Fur Trade & Exploration
Fort Pelly trading post
Images » Photographs
Author/Creator
Joseph Burr Tyrrell
Description
A photograph of Fort Pelly trading post in 1887. Two non-Aboriginal couples are posing for photo, standing on top of the new plank fence palisade.
Historical note:
Fort Pelly was located at the Indian Elbow of the Assiniboine River located eight miles south-west of the site of the present village of Pelly. Fort Pelly was built in 1824 by the Hudson's Bay Company. The high palisade fence that surrounded the Fort in 1872 has been replaced by a plank fence in this photo.Fort Pitt Historic Park - Pamphlet.. - 1967.
Archival » Archival Items
Author/Creator
Saskatchewan Department of Natural Resources
Description
A detailed history and guide to Fort Pitt Historic Park, located near present-day Lloydminster, Saskatchewan. Fort Pitt was an important scene of battle during the Northwest Resistance of 1885.
Historical note:
Fort Qu'Appelle - Sketch. - March 1935.
Documents & Presentations
Description
Photocopied page showing a sketch of Fort Qu'Appelle in 1876. Photocopied page from The Beaver, March 1935, p. 20.
Historical note:
The town of Fort Qu'Appelle, SK, is located in the Qu'Appelle Valley 70 km NE of Regina between Echo and Mission Lakes. Fort Qu'Appelle was the crossroads of a number of historic trails that traversed the North-West Territories. The Hudson's Bay Company built a post at Fort Qu'Appelle in 1864.Fort Sainte Marie II. Christian Island, Ontario, and Palisaded Huron Village, (Either St. Louis or St. Ignace II) County of Simcoe, Ontario
Alternate Title
Extracts from the Travels and Explorations of the Jesuit Missionaries in New France, 1610-1679 - ed. Reuben Gold Thwaites. - Booklet. - 1923.
Historic Sites Series (National and Historic Parks Branch) ; no. 5
Archival » Archival Items
Author/Creator
Canadian National Parks
Historic Sites
Description
Booklet of stories of exploration by the Jesuits in New France. Chapter titles are: Of the Capture of the Villages of the Mission of St. Ignace, in the Month of March of the Year 1649; Letter from Fort Sainte Marie, Ontario to Father General; Of the Removal of the House of Sainte Marie to the Island of St. Joseph; Of the Mission of Saint Joseph; and Of the Devastation of the Country of the Hurons, in the Spring of the Year 1650;
Forts, Curriculum, and Indigenous Métissage: Imagining Decolonization of Aboriginal-Canadian Relations in Educational Contexts
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Dwayne Trevor Donald
First Nations Perspectives Journal, vol. 2, no. 1, 2009, pp. 1-24
Description
Argues that the fort is a significant mythic symbol that reinforces colonial divides that continue to affect Aboriginal-Canada relations.
Forty Years in the North-West
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
W.J. Carter
Description
Reminiscences of W.J. Carter on life in the early Canadian North-west. Includes a wealth of material on First Nations, the Northwest Resistance, Metis (French and English), and early European settlement in Saskatchewan and Alberta.
Historical note:
W.J. Carter was a carpenter in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan (NWT).Four Aboriginal Men and Wagon Loaded with Canoes
Images » Photographs
Description
A photograph of three men and a young boy posing in front of a horse drawn wagon loaded with canoes. The Red Earth Reserve trading post is in the background. The elevated man is identified as Matthew McKay and one of the others as perhaps a Garvin. Photo was taken in early spring before they went out trapping. Nd, perhaps 1930 to 1950?
Framing Indigenous-Settler Relations Within British Columbia's Modern Treaty Context: A Discourse Analysis of the Maa-nulth Treaty in Mainstream Media
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Vanessa Sloan Morgan
Heather Castleden
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 5, no. 3, June 2014, pp. 1-19
Description
Suggests that media's reliance on stereotypes of Indigenous peoples perpetuates stagnant Indigenous-settler relations.
Francis Drake and the California Indians, 1579
Alternate Title
University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology ; v.42, no.3
E-Books
Author/Creator
Robert F. Heizer
Description
Part of: University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology, vol. 42, (pp251-302).
Frank G. Speck's Contributions to the Understanding of Mi'kmaq Land Use, Leadership, and Land Management
Alternate Title
Frank G. Speck's Contributions to the Understanding of Micmac Land Use, Leadership, and Land Management
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Janet E. Chute
Ethnohistory, vol. 46, no. 3, Summer, 1999, pp. 481-540
Description
Looks at early 20th century research about the history of the traditional economic system, its origin and development.
French and Indians in the Heart of North America, 1630-1815
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Gordon Sayre
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 38, no. 3, 2014, pp. 171-174
Description
Book review of: French and Indians in the Heart of North America, 1630-1815 edited by Robert Englebert and Guillaume Teasdale. Scroll down to page 171 to read review.
French and Indians in the Heart of North America, 1630–1815
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Jay H. Buckley
Canadian Historical Review, vol. 95, no. 3, September 2014, pp. 461-463
Description
Book review of French and Indians in the Heart of North America, 1630–1815 edited by Robert Englebert and Guillaume Teasdale.
Entire book review section on one pdf. To access this review, scroll to p. 461.
The French Half-Breeds of the Northwest
Alternate Title
Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, Showing the Operations, Expenditures and Condition of the Institution for the Year 1879
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
V. Havard
Description
Content and language reflect the attitudes of the times.
Forms part of Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution ... for the Year 1879.
See pages 309-328.
The French in Huronia: The Structure of Franco-Huron Relations in the First Half of the Seventeenth Century
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Bruce G. Trigger
Canadian Historical Review, vol. 49, no. 2, June 1968, pp. 107-141
Description
Looks at Huron society before the fur trade, their importance as a trading partner after the arrival of the French,the period of Jesuit control, and the attacks by the Iroquois which led to the destruction of their nation.
From Berries to Orchards: Tracing the History of Berrying and Economic Transformation Among Lake Superior Ojibwe.
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Chantal Norrgard
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 33, no. 1, Winter, 2009, pp. 33-166
Description
Explains the history of berry picking as an example of how the Lake Superior Ojibwe adapted to economic change in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
From Captives to Slaves: Commodifying Indian Women in the Borderlands
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Juliana Barr
The Journal of American History, vol. 92, no. 1, June 2005, pp. 19-46
Description
Discusses captured and enslaved Indian women used as currency by Mexican Spaniards, Frenchmen from south Illinois and Canada and Apaches, Comanches and Wichitas in north-central Texas.