Allen Ahenakew, Interpreter, and E.R. Conn, Federal Supervisor of Indian Affairs, at microphones at the Trappers Convention in Prince Albert, SK, 1961.
A set of 17 photographs of Lydia and Napthelie McKenzie and their daughter Jemima Charles on their trapline near Stanley Mission preparing the meat and hide of a bear shot by their son Malcolm McKenzie.
Buffalo Narrows trapper John Hansen says "steady trapping can make a good living for anyone these days." Page One: picture of John Hansen. Page Two: picture of pelts.
A set of 19 photos of Napthelie McKenzie showing how a fish can be cooked upwanask style over an open fire, without a frying pan, using sticks to hold it. Birchbark can serve as a plate in the bush.
Overview of projects, "Pipona Oskana Ka-asteki, Winter in Wascana", "Stories About Us", "Aboriginal Eye View", and "Our Future Looks Bright" by students of a pre-certification teacher fine arts education course at the First Nations University of Canada.
Ernestine Laliberte (nee LaRiviere) standing, instructor for Extension Department, University of Saskatchewan, with an Indian group near North Battleford, in a class on beadwork, 1960's.
Joe McAuley of Cumberland House remembers the past and comments on the differences between trapping in his youth and trapping as an elder. One picture: Joe outside.
John McKay still tends to his family's trap-line at age seventy-six. Page one: picture of John McKay (at time of interview) Page two: picture of John and Mary Anne with their son Richard displaying furs (1950s). A picture of John's parents, Catherine and Roderick McKay.
A set of 25 photographs of Jemima Charles and Lydia McKenzie showing the making of bannock in a pan. Bannock can be made quickly and is ideal for life in the bush as it needs no long rising time in a warm place like bread does.
A set of 102 photos of Mary Eninew showing the making of birch syrup. In the spring when the sap begins to rise it is time to make birch syrup. Winter cabins are small and cramped and families often move out to a spring camp. The men and older boys would go hunting for fresh meat around the shore in a canoe, bringing back ducks, grouse, and small animals. The women and children would enjoy the freedom of being outside as they gathered birch sap and made syrup. The syrup will be a delicious treat on hot bannock!
A compilation of essays by : Deborah Lee, Liam Haggarty, Brendan Edwards, Tamara Starblanket, Camie Augustus, Kurt Boyer, Anna Flamino, Merle Massie, Yvonne Vizina, Patricia Deiter, Meagan Gough, and Alan Long.
A set of 11 photographs of Calvin McKenzie setting a snare. Snaring animals, fish, and birds has been a way of securing food for thousands of years in northern Saskatchewan. Even today many people use snares to catch food when living in the bush.
A set of 16 photos of Barbara Ross of Stanley Mission smoking a moose hide. Making a raw hide into leather is a long, complicated, and skilled process: these photos show the final step in that process.
Department Of Northern Saskatchewan (photographer)
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Trapper, trader, prankster, guide - Stanley Mission's George McKenzie has been all of them. Now he remembers. Page one: one picture of George McKenzie. Page two: two pictures, one of George and Betsy McKenzie, one of George McKenzie. Both taken outside their cabin.
An image of an Aboriginal man dressed in ceremonial clothing and holding a rifle. He is posing in a photography studio in front of scenic backdrop. The postcard is addressed to Miss May Chandler, Broadview, Saskatchewan.
Image of coop/trap in foreground with house in background. Description on back reads: "Trapping Prairie chickens and Sharp-Tailed grouse for exchange with Dakota for Ring-Neck pheasants, year 1936 to 1940s. Davidson Sask. Home Farm."
A black and white photograph of a whale that was harpooned and shot by a Native trapper at the mouth of the Churchill River in 1948. Unidentified man in picture.
A set of 44 photos of a caribou project at Wollaston Lake that involved students in preparing and cooking caribou meat, making dry meat, drying the hides, and taking part in follow-up activities in the classroom.