Transportation

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.

Mr. Meneen, aged 83, describes the difficulties of life when he was a child learning to trap in the bush; tells of the Indians' understanding of the treaty.

Discussion with Jimmy Robertson and Fred (no last name given) about their lives, especially fishing trips and modes of transportation. No date given, probably in the 1970's.

General account of his life. No date given, probably in the 1970's.

Joe Duquette, born 1904, on Mistawasis Reserve, never attended school, completely self-educated. Now Senator of F.S.I. and involved in teaching and counselling young people. He tells the story of his arranged marriage.

Interview includes a story about a child who was protected by the North Wind. Also included are stories of residential schools; conflict between Indians and Indian agents.Tape IH-045 has not as yet been translated from the Cree language.

This 72-year old gentleman talks about the area of land covered by trapper; and family connections between various northern settlements.

Loss of treaty status after being accepted as treaty Indian for 40 years.

Brief discussion on trapping. No date given, probably in the 1970's.

Image of Morin paddling in canoe (close-up facing camera) wearing overalls. Description reads: "John Morin one of our canoemen leaving Lac La Ronge. Trip of Christina Bateman and Annie McKay to La Ronge."

John St.Germaine and his dog team compete all across north western Canada. One picture: John and his dogs.

NOTE: Because of the poor quality of the tape, large parts of the interview are incomprehensible.

Interview includes a description of traditional life style and the life of settlers on the prairies. It also includes stories of theft and murder by Indians.

Relationship between Gregoire Lake and Clearwater Lake Reserves and the settlement at Waterways. (Fort McMurray band). Discovery of Gregoire Lake.

Mr. Phelps was the Minister of Natural Resources in the Saskatchewan CCF government from 1944 to 1948. He speaks of attempts to replace welfare in the north with programs for fish and fur marketing.

Mr. MacAuley tells of the changes that have taken place in Cumberland House including the increase in crime and alcoholism.

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.

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.

Topics include language of the Métis, culture and traditions, homeland history, Métis in Alberta and Métis Nation governance.

Author talks about summers spent in Greenland.

Translation of German publication of 1859 focusing on the writer's perception the Anishinnabe (Ojibwa, Ojibbeway) peoples.

Note: The title of this document uses wording that was common to mainstream society of that time period in history. As such, it contains language that is no longer in common use and may offend some readers. This wording should not be construed to represent the views of the Indigenous Studies Portal or the University of Saskatchewan Library. An image of an Aboriginal woman sitting on a horse in front of a teepee. There is a drying rack, circular corral structure and two horses grazing on the prairie in the background. Colours have been added to the image in a chromolithograph process.

Sled and dog team at Pond Inlet, N.W.T. [NU].

A komatik sled by a snow-banked tent at Clyde, N.W.T. [NU].

Forms part of Memoirs of the American Museum of Natural History, v. 8 (p. [301]-516).

View from a canoe. Taken during the journey of Christina Bateman and Annie McKay from Prince Albert to La Ronge, SK in 1919.

A photograph of a large gathering of Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people on a hillside in Onion Lake North West Territories circa 1890. Maybe a Dominion Day celebration or perhaps Treaty day.

Christina Bateman and Annie McKay leaving their first camp at Willie Bear's farm in the Sturgeon Valley (Sturgeon Lake) during their journey from Prince Albert to La Ronge, 1919.

Endeavors to identify a framework for transportation strategies to give communities the tools for increased livability.

Site explores “traditions and histories of sporting events and games of yesterday and today.” Featured are 2002 North American Indigenous Games, the “Sacred Run,” lacrosse, canoe, kayak, Métis, Inuit and Woodland games and sports, archery, and Coast Salish canoe racing. Includes link to teacher resources.

Photograph of preparing to feed the sled dogs [Devon Island, NU].

Photograph of dog team and loaded sled taken at Pangnirtung, N.W.T. [NU].

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.

Sled dogs outside a log cabin.

Coastal Resources Management Thesis (Ph.D.)--East Carolina University, 2006.

Image of guides (Adulphus Ross(?) and William Bird(?))paddling an elderly couple and two children on Long Lake.

She tells of traditional life in the north as well as canoe making.

Booklet on Captain Bishop's efforts to locate the rock which was the westernmost point reached by Sir Alexander Mackenzie during his 1793 expedition into what is now British Columbia.

Discusses the events relating to the relocation of Inuit to permanent settlements and the impact it had on the viability of sled dogs.

A set of 12 photos showing Napthelie McKenzie splitting a log and making a paddle.

Comments on a record breaking historical event which occurred May 8, 1968 in Western Australia.

A set of 85 photographs of Angus Tremblay making snowshoes in 1974. Travelling on the loose soft snow of the boreal forest would have been almost impossible without the development of snowshoes.

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.

Man in canoe on water. Taken during the journey of Christina Bateman and Annie McKay from Prince Albert to La Ronge, SK in 1919.

An Aboriginal man on horseback in traditional dress. Pion-Era, Saskatoon, SK.

Image of an indigenous man in traditional clothing on horseback.