He quickly became well-known for his photographs of the First Nations people in the Calgary area, especially the Tsuu T'ina (called Sarcee at that time) and the Blackfoot. Some of the photographs were taken outdoors, but many more were carefully-posed studio shots. By 1891 the studio seems to have closed, and three years later Ross died at the relatively young age of 43.
Blackfoot man with knife, 1885
Blackfoot woman and child in the late 1880s
Blackfoot woman and baby on her back, 1886
Blackfoot warrior with sword, 1887
Blackfoot man with rifle, Alberta, 1887
Blackfoot man in blanket, 1886
Blackfoot boys, 1886
First Nations man and his wife, 1886
First Nations camp near first Hudson's Bay Company store at Fort Calgary, Alberta, 1886
Crowfoot, head chief of the Blackfoot, 1887
Crowfoot, chief of the Blackfoot, 1887
Chief Owl of the Blackfoot, 1886
Bobtail, Cree chief, Alberta, 1886
Blackfoot women, 1880s
First Nations man in blanket, 1886
Sarcee moving camp near Calgary, 1887
Sarcee man, 1887
Sarcee camp west of Calgary, 1886
Rabbit Carrier of the Blackfoot, 1887
Rabbit Carrier of the Blackfoot, 1886
Joseph, Blackfoot man, 1887
Two Sarcee girls, 1887
Two of the first pupils at the Blackfoot Anglican School, 1886
Three young Blackfoot men, Calgary, Alberta, 1887
Three young Blackfoot men, 1887
Sarcee woman, Katie, and her baby, 1887
(Photos from Glenbow Museum)
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