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.
Book review of: Eskimos of Northwest Alaska in the Early Nineteenth Century, Based on the Beechey and Belcher Collections and Records Compiled During the Voyages of H.M.S. Blossom to Northwest Alaska in 1826 and 1827 by John R. Bockstoce.
Virtual exhibition includes topics such as demography, geography. hunting, fishing, trapping, trade, and the Metis; includes several short biographies.
Mr. Meneen, aged 83, describes the difficulties of life when he was a child learning to trap in the bush; tells of the Indians' understanding of the treaty.
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.