Grave Found in Association with La Loche House

Images » Photographs
Author/Creator
Don Steer
Description
On information card: Grave found in association with La Loche House with a Hudson's Bay Fort. Principle features are the cross at the head of the grave and a picket wood fence. Methy Portage, SK.
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The Great Adventure

Alternate Title
Arctic Mission
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Jean Lemire
Thierry Piantanida
Description
Film chronicles the voyage of a northern expedition lasting five months and covering 16,000 kilometres through the Northwest Passage. Accompanying material: The Great Adventure [Study Guide]. Duration: 52:03.
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The Great Adventure: [Study Guide]

Alternate Title
Arctic Mission
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
National Film Board (NFB)
Description
Guide to accompany film, The Great Adventure. Target audience senior elementary, secondary school and adult education. Contains pre and post viewing activities related to geography, human and physical systems, global issues, local environments, climate change, history, explorers and technology themes.
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Great Canadian Lakes: First Nations

Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
[Diane Williamson
Liz Mayer
Dan Clark
Linda Turner]
Description
Website contains links to Lake Ontario, Lake of the Woods, Great Slave Lake, Bras d'Or Lake and Lake Winnipeg regions.
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The Great Kartan Mystery

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Paul Mellars
Aboriginal History, vol. 6, no. 2, 1982, pp. 152-154
Description
Book review of: The Great Kartan Mystery by Ronald Lampert. Review located by scrolling to page 152.
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The Great Shimmering

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Norman Hallendy
Canada's History, vol. 97, no. 2, April/May 2017, pp. 64-66
Description
Reports on a large concentration of inuksuit at Cape Dorset and also includes an excerpt from, An Intimate Wilderness: Arctic Voices In A Land Of Vast Horizons.
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The Great Trek

Archival » Archival Items
Author/Creator
Reginald Bird Beatty
Description
This chapter of Reginald Beatty's diary describes his journey from his homestead in the Carrot River area to Troy (later Qu'Appelle Station) for supplies in late February 1886, a round trip of 300 miles. Also included is a description of the courtship between one of Beatty's travel companions and the local schoolteacher. Item found within folder 'Reginald Bird Beatty Papers.'

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The Gros Ventre/Fall Indians in Historical and Archaeological Interpretation

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Mary E. Malainey
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 25, no. 1, 2005, pp. 155-183
Description
Discusses the debate whether the people described as Gros Ventre were Atsina or Hidatsa. Historical documents indicate the two groups Atsina and the Arapaho recognized their kinship.
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Gus MacDonald Interview

Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Gus MacDonald
Murray Dobbin
Indian History Film Project
Description
Mr. MacDonald worked with the CCF government to help organize the commercial fishing industry in Saskatchewan.
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Gwendoline B. Beck Interview

Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Gwendoline B. Beck
Murray Dobbin
Indian History Film Project
Description
Gwen Beck is a long time resident of La Ronge who has taken a keen interest in local, social and political affairs.
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H.B.C. Freight Canoe

Images » Photographs
Description
A Hudson's Bay Company freight canoe travelling close to shore. Five men paddling and steering, two children seated. Rocks in foreground. Location unknown; possibly British Columbia.
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H.B.C. Men

Images » Photographs
Description
Four Hudson's Bay Company men dressed for winter travel (snowshoes, sled and sled dog). Kitwanga, BC, buildings in background.
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"He Was Neither a Soldier nor a Slave: He Was Under the Control of No Man": Kahnawake Mohawks in the Northwest Fur Trade, 1790-1850

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Nicole St-Onge
Canadian Journal of History, vol. 51, no. 1, Spring-Summer, 2016, pp. 1-32
Description
"This article argues that both these long-standing perceptions of Mohawks as men possessing superior skills as woodsmen and imbued with a fierce character informed the Montreal-area hiring practices of large fur trade concerns."
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Health Aspects of Arctic Exploration: Alaska's Medical History Based on the Research Files of Dr. Robert Fortuine

Alternate Title
Proceedings of the 15th International Congress on Circumpolar Health
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kathleen Murray
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 72, Supplement 1, 2, p. article no. 21264
Description
Brief article describes 10 of Dr. Fortuine's most significant publications out of the134 articles he published during his career.
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Henry Cardinal Interview 2

Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Henry Cardinal
Abraham Burnstick
Indian History Film Project
Description
Talks about the taking of and interpretation of Treaty #6.
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Henry Kelsey's Great Adventure

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
The Beaver, vol. 70, no. 3, June/July 1990, pp. 4-?
Description
Describes his travels from 1690-1692 for the Hudson's Bay Company.
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Henry’s Journal

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Charles N. Bell
Transactions of the Manitoba Historical and Scientific Society, no. 37, Series 1, May 9, 1889, p. [?]
Description
Excerpts from the Journal of Alexander Henry to Lake Superior, Red River, Assiniboine, Rocky Mountains, Columbia and the Pacific, 1799 to 1811, To Establish the Fur Trade, covering the years 1806-1808.
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Henry’s Journal, Covering Adventures and Experiences in the Fur Trade on the Red River, 1799 to 1801

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Charles N. Bell
Transactions of the Historical and Scientific Society of Manitoba, no. 31, Series 1, May 4, 1888, p. [?]
Description
Excerpts from Journal of Alexander Henry to Lake Superior, Red River, Assiniboine, Rocky Mountains, Columbia and the Pacific, 1799 to 1811, to establish the fur trade, limiting this paper to July 1800-June 1801.
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Her Majesty’s Ships Erebus and Terror and the Intersection of Legal Norms

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Nigel Bankes
Northern Review, no. 50, Law in the Canadian North, April 07, 2020, pp. 47-81
Description
Article discusses the three different bodies of law that are at play in navigating the rediscovery of the HMS Erebus, and the HMS Terror. Includes discussion of public international law, The UNESCO Convention of 2001 on the Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage, and the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement.
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Here First

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Sarah Carter
The Beaver, vol. 76, no. 6, December/January 1996/1997, pp. 39-?
Description
Book review of: I Have Lived Here Since the World Began by Arthur J. Ray.
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Hermann Klaatsch and the Tiwi, 1906

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Brigitte Stehlik
Aboriginal History, vol. 10, no. 1, 1986, pp. 59-77
Description
Presents a biography of the explorer followed by his account of an expedition to Melville Island.
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The High Plains and their Utilization by the Indian

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Waldo R. Wedel
American Antiquity, vol. 29, no. 1, July 1963, pp. 1-16
Description
Argues that seasonal residence patterns were feasible, except in periods of severe drought or winter storms, for pre-horse Indigenous peoples.
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