Saskatoon library opens Canada Reading Week in 1962

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Every Thursday, we feature an image from the StarPhoenix archives, curated by the City of Saskatoon Archives. Today, we see Whitecap’s Chief Eagle opening Canada Reading Week in the children’s section at the old main branch of the Saskatoon Public Library, from Nov. 14, 1962. (City of Saskatoon Archives StarPhoenix Collection S-SP-B5510)

From the StarPhoenix archives:

Chief Eagle, full-blooded leader of the Sioux band on the Dundurn reserve, on Tuesday officially opened Young Canada Book Week in the children’s department of the Saskatoon Public Library. He and Mrs. Eagle are shown inspecting a display of books about Indians with, left to right: Judy Fribance, 9; Bonnie Orchard, 10; Debbie Wolfe, 9, and Walter Friesen, 10. Indian tradition says that each eagle feather in the headdress represents some act of courage or valor. One of the youngsters asked Chief Eagle what he had done for each of the 36 feathers in his colorful headdress!

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