Four photographs of an Inuit Art Exhibit at the Mendel Art Gallery. The first photograph is titled "striding Musk Ox." Photographs appeared in the Star Phoenix on 19 May 1977.
Consists of an interview where she gives an account of native use of plants for medicine. She tells of prophecies concerning the arrival of the white man and general accounts of her life in the bush.
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.
Consists of an interview with Josephine Beaucage where she gives an account of trapping in the woods as well as an account of the preparation of hides.
Mr. Gladue, aged 86, describes the discovery of Trout Lake, Alberta; the abundance of buffalo in the area; his life as atrapper. He gives a detailed and graphic account of a winter journey from Wabasca to Yellowknife and back, including his attendance at a Chipewyan funeral and feast.
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.
An exterior photograph of Long Walk participants in front of the Saskatoon Correctional Centre on 16 August 1983. The man in the centre is Jake Badger (died in the mid-1980s) and the man in the wheelchair is elder Philip Nicotine.
This document is a summary of the original interview in Chipewyan. The summarized sections are too short to be of value to researchers, and it will be necessary for them to refer to the original.
A set of 23 photographs of Mary Anne McKay making bannock in the cabin on the family trapline. Bannock, a baking-powder bread, has been a staple food for people living in the bush for as long as the ingredients have been available - no domestic grains are indigenous to northern Saskatchewan. It can be mixed up anywhere, even in the mouth of a flour sack. It keeps very well, does not mould easily, tastes good, and is solid and nourishing.
Department of Northern Saskatchewan (photographer)
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A set of 55 photos of Isaac Herman La Loche cutting down a birch tree and making boards that can be cut and shaped for use in making canoes, buildings, or snowshoes.
One scanned image shows an unidentified woman and man at the press conference held by the Metis Assembly; presumably in Prince Albert, SK on June 29, 1983.
31 images (four scanned here) of people involved in a Metis/Native work program in Saskatoon. Some photos of people working in a tire store. May 5, 1980.
Three photographs (2 scanned here) of David Ahenakew, president of the Federation of Saskatchewan Indians, speaking at an NDP convention in Saskatoon, November 19, 1977.
Pamela Buell, Education Liaison Officer, leading an elementary school tour group. Pamela is showing two Indian bead-work necklaces to seven children, in the Technical Room. This photo appears in The Right Honourable John G. Diefenbaker Centre souvenir booklet.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 7, no. 2, 1983, pp. 79-99
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Book reviews of:
Mat Hekid O Ju/When It Rains edited by Ofelia Zepeda.
The Navajo Nation by Peter Iverson.
Historic Hope Ceramics: The Thomas V. Keam Collection of the Peabody Museum of Archaelogy and Ethnology, Harvard University by Edwin L. Wade and Lea S. McChesney.
The George Rogers Clark Adventure in the Illinois, and Selected Documents of the American Revolution at the Frontier Posts by Katherine Wagner Seineke.
Life Is With People: Household Organization of the Contemporary Southern Paiute Indians by Martha C.
He tells stories of treachery by Americans against the Sioux who had fled to Prince Albert, Saskatchewan after the 1862 Minnesota Massacre, including distribution of disease-infested clothing and food. NOTE: Attempt to verify with R.C.M.P. records. He also sings and explains a very old Dakota song sung by children when rabbit-hunting.
He tells a story about the origins of the Dakota (Sioux) guardian spirit and his powers; and how Iktomi differs from the equivalent Cree spirit power (Wisakedjak).
Archaeologist Tim E.H. Jones is interviewed about the rock paintings found in northern Saskatchewan, many of which lie along the Churchill River System. Photographs: first page: a painting of Indians making rock paintings. Second page: two photos of paintings. Third page: a map and two rock paintings.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 4, no. 4, 1980, pp. 55-83
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Focuses on the Europeans' impact on Yurok, Hupa, and Karok peoples and how subsequent changes to religious ceremonies have caused many to refuse to participate in them.
Catalogue of art assembled from the personal collection of Dr. Bernard Cinader for an exhibition at the Mackenzie Gallery. Artists include Del Ashkewe, Jackson Beardy, Daphne Odjig-Beavon and Elda Smith.
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.