maybe edmonton

sundaysparadise:

“Put my city on my back!”

One of my facebook friends recently got the Edmonton skyline tattooed on his back. 
I didn’t know the image of downtown Edmonton was so appealing. 

“The Indian Association of Alberta held its first meeting at Wabamun on July 28, 1939, with delegates present from eleven reserves. The group grew out of the earlier League of Indians of Alberta. By 1945 IAA had locals on most Alberta reserves, and it developed into one of the most influential Indian groups in Canada. It sent delegations to the Joint Committee of the Senate and Commons on Indian Affairs in 1947 and 1960, and has been directly involved in obtaining revisions to the Indian Act, improved health and educational facilities, and other services for Alberta Indians.” [via Glenbow]

“James Gladstone, or Akay-na-muka, meaning “Many guns,” Canada’s first native senator (b at Mountain Hill, North-West Territories 21 May 1887; d at Fernie, BC 4 Sept 1971). Gladstone, a member of the BLOOD tribe, devoted most of his life to the betterment of Canadian Aboriginals. He was president of the Indian Association of Alta (IAA) and 3 times was a delegate to Ottawa to discuss proposed changes in the INDIAN ACT. He played a prominent part in the fight for better education, greater respect for treaty rights, and participation of Aboriginals in their own administration. On 1 February 1958 he was appointed to the Senate of Canada and in his maiden speech he spoke in Blackfoot “to place in the official debates a few words in the language of my people, the Blackfoot Indians, as a recognition of the first Canadians.” In the Senate, Gladstone spoke strongly on issues that affected Aboriginals.” [via]

Strathcona Tannery, on the corner of Whyte Avenue and 110 Street - roughly where the Safeway, Dandy Hair Salon and Mandarin Restaurant are now, Edmonton, AB, 1896.

A portrait of a young girl and her dog, Edmonton, Alberta, ca. 1920s.

The Harper-pocalyse gets worse - we’re trading libraries for prisons.

Go to this site to call on the Federal Government to Save Library and Archives Canada.

From CBC: “The federal government is eliminating a series of libraries and archives throughout different departments as part of the latest budget cuts. Library and Archives Canada alone has received or will still receive more than 400 affected notices and the department announced 20 per cent of its workforce would be let go.”

My favorite comment from the news item: “Of course the government will attempt to eliminate, and at the very least, curtail, libraries and archives. Without history or access to prior or even current knowledge, governments can create futures without any messy details. There can be no comparisons to the past, no references to people or things or instances that might encourage people to pause and think about the implications of a government plan.”

marilynrocks:

Marilyn Monroe and Robert Mitchemomna, Alberta, 1954.

Just outside Jasper, Alberta, April 30, 2012.

fuckyeahtravelinspirations:

Rossdale, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada