Original entitled "Indian Relics Horns and Antlers." Possibly from a private collection in or near Medicine Hat, Alberta. Includes numerous bison and deer horns and antlers hanging on a wall. On the back is written "You will notice 3 stone balls at the bottom of this snap. The Indians used them for bowling on the green." Two rifles also appear visible.
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.
Photograph. On information card: Tipi like structure: "Tent used for smoking dry caribou meat" (Chipewyan-Dene). Dunvegan Lake Camp, Mackenzie District, N.W.T.
Photograph of Indigenous man (fishing guide) holding up Tom Pierces' catch, a 23 pound Northern Pike, standing in a canoe. Taken at Sportsman's Lodge, McIntosh Lake.
A photograph of Pete Mann, son of George Mann Jr., with a recent kill, probably near their homestead, 14 miles north-east of Lloydminster, Saskatchewan.
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.
Photograph. On information card: Ten year old log cabin with extended tent porch in Chipewyan trappers camp. Dungevan Lake Camp, Mackenzie District, N.W.T.
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.