Hudson's Bay Company postcard featuring Inuit carrying goods ashore. Caption on back reads: "At Hudson's Bay Company posts in the Eastern Arctic supplies come only once a year. The Eskimos help carry cases of goods ashore, and load the Nascopie with the winter's fur catch". Also includes inscription which reads: "Churchill 1948. Bought this card in Churchill" and "Nascopie founded 1907".
The Hudson's Bay Company Stores at Lac La Ronge. Photographed by Annie McKay and Christina Bateman during their journey from Prince Albert to La Ronge, Saskatchewan in 1919.
Image of the Hudson's Bay store at Cumberland House, Saskatchewan. A large group of people with dogs stand in front of store; winter scene. Names listed on back of photograph: 1. W.G. Meyers, D.R.G., 2. Gov. Dechambault, 3. Mr. [Sring], 4. John Smith, 5. Mr. Height, 6. Mr. Halcro, 7. Mr. Pritchard, 8. Horace Lac Belanger, 9. Francoir Sayers, 10. John Sayers.
Aerial photograph of the remains of the Hudson's Bay Company post at Green Lake, Saskatchewan, built in 1820. Various non-Aboriginal persons standing alongside foundations and mounds, facing camera.
Presents an historical overview of the Huron-Wendat First Nation in Quebec and a photograph of Max Gros-Louis, Grand Chief of the Huron-Wendat First Nation.
American Art Journal, vol. 21, no. 2, 1989, pp. 7-21
Description
Discusses artists travels with the Hudson Bay Company passing through territories of nearly eighty Indian Tribes from the Great Lakes to the Pacific Ocean. He produced 500 sketches and eventually painting over 100 canvases.
Native Studies Review, vol. 9, no. 1, 1993-1994, pp. 33-50
Description
Argues that negative, stereotypical depictions are significant because they both reflect and influence public opinion and that artistic interpretation failed to evolve at the same pace as historical literature.
Collection of Dr. Peter Purdue, College of Education, University of Saskatchewan.
Published in The Graphic, November 5, 1881, [Page] 464-465.
No article associated with this image in the newspaper.
Sketch by Mr. Sydney P. Hall
Quarterly magazine published by the Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation.
Numerous articles on various topics including explorations in the Ozark Mountain region and pottery from the excavation of Hawikuh.
Quarterly magazine published by the Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation.
Numerous articles on various topics including Huron hunting territories and the Museum Central American expedition.
Group photo taken on the grounds of Fort Pitt, NWT. Numbered from L to R: 1. Fire Sky Thunder; 2. Sky Bird (Big Bear's son); 3. Natoose; 4. Napasis; 5. Big Bear; 6. Angus McKay (HBC); 7. Dufrain (HBC cook); 8. L. Goulet; 9. Stanley Simpson (HBC); 10. Alex McDonald; 11. Rowley; 12. Corp. Sleigh (NWMP); 13. Edmond; 14. Henry Dufrain.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 16, no. 4, Shamans and Preachers, Color Symbolism and Commercial Evangelism: Reflections on Early Mid-Atlantic , Autumn, 1992, pp. 451-469
Description
Author discusses the shifting systems of meaning and valuation surrounding colour—specifically in trade goods—and how those systems influenced cultures and the trading relationships.
Discusses taking of Treaty #6 and the promises made by the government as well as changes in diet and trade resulting from initial contact with non-Indians.
This booklet written for the Western Development Museum Travelling Exhibition examines the religious attitudes and beliefs of Western Canadians to the land from earliest times to the present. The display seeks to facilitate understanding of man's relationship with the land and God.
File contains the historical booklet, "I Wasn't Put on this Earth for Nothin': Stories from La Loche, Saskatchewan. It was a "Celebrate Saskatchewan, 1905-1980" brochure, compiled by Ray Marnoch.
Historic Sites Series (National and Historic Parks Branch) ; no. 6
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
R.P. Bishop
Description
Booklet on Captain Bishop's efforts to locate the rock which was the westernmost point reached by Sir Alexander Mackenzie during his 1793 expedition into what is now British Columbia.
Inuit Art Quarterly, vol. 13, no. 3, Making Art in Nunavik, Fall, 1998, pp. 4-17
Description
Comments on historical highlights including the role missionaries and employees of the Hudson's Bay Company played in the development of carving.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 4.
World Archaeology, vol. 31, no. 2, October 1, 1999, pp. 288-302
Description
Explores the origin and includes photographs of the decorated "octopus" bag and the complex differences in its meaning as it changed hands and moved from one culture to another over a period of time.
Briefly discusses trapping from the fur trade to present day, methods of trapping and process of tanning hides for use later in items such as clothing and bedding.
About the Hearth: Perspectives on the Home, Hearth and Household in the Circumpolar North
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Author/Creator
Thomas D. Andrews
Description
Examines the ethnographic context of two collaborative repatriation projects and explores lessons learned from these projects in light of Dene value frameworks.
Chapter 3 from About the Hearth: Perspectives on the Home, Hearth and Household in the Circumpolar North edited by David G. Anderson, Robert P. Wishart, Virginie Vaté