A photograph of a Cree chief and his Split Lake canoemen with Harris Leech, K.C. of Winnipeg during a trek of officials to Churchill, Manitoba, organized by the Hudson Bay Route Association (a.k.a. On-to-the-Bay Association)
A photograph of three men and a young boy posing in front of a horse drawn wagon loaded with canoes. The Red Earth Reserve trading post is in the background. The elevated man is identified as Matthew McKay and one of the others as perhaps a Garvin. Photo was taken in early spring before they went out trapping. Nd, perhaps 1930 to 1950?
Loyal till Death: Indians and the North-West Rebellion
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Photograph. Caption: "Local HBC manager William McKay left the safety of the fort to meet with the Cree. When he told a group of Indians to leave his store, they did so--without a word of protest".
From the book Loyal till Death: Indians and the North-West Rebellion by Blair Stonechild and Bill Waiser.
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".
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.
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.
On information card: (L-R) Leo Satoksky - left (clerk) DNA, Luke Essaluk - center (clerk) DNA, Ches. Russell - right (hotel) at Hudson's Bay Co. store". Rankin Inlet, N.W.T.