2 and PA-1220-9.
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Record No. M-4423;PA-3210<br><br>
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- Yellow Fly, Teddy (Subject)