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Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Alfred Durocher
Victoria Racette
Indian History Film Project
Description
Interview includes a discussion of Alfred Durocher's life.
Charlie Chief 1 Interviewer
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Charlie Chief
Alphonse Littlepoplar
Indian History Film Project
Description
Interview of Charlie Chief who discusses the a Grass Dance, Round Dance and Sioux Dance (including songs). Also included are songs. The discusses the difference between old and new ways. Alphonse Littlepoplar is the intterpreter
Clara Pratt Interview #1
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Clara Pratt
Alex Cywink
Indian History Film Project
Description
Consists of an interview where she gives a general account of reserve life. She gives a description of Indian games and tells of the establishment of the Gordon Reserve, Saskatchewan
Copy of illustration: "Escape of the McKay family through the ice to Prince Albert"
Images » Photographs
Author/Creator
Grip Printing & Publishing (staff artist)
Description
A copy of illustration: "Escape of the McKay family through the ice to Prince Albert", from souvenir number of CANADIAN PICTORIAL & ILLUSTRATED WAR NEWS, 4 Jul 1885. It depicts Metis rowing boat through ice as his wife and children huddle in back. McKay was a farm instructor near Battleford. Incident described p.21.
Copy of text from newspaper advertising the ferry at Gabriel's Crossing
Images » Photographs
Description
A copied image of text from newspaper advertising the ferry at Gabriel's Crossing. Gabriel Dumont's name appears at the bottom. Dated May 1880.
Don McLean Interview
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Don McLean
Christine Welsh
Indian History Film Project
Description
Consists of an interview with non-Indian employed at the Gabriel Dumont Institute in Regina. At the time of the interview he was writing a book on the history of the Metis nation.
Dr. Russell's Carlton Trail
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Ralph Russell
Description
Various historical notes on the Carlton Trail composed by Dr. Ralph Russell. Includes discussion of the trail itself, posts along it, and prominent persons connected with it (such as John Palliser and Gabriel Dumont).
Dr. Russell's Water Transportation Prairie Provinces
Archival » Archival Items
Author/Creator
Ralph C. Russell
Description
A set of historical and bibliographical notes compiled by Dr. Russell on water transportation in what is today the prairie provinces. Includes information on the Northcote of 1885 Resistance fame. Also discusses the employment of Metis and First Nations men on riverboats, and gives prices at Gabriel's Crossing (Gabriel Dumont's ferry operation).
Extracts from the Newspapers of the East Bearing on the North - West and particularly on the Red River Settlement and Disturbances There.
Documents & Presentations
Description
Excerpts from newspaper articles from the East relating to events in the North West, and particularly in the Red River Settlement, including information on the Red River Resistance.
The Fur Trade and Western Canadian Society 1670-1870
Alternate Title
Historical Booklet (Canadian Historical Association) ; no. 43
E-Books
Author/Creator
Frits Pannekoek
Historical Booklet (Canadian Historical Association)
A History of the Upper Athabasca Valley in the Nineteenth Century
Alternate Title
Microfiche Report (Parks Canada) ; no. 225
E-Books
Author/Creator
Gerhard Ens
Barry Potyondi
no. 225
Description
Focuses on Jasper House.
[Hudson's Bay Company] : Our History
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Hudson's Bay Company
Description
History of the company, its employees and products over 300 years.
Interviews Pertaining to Chipewyan Lakes Census
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Richard Lightning
Indian History Film Project
Description
Interviews with 13 residents of the Chipewyan Lake area of northern Alberta.- Stresses need for establishment of a reserve in this area, and promises made to them about this.- Describe various lifestyles including farming, trapping and fishing.- Shows how settlement patterns in remote areas have been influenced by the location of schools and stores.
Irene Dimick #2 Interview
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Irene Dimick
Judy M. Thibodeau
Indian History Film Project
Description
The interview is an account of Irene Dimick that includes a discussion of life as a Metis.
Isadore Ledoux Interview
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Isadore Ledoux
Carol Pearlstone
Doris McDougal
Indian History Film Project
Description
Mr. Ledoux, aged 99 at the time of the interview is of mixed French and Indian ancestry but is registered as a treaty Indian. He was present during the Riel Rebellion of 1885 and gives an account of what he saw in the Rebellion; views of the rebellion and the people involved.
James E. Carriere Interview
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
James E. Carriere
Murray Dobbin
Indian History Film Project
Description
Jim Carriere is a resident of Cumberland House and worked for Jim Brady when the latter was a field officer for the CCF government. Carriere discusses Jim Brady's strengths and weaknesses, Brady's life in Cumberland House, speculates about Brady's death and his links with the Communist Party. He also talks about returning World War II veterans and their impact on the communities.
Jean Marie Mustus Interview
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Jean Marie Mustus
Richard Lightning
Indian History Film Project
Description
Mr. Mustus, aged 78, is the grandson of Mustus, the first chief of the Sucker Creek Reserve. This is an unusual interview in that he displays fairly positive feelings about the treaty. Also talks of generosity of the H.B.C. storekeeper, sharing problems with white settlers, learning from them, etc. Shows little or no animosity to whitesociety.
