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David Thompson's Narrative of his Explorations in Western America, 1784-1812
A Description of British Columbia and Vancouver's Island (Including an Account of the Manners and Customs of the Native Indians)
Dictionary of the Chinook Jargon: Indian Trade Language of the North Pacific Coast
Lexicon of Chinook-English and English-Chinook for a mixed trade language spoken in the Pacific Northwest.
Chapter from Guide to the Province of British Columbia for 1877-8.
Dictionary of the Chinook Jargon, or Trade Language of Oregon
Dictionnaire historique des Canadiens et des Métis français de l'Ouest
Diocese of Athabasca
Historical note:
In 1955 the Church of England in Canada became the Anglican Church of Canada.Diocese of Caledonia
Historical note:
In 1955 the Church of England in Canada became the Anglican Church of Canada.Diocese of Calgary
Historical note:
In 1955 the Church of England in Canada became the Anglican Church of Canada.Diocese of Edmonton
Historical note:
In 1955 the Church of England in Canada became the Anglican Church of Canada.[Documents and Papers Relating to Louis Riel and the North West Resistance]
Digitized documents are mainly transcribed copies. In two parts.
[Dr. Russell's A Report on the Sites of Various Forts]
A series of field notes on several historical fur trade forts (mainly from Manitoba and southern Saskatchewan), and the Thunder Bird Stone at Kamsack, SK. Included are Glasgow (Albany) House, Alexandria Fort, Carlton House (original), Marlboro House, Fort Hibernia, Fort Alexandria.
Epitome of Parliamentary Documents in Connection with North-West Rebellion, 1885
Includes some discussion of Riel's trial and sentencing.
The Eskimo Tribes: Their Distribution and Characteristics, Especially in Regard to Language: With a Comparative Vocabulary, and a Sketch-Map
An Essay towards an Indian Bibliography: Being a Catalogue of Books Relating to the History, Antiquities, Languages, Customs, Religion, Wars, Literature, and Origin of the American Indians, in the Library of Thomas W. Field
Ethnographic Bibliography of North America
The Face Pullers: Ch.1 Images - A Group of Piegan Indians with Missionary
Black and white photograph of a group of Piegan Indigenous peoples with a Caucasian missionary. From the book The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939 by Brock Silversides.
The Face Pullers: Ch. 1 Images - Big Bear Trading at Fort Pitt
Indigenous and Caucasian men trading furs and other items at Fort Pitt, including (left to right) Four Sky Thunder, Sky Bird, Matoose, Napasis, Big Bear, Angus McKay, Otto Dufresne, Louis Goulet, Stanley Simpson, Mr. Rowley, Alex McDonald, Captain R. B. Sletch, Mr. Edmund and Henry Dufrain.
From the book The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939 by Brock Silversides.
The Face Pullers: Ch. 1 Images - Blackfeet Boys with Bows and Arrows
The Face Pullers: Ch.1 Images - Blackfoot Indian
The Face Pullers: Ch.1 Images - Chief Bobtail and Son
The Face Pullers: Ch. 1 Images - Indian Council, Assiniboines Near Fort Walsh, 1878
The Face Pullers: Ch.1 Images - "Jim Delaney's Drunk"
The Face Pullers: Ch. 1 Images - North-West Rebellion Participants from Both Sides
Photograph of a group of participants in the Northwest Resistance, from both sides. Left to Right: Constable Black, Louis Cochin, Inspector R.B.Deane, Alexis Andre, Beverly Robertson, Horse Child, Big Bear, Alexander Stewart, Poundmaker. From the book The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939 by Brock Silversides.
The Face Pullers: Ch. 1 Images - Participants at Sun Dance
Black and white photograph of two young Indigenous men on horseback. From the book The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939 by Brock Silversides.
The Face Pullers: Ch. 1 Images - Peigan Reserve - First Missionary House
The Face Pullers: Ch.1 Images - Poundmaker
The Face Pullers: Ch.2 Images - "Cocona, Sinipawksoyissi, Sarcee Squaw".
The Face Pullers: Ch.2 Images - "Cree Indian"
The Face Pullers: Ch.2 Images - Deerfoot with rifle
The Face Pullers: Ch.2 Images - Indigenous Man with Pipe
The Face Pullers: Ch. 2 Images - Portrait of Isapo-Muxika
The Face Pullers: Ch. 2 Images - Portrait of Piapot
Portrait of Cree Chief Piapot holding a rifle and wearing hat and scarf. Historical note:(Piapot (c.1816 - 1908) Chief of First Nations people in southern Saskatchewan in the late 1800s. From the book The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939 by Brock Silversides.