File contains Ryckman's typed notes on the history of the Kootenay people and on some Kootenay stories. File also contains 3 handwritten pages (probably by Ryckman's daughter) with what are described as 14 "creeds" of the Kootenay people, translated by a Father De Smet (?) passed by a Father Patterson to Ryckman.
A smiling man faces the camera with his hands touching a trophy. He wears western clothing, as do the two partially visible men on either side of him. They are posed in front of a wooden wall.
An older man wearing native dress stands in a grove of trees. On the bottom right corner of photograph is imprinted "Montgomery," perhaps the name of the photography studio.