Jimmy and Charlie Chief Interview
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Jimmy Chief
Charlie Chief
Alphonse LittlePopular
Indian History Film Project
Description
Interview of the grandsons of Little Bear who discuss lifestyle. They tell stories about Cree raids on Blackfoot;the hanging of Little Bear and murder of a storekeeper's son by a medicine man. Interpreter by Alphonse Littlepoplar.
Joe Noskiyi Interview 1
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Joe Noskiyi
David Starr
Indian History Film Project
Description
This 72-year old gentleman talks about the area of land covered by trapper; and family connections between various northern settlements.
Julian Gladue Interview
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Julian Gladue
David Starr
Indian History Film Project
Description
At age 83, Mr. Gladue looks back on his life as a trapper ; tells of the large area of land covered by trappers, and gives an interesting account of the journey from Wabasca to Yellowknife to purchase a permit. Covers many modes of transportation.
Julian Gladue Interview 3
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Julian Gladue
Alfred J. Beaver
Indian History Film Project
Description
Mr. Gladue, aged 86, describes the discovery of Trout Lake, Alberta; the abundance of buffalo in the area; his life as atrapper. He gives a detailed and graphic account of a winter journey from Wabasca to Yellowknife and back, including his attendance at a Chipewyan funeral and feast.
[K-12 Lesson Plans: Rupertsland Institute]
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Rupertsland Institute
Description
Topics include language of the Métis, culture and traditions, homeland history, Métis in Alberta and Métis Nation governance.
"La Loche"
E-Books
Author/Creator
Ray Marnoch
Description
File contains the historical booklet, "I Wasn't Put on this Earth for Nothin': Stories from La Loche, Saskatchewan. It was a "Celebrate Saskatchewan, 1905-1980" brochure, compiled by Ray Marnoch.
Making the Voyageur World : Travelers and Traders in the North American Fur Trade
E-Books
Author/Creator
Carolyn Podruchny
p. xx, 414
Man Hauling Freight and Angus McKay
Images » Photographs
Description
Angus McKay (right) helps a man hauling freight adjust his pack sack. Taken during the journey of Christina Bateman and Annie McKay from Prince Albert to La Ronge, SK in 1919.
Métis History and Culture: What Type of Transportation to Use?
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Comox Valley Schools]
Description
Hands-on activity about how the Métis solved transportation issues, including the Red River cart and the York boat.
A Métis Métier: Transportation in Rupert's Land
Theses
Author/Creator
James McKillip
Description
History Thesis (M.A.)--University of Ottawa, 2005.
Mr. Birston & Miss Birston (Granddaughter) Interview
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Mr. Birston
Miss Birston
Margaret Stobie
Indian History Film Project
Description
General discussion of Mr. Birston's life with comments from his granddaughter and grandson. No date given, probably in the 1970's.
Mrs. Marion Dillon Interview
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Marion Dillon
Mary Mountain
Indian History Film Project
Description
An interview that includes stories of hunting, trading and food gathering. Also included are stories about the Frog Lake massacre and Wihtiko (cannibal monster)
On the St. Paul Trail in the Sixties
Articles » General
Author/Creator
William G. Fonseca
Transactions of Historical and Scientific Society of Manitoba, no. 56, Series 1, January 25, 1900, p. [?]
Description
General description of travel by Red River carts and in particular events which occurred while author was a driver transporting the goods of William McDougall the incoming Governor was nearly turned away at the border by the Métis.
[Operation Water Spirit Thematic Units]: Grade 5: Unit Scope and Introduction
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Safe Drinking Water Foundation
Paul Gladue Interview
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Paul Gladue
David Starr
Indian History Film Project
Description
Mr. Paul Gladue, aged 75, describes the area of land covered by a trapper; the traditional lifestyle in northern Alberta; and work in Fort McMurray supplying wood to river steamboats.
Phillip MacDonald Interview
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Phillip MacDonald
Richard Lightning
Indian History Film Project
Description
Lifetime chief of the Fort MacKay band gives a brief account of the signing of Treaty 8; talks about Fort MacKay band reserves, how they are located a long way from Fort MacKay where people reside.
Pierre Dorion Interview
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Pierre Dorion
Murray Dobbin
Indian History Film Project
Description
Pierre Dorion was a young boy when Jim Brady was living in Cumberland House from 1948-1951. Dorion talks about Brady's attempts to organize a Metis Society and his efforts to get people jobs in the area.
Red River Cart at Calgary
Images » Photographs
Author/Creator
E. Roper
Description
Photograph of a painting. Images depicts Indigenous man in European dress with family in Red River Cart passing by man and woman in traditional dress. The caption on back reads: "'Savage' and 'Civilised' Indians meeting."
Historical note:
Special History: The Environment and the Fur Trade Experience in Voyageurs National Park, 1730-1870
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Theodore Catton
Marcia Montgomery
Description
Study based on historical literature and selective reading of primary source material specific to the region conducted for the purpose of guiding management and interpretation of the Park.
Traditional Métis Transportation
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Darren R. Préfontaine
Todd Paquin
Patrick Young
Description
Lesson plan discusses construction and use of canoes, York boats, and the Red River cart, as well as the role of snowshoes, dogs, and horses.