Transportation
Travelling and Hunting in a Changing Arctic: Assessing Inuit Vulnerability to Sea Ice Change in Igloolik, Nunavut
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Gita J. Laidler
James D. Ford
William A. Gough
Theo Ikummaq
Alexandre S. Gagnon ... [et al.]
Climatic Change, vol. 94, no. 3-4, 2009, pp. 363-397
Description
Discusses factors effecting hunters' ability to travel on the ice and harvest seal and walrus.
"Travois and Squaws"
Images » Photographs
Description
Note: The title of this document uses wording that was common to mainstream society of that time period in history. As such, it contains language that is no longer in common use and may offend some readers. This wording should not be construed to represent the views of the Indigenous Studies Portal or the University of Saskatchewan Library.
A painting of two Aboriginal women, with two horses and a dog. They are depicted travelling on the prairie. Each of the animals is hitched to a travois that carries a large bundle.
Two Aboriginal Women and Bicycle
Images » Photographs
Description
A photograph of two Aboriginal women in white blouses and long dark dresses in front of a building. A bicycle leans against the wall behind them. These women were probably acquaintances of the George Mann family who worked on Onion Lake, Saddle Lake and Hobbema reserves between 1883 and 1915.
Update From Cultural Survival (Canada) - 14.1
Alternate Title
The Innu
Update From CS Canada
Articles » General
Cultural Survival Quarterly, vol. 14, no. 1, Breaking Out of the Tourist Trap Part 1, Spring, 1990
Description
Brief news updates including opposition to an expansion of low-level military flights over Newfoundland and Labrador, lobbying to prevent the issuance of logging permits by the Algonquin of Barriere Lake, a spill of radioactive contaminated water in Saskatchewan, and opposition to pulp and paper mills in Alberta.
Update From Cultural Survival (Canada) - 14.2
Alternate Title
The Innu
Update from CS Canada
Articles » General
Cultural Survival Quarterly, vol. 14, no. 2, Breaking Out of the Tourist Trap Part 2, Summer, 1990
Description
Brief updates on the proposed expansion of the Goose Bay air base, reprieve in the issuance of forest license agreements for the Algonquin of Barriere Lake, mercury contamination at James Bay and more.
Update From Cultural Survival (Canada) - 14.3
Alternate Title
Update From CS Canada
Articles » General
Cultural Survival Quarterly, vol. 14, no. 3, Cambodia, Fall, 1990
Description
Looks at the placement of a military training facility that would impact the Innu people of Labrador, logging in Barriere, Quebec, the James Bay dispute, and the demands of the Teme-Augama Anishnabai of northern Ontario being met.
The Uprising in the Northwest - Sketch. - 25 April 1885.
Documents & Presentations
Description
Sketch subtitle: White inhabitants of the Saskatchewan region leaving a settlement after an Indian raid. Two males and one female, all wearing snowshoes and heavy coats, walking through the snow. The woman is carrying a small child.
Voices of the Canoe: For Teachers
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Museum of Anthropology [University of British Columbia]
Description
Contains links to lesson plans for various levels under the themes of Indigenous Knowledge, Historical Consciousness, Evidence, Cultural Expressions, Colonialism, Ancient Civilizations, Mapping, Oral Traditions, Origin Stories, Resources, and Primary Sources.
Educators' section of website that focusses on Fijian, Haida and Squamish canoe traditions and their importance in each culture.
A Voyage Around the World: In a Canoe
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Kaimana Barcarse
Cultural Survival Quarterly, vol. 38, no. 1, From the Heart of the Earth, March 2014, p. [?]
Description
Results of an experiment to whether the Polynesians in their voyaging canoes were able to intentionally travel from island group to island group in the Pacific using only traditional methods of navigation.
Waban-Aki: People From Where the Sun Rises
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Alanis Obomsawin
Description
Looks at the history and contemporary life of the Abenaki and the importance of basket making to their way of life.
Duration: 1:44:05.
Accompanying material.
A Way of Life
E-Books
Author/Creator
Marianne Bromley
[Ed Hall]
[Melanie Hadlereena]
[Attima Hadlari]
[Maureen Jensen]
[et al.]
Description
Discusses the history of the fur trade in the Northwest Territories and contemporary trapping practices, and gives detailed instructions for making snowshoes, kamiks, spruce canoes, and trap sets and preparing and eating country food.
When Disaster Strikes: Emergency Management in the Arctic
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Sara French
Northern Public Affairs, vol. 2, no. 3, Arctic Search & Rescue, July 2014, pp. 32-36
Description
Roundtable identified two major barriers to addressing the North's search and rescue operations: a complex jurisdictional landscape and cost.
"Wig Wams of Indians on the Prairies", "View of Indian Camp ground"
Images » Photographs
Description
2 photographic processes of same image (one black and white, the other sepia toned). Indian encampment on top of hill at Battleford, in sight of Government House. In the photo 5 youths, one infant in mossbag and three adults. Two teepees and Red River cart also in image.
William Clarke: Sixty Years ith Dog-Teams
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Graham Guest
Denosa, February 1982, pp. 6-7
Description
William Clark of Southend has been using dog teams for sixty years. Page one, one photo, William Clark unloads firewood hauled home by his dog team. Page two, one photo, William Clark sitting.
William & Helen Trudeau 1
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
William Trudeau
Helen Trudeau
Tony Snowsill
Christine Welsh
Ernest Debassigae
Indian History Film Project
Description
Mrs. Trudeau talks about being adopted and the schooling she received as a child. Mr. Trudeau talks about growing up on the farm, and later working in the lumber and fishing industries. Interpreter : Ernest Debassigae ; transcriber : Joanne Greenwood.
William MacDonald Interview
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
William MacDonald
Richard Lightning
Indian History Film Project
Description
Negotiations of Treaty #8 regarding promises made, and requests for reserve land at Fort MacKay.
"Willie Bear Delivers us to Mr. Nun"
Images » Photographs
Author/Creator
Christina Bateman (photographer)
Description
Image depicts two men in wagon looking back at camera. Description reads: " Mr. Nun, Hudson Bay Company Factor at Montreal Lake and Willie Bear and Conveyance we had from Prince Albert to Montreal Lake." Trip of Christina Bateman and Annie McKay.