Mallory Novicoff has written an essay about her visit to the McCord Museum in February of 2023, which you can read here.
During her visit, Mallory examined early photographs of Western Canada from the Red River settlement, taken during the 1858 Assiniboine and Saskatchewan expedition led by Henry Youle Hind and photographed by Humphrey Lloyd Hime. The visit aimed to understand the Red River landscape, Métis and Anishinaabeg lifestyles, and the voyageurs’ navigation methods. Hime’s photographs provide invaluable insights into the mid-19th century life, architecture, and people of the Red River settlement, including portraits of Cree-Métis individuals. These images are significant for their historical and cultural value, they are early visual records of the region’s diverse inhabitants and their interactions.
Hidden Hands in Colonial Natural Histories 