Transportation

Looks at the US Army's war against the Navajo, from 1863 to 1868, that saw the Army holding many Navajos at Fort Summer, New Mexico.

Book review of: Mari Nawi by Keith Vincent Smith. Review located by scrolling to page 219.

Consists of an interview where she gives a brief account of life in a residential school.

Discussion of the connection between Canada's native communities and Scotland; the Scottish background of many native families. Discussion of transportation by York boat. No date given, probably in the 1970's.

Study shows that current medical transfer system does not fully meet psychosocial needs of Inuit patients and their families. NOTE: Also published as Journal of Aboriginal Health, Summer, 2015.

Aboriginal men building a canoe.

History Thesis (M.A.)--University of Ottawa, 2005.

Introduction to culture of Mi'kmaq and Maliseet of eastern Canada.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--[University of Alaska, Fairbanks], 1986.

Geography Thesis (M.A.)--Memorial University of Newfoundland, 2007.

Journey from the far north to the urban south using the National Film Board's archival footage. Duration: 3:31.

Two men standing in a moose skin boat on the Mackenzie River, NWT.

Discusses results from project to re-analyze the kayak found in 1921 at Morris Bay in Washington Land in order to understand the history of the Inughuit and their cultural transition.

Discusses the necessity of a comprehensive program which addresses both general conditions and specific prevention and intervention tasks. Excerpt from The Surgeon General's Workshop on Drunk Driving: Background Papers.

General discussion of Mr. Birston's life with comments from his granddaughter and grandson. No date given, probably in the 1970's.

Photograph of Gordon Rogers, Area Administrator for Resolute Bay, N.W.T. [NU]., and wife in front of Nordair air plane.

Consists of an interview where there is discussion of traditional Indian values. There is also mention of a flood legend.

An interview that includes stories of hunting, trading and food gathering. Also included are stories about the Frog Lake massacre and Wihtiko (cannibal monster)

She gives a brief account of her childhood living in the bush while her father trapped for a living.

An image of an Aboriginal man on a horse. He is wrapped in a blanket and carrying a rifle. The postcard is addressed to Trixey Dezell, High Bluff, Alberta.

Autobiography of Leslie Garrett, born 1898 into a religious family in England. He became a minister of the Church of England after emigrating to Canada in 1913. In 1923 he was assigned to Big Trout Lake, ON, and did missionary work among the Aboriginal population for 31 years. In 1953 he moved to Loon Lake, SK, as a senior missionary for the Northern Canada Evangelical Mission.

Looks at the arrest and detention of Kahentiiosta, a young Kahnawake Mohawk woman, during the 1990 Oka Crisis. Duration: 29:50.

Book review of: Nastawgan edited by Bruce W. Hodgins and Margaret Hobbs.

Communication Thesis (M.A.)--Simon Fraser University, 1980.

Contains links to information on woodland art, Ojibwa culture, spirituality, food, birch bark canoes, and tanning hides.

A photograph of a Native Encampment near Saskatoon taken around 1905. There are several teepees, some four wheel wagons and at least two Red River Cart style wagons. There are some men standing near a horse in the centre of the photo.

Native family in horse drawn wagon at the corner of University drive and Clarence Ave in Saskatoon. Houses in background belonged to Wier family (left) and Marshall family (right).

Discusses the artists work and some of the issues facing Indigenous cultures on both sides of the Canadian/United States border. Duration: 9:34.

A negative showing three Native men and three women standing by two tipis in a summer camp. They wear western style clothes. There is a saddled horse in the background.

A photograph that is part of a series of photographs (LH-4069a to LH-4076) of Native people from Moose Woods Reserve. In this photo a man stands on sleigh runners behind a team of two horses in the winter.

A postcard that is part of a series of photographs (LH-4069a to LH-4076) of Native people from Moose Woods Reserve. In this photo a group of women and children stand centre, flanked by three men on horseback. A non-Native man stands at the far right.

Photo looking down on native people in canoes by shore.

A photograph of Native people on horseback near wagon probably on Saskatoon exhibition grounds. It is a colour photo that has a yellow tint. Two of the people wear head-dresses and there is the back of a wagon visible at the right.

Describes the Indigenous watercraft project of the Australia National Maritime Museum which was envisioned to overcome a gap regarding Australia's first mariners.

Interviewee discusses area of land covered when living by traditional trapping,hunting and fishing; relationship between residents of various northern settlements; and bringing freight by barge from Lesser Slave Lake.

Book review of: Never Trust a Government Man by Tony Austin. Review located by scrolling to page 223.

Lesson plan for constructing a dog travois developed in conjunction with exhibition of Blackfoot shirts loaned from the Pitt Rivers Museum, University of Oxford, to the Glenbow and Galt Museums in Alberta.

Archaeology Thesis (M.A.)--University of Saskatchewan, 2003.

Study uses 90 in-depth interviews to explore the determinants of medevac decision-making from the perspective of frontline care providers; finds that possible factors that influence the decision include: the care provider’s experience, staffing levels, access to diagnostic/treatment related equipment.

Group of people and skidoos in foreground; taken at Clyde, N.W.T. [NU].

Farm wagon with Christina Bateman and Annie McKay with their driver Willie Bear (Cree) on trip from Prince Albert to Montreal Lake, SK.

Image showing a camp of wagons and men of the North West Field Force in background; terrain in foreground. Location unknown.

Image showing a group of North West Field Force soldiers on horseback, on foot and riding on wagons with an ox-cart leading the way; location unknown.

The S.S. Northcote after the battle at Batoche during the Northwest Resistance.

Reports on the history of the paddlewheeler (1874-1904) which was used in military operations during the 1885 Resistance.

Highlights the challenges facing northern transportation that result from higher costs, limited capacity and a harsh climate.

Looks at the capacity to handle opportunities and challenges that come along with economic diversification, the Asia Pacific Gateway and Corridor, and the proposed Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipeline.