| Frederick Dally A member of the T'Sou-ke Nation : 'Sooke Indian Woman, Vancouver Island' 1870 (ca) Albumen print 5.6 x 4.1 cm (image) The Royal Collection RCIN 2368838 LL/105226 Photograph of an Indigenous Canadian woman in a head and shoulders length portrait in left side profile. Her hair is worn long and she wears a blanket with a long, thin bone fastening.
The T'sou-ke Nation derived their name from the Northern Straits Salish word for a species of stickleback fish that live nearby. The town of Sooke in British Columbia on the south of Vancouver Island takes its name from these people.
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