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1885 / Fur Trade - 1970-1985. - Folder 2.
1981 Elders' Conference 2/4
Almighty Voice
Arrival of the First Railway Engineer in the Carrot River Valley
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"Bateman, Christina"
Battleford
Battleford Agency #9
"Beatty, Reginald Bird-Diary & Correspondence"
Campaigning in the North West Territories
Capot River Fort or Nut Lake House - Correspondence. - 1949.
Commercial Fishing
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A video made by the La Ronge Communications Society for La Ronge Community Television about commercial fishing on Lac La Ronge in the 1970s.Copy of notes made by Hon. David Laird upon Qu'Appelle Treaty / 1874.
"D" for Disturbance - Mrs. C. Wetton. - Newspaper articles. - January-February 1965.
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Mrs. C. Wetton was a staff correspondent for the Saskatoon Star-Phoenix at North Battleford for 37 years.Delima F. Parenteau Interview
The Diaries of Louis Riel
Diary of Francis Dickens - Vernon LaChance. - May 1930.
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Diary of Lieut. R. S. Cassels, North-West Field Force
Typewritten transcription.
Diary of Lieutenant R. Lyndhurst Wadmore, Infantry School Corps, April 8, 1885 to July 20, 1885, N.W. Campaign.
Dix-huit ans chez les sauvages: voyages et missions dans l'extreme Nord de l'Amérique Britannique d'aprés les documents ...
Dr. A.B. Stewart Papers - Correspondence. - 1912-1925.
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Dr. A.B. Stewart acted as coroner for the Royal North West Mounted Police and had a medical practice at Duck Lake, Saskatchewan in the late 1800s-early 1900s.Dr. A.B. Stewart Papers - Miscellaneous. - n.d..
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Dr. A.B. Stewart acted as coroner for the Royal North West Mounted Police and had a medical practice at Rosthern, Saskatchewan in the late 1800s-early 1900s.Dr. A.B. Stewart Papers - Napoleon Venne Correspondence. - 1923-1924.
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[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.
Dr. Russell's Historical Notes
Dr. Russell's Water Transportation Prairie Provinces
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).
Early Days in the Hudson's Bay Coy
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The Edwin Brooks Letters: Part I
Brooks moved from eastern Canada to what is now Indian Head in the spring of 1882; went into partnership in with George P. Murray to form Murray and Brooks, General Merchants, 1883. In 1885 he sat on the jury that found Louis Riel Guilty of High Treason. Letters contain some commentary on local Indigenous peoples, events and settler-Indigenous and government-Indigenous relations. Entire issue on one pdf file, scroll to page 104
The Edwin Brooks Letters: Part II
Brooks moved from eastern Canada to what is now Indian Head in the spring of 1882; went into partnership in with George P. Murray to form Murray and Brooks, General Merchants, 1883. In 1885 he sat on the jury that found Louis Riel Guilty of High Treason. Letters contain some commentary on local Indigenous peoples, events and settler-Indigenous and government-Indigenous relations. Entire issue on one pdf file, scroll to page 30
The Edwin Brooks Letters: Part III
Brooks moved from eastern Canada to what is now Indian Head in the spring of 1882; went into partnership in with George P. Murray to form Murray and Brooks, General Merchants, 1883. In 1885 he sat on the jury that found Louis Riel Guilty of High Treason. Letters contain some commentary on local Indigenous peoples, events and settler-Indigenous and government-Indigenous relations. Entire issue on one pdf file, scroll to page 67.
Federal -- Provincial Welfare Services -- Indian Eskimo Welfare-- Mistawasis Reserve
Five Fur Traders of the Northwest: Being the Narrative of Peter Pond and the Diaries of John Macdonell, Archibald N. McLeod, Hugh Faries, and Thomas Connor
"Fleury, Patrice"
Forty Years in the North-West
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W.J. Carter was a carpenter in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan (NWT).Frog Lake Massacre
From the Diary of a Hudson's Bay Company's Clerk in the Seventies.
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[G. F. Shepherd, Notes 1937-1974]
File contains hand written and typed notes of historian George Shepherd, dated from 1937-1974. The notes include several pages on Aboriginal history in the North-West, that were scanned for this database. This includes a wide variety of material: from copy of a letter written by Louis Riel, to a list of the reserves in Saskatchewan in 1962 and their estimated landbase and populations.
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"Gerry, Harriet E., Sinasia Remembers."
The Great Lone Land: A Narrative of Travel and Adventure in the North-West of America
The Great Trek
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Homestead Venture, 1883-1892 An Ayrshire Man’s Letters Home, Part I
An edited collection of correspondence published in the Ayrshire Post, and written by William Gibson, a Scottish farmer settled in the Wolseley, SK area. Letters discuss the day-to-day life of farming in the area and describe Gibson’s interactions with the nearby Nêhiyawak (Cree) people. Entire issue on one pdf file, scroll to page 98.
Homestead Venture, 1883-1892 An Ayrshire Man’s Letters Home, Part II
An edited collection of correspondence published in the Ayrshire Post, and written by William Gibson, a Scottish farmer settled in the Wolseley, SK area. Letters discuss the day-to-day life of farming in the area and describe Gibson’s interactions with the nearby Nêhiyawak (Cree) people. Entire issue on one pdf file, scroll to page 30