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Buffalo People: Portraits of a Vanishing Nation

"It was back during the 1920s, when I was living in Regina, that I began to realize how quickly the Indians were losing their cultural traditions and crafts...I began to develop an uncontrollable urge to paint western Canadian Indians in all walks of life, recording everything I could with brush and paint."
Mildred Valley Thornton, FRSA (1890-1967)

Prominent Canadian artist Mildred Valley Thornton had an abiding passion which she pursued with almost missionary fervour throughout her life - the preservation of Canada's native culture. For over fifty years she dedicated herself to that purpose through the medium of her paintings, writing and lecture. During her career she painted the portraits of many prominent and historical Native Canadians, as well as assembling a catalogue of anecdotes, folklore and legends. This publication, written in 1966 the year before her death and only now published, is a priceless collection of both Thornton's colourful portraits and the the fascinating story behind each one.

Artist:	Mildred Valley Thornton, FRSA (1890-1967)
Title:	Blackfoot Woman, c. 1945
Medium:	Oil on board
Size:	22" x 16"
Price:	Refer to gallery

Artist:	Mildred Valley Thornton, FRSA (1890-1967)
Title:	Blackfoot Male, c. 1940s
Medium:	Oil on board
Size:	22.5" x 16"
Price:	Refer to gallery

Artist:	Mildred Valley Thornton, FRSA (1890-1967)
Title:	Mrs. Low Horn, Blackfoot, 1941
Medium:	Oil on board
Size:	18" x 15"
Price:	Refer to gallery

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