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John Diefenbaker in a native headdress

John Diefenbaker and two unidentified men standing at a microphone. Diefenbaker had been named honorary "Chief Eagle"; at Duck Lake during a convention of the Union of Saskatchewan Indians.

John Diefenbaker in Indigenous head dress at St. Michael's Residential School in Duck Lake

John G. Diefenbaker in head dress with a group of children of the Beardy's and Okemasis' Cree Nation at St. Michael's Residential School in Duck Lake. Diefenbaker had been named honorary "Chief Eagle" during a convention of the Union of Saskatchewan Indians in Duck Lake (August 1953); the visit to the school likely occurred during the same trip.

John Diefenbaker in Indigenous head dress at St. Michael's Residential School in Duck Lake

John G. Diefenbaker in head dress with a group of children of the Beardy's and Okemasis' Cree Nation at St. Michael's Residential School in Duck Lake. Diefenbaker had been named honorary "Chief Eagle" during a convention of the Union of Saskatchewan Indians in Duck Lake (August 1953); the visit to the school likely occurred during the same trip.

John Diefenbaker holding a plaque in Prime Minister's Office

John Diefenbaker holding Sir John A Macdonald plaque, standing by sideboard with Macdonald statue in East Block office. Ellen Fairclough watching on as unidentified man films plaque.

Note on the date: Date has been estimated based on a passage from Ellen Fairclough's memoir "Saturday's Child", pg 163, where she says she presented Diefenbaker with a table reputed to have been used by Sir John A. MacDonald, and gave it a plaque describing its history. She says that he was "delighted with it. He called in reporters and cameramen, who took pictures and lsiten to his anecdotes about Sir John" (Saturday's Child, pg 163).

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