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A Letter to the Earl of Liverpool from the Earl of Selkirk: Accompanied by a Correspondence with the Colonial Department (in the Years 1817, 1818, and 1819), on the Subject of the Red River Settlement, in North America

Alternate Title
A Letter to the Earl of Liverpool from the Earl of Selkirk [Electronic Resource]: Accompanied by a Correspondence with the Colonial Department (in the Years 1817, 1818, and 1819), on the Subject of the Red River Settlement, in North America
E-Books
Author/Creator
Thomas Douglas Selkirk
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Letters of Sir Alexander MacKenzie

Archival » Archival Items
Author/Creator
MacKenzie
Alexander
This book consists of letters written to Roderic Mackenzie during Alexander Mackenzie's travels to such places as Ile a la Crosse, Grand Portage, Sandy Bay, Athabasca, Lac la Loche, Lac la Pluie, Fort Chipeywan, and other locations. He frequently mentions encounters with Indians, specifically "Red Knives", Chipewyan, Cree, and Beaver Indians.
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Lewis and Clark Journey: The Renaming of a Nation

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lydia Whirlwind Soldier
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 19, no. 1, Spring, 2004, pp. 131-143
Investigates the procurement and purchase of land between the Mississippi River and the Rocky Mountains by the United States government in the early 1800s.
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Lewis and Clark Through Indian Eyes

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Dawn Karima Pettigrew
Whispering Wind, vol. 40, no. 4, November-December 2011, pp. 30-31
Book review of: Lewis and Clark Through Indian Eyes by Alfred A. Knopf.
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Licensed Trafficking and Ethnogenetic Engineering

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Susan A. Miller
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 20, no. 1, Writing about (Writing about) American Indians, Winter, 1996, pp. 49-55
Author criticizes the ways that History scholars portray Indigenous peoples in their writings with a particular focus on Richard White’s The Middle Ground: Indians, Empires, and Republics in the Great Lakes Region, 1650-1815.
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Life and Times of the Great Sioux Nation

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Michal Votřel
Explores the influence and the impact of the arrival of Europeans on the Sioux traditional culture and life. Thesis towards an undergraduate degree in Education--University of West Bohemia, 2014.
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Life of George Bent, Written From His Letters

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Lew Richards
Whispering Wind, vol. 39, no. 5, Issue 273, November-December 2010, p. 28
Book review of: Life of George Bent, Written From His Letters by George E. Hyde, edited by Savoie Lottinville.
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Life with the Esquimaux

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
O. C. S. Robertson
Arctic, vol. 24, no. 1, March 1971, pp. 75-76
Book review of: Life with the Esquimaux by Charles Francis Hall.
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Life With the Esquimaux: The Narrative of Captain Charles Francis Hall, of the Whaling Barque "George Henry" From the 29th May, 1860, to the 13th September, 1862. Vol.1-2

E-Books
Author/Creator
Charles Francis Hall
"With the results of a long intercourse with the Innuits, and full description of their mode of life, the discovery of actual relics of the expedition of Martin Frobisher of three centuries ago, and deductions in favour of yet discovering some of the survivors of Sir John Franklin's expedition".
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Light on a Forgotten People

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Stuart Houston
The Beaver, vol. 76, no. 5, October/November 1996, pp. 39-?
Book review of: Children of the Fur Trade: Forgotten Métis of the Pacific Northwest by John C. Jackson.
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Living at a High Arctic Polynya: Inughuit Settlement and Subsistence around the North Water During the Thule Station Period, 1910-53

Alternate Title
Human Landscapes in the North: Papers in Honour of Dr. Priscilla Renouf
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Bjarne Grønnow
Arctic, vol. 69, no. 5, Suppl. 1, 2016, p. article no. 4573
Uses ethnographic sources for information about geographical location and character of winter settlements, communication and transportation networks, mobility of families, hunting grounds, seasonal hunting and trading, and hunting strategies.
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The Lost Inuit of Franklin Bay

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
David Morrison
The Beaver, vol. 70, no. 4, August/September 1990, pp. 48-?
Describes the Mackenzie River Inuit, including their trading patterns and the impact of contact with Europeans.
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Louis Primeau, Hudson's Bay Man and Pedlar

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Tom Maccagno
Alberta History, vol. 59, no. 2, Spring, 2011, pp. 16-21
Comments on the life of a trapper, guide, and fur trader in the mid 1700's.
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[Louis Riel's Part in Metis History and His Legacy in Canadian Culture]

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Ivana Nad'ová]
Overview of the history of the Métis people from events proceeding the Manitoba Act to the trial and execution of Louis Riel. Bachelor's Diploma Thesis towards undergraduate degree in English Language and Literature (B.A.)--Masaryk University, 2006.
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Mackenzie's Rock / With a map showing the course followed by the explorer from Bella Coola, B.C., to the Rock, and illustrated with views along the route. - R.P. Bishop. - Booklet. - 1923.

Alternate Title
Historic Sites Series (National and Historic Parks Branch) ; no. 6
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
R.P. Bishop
Booklet on Captain Bishop's efforts to locate the rock which was the westernmost point reached by Sir Alexander Mackenzie during his 1793 expedition into what is now British Columbia.
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Making Medicine against "White Man's Side of Story": George Bent's Letters to George Hyde

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lincoln B. Faller
George Bent
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 24, no. 1, Winter, 2000, pp. 64-90
Article gives a brief biographical sketch of George Bent, a man of mixed Cheyenne and Euro-American heritage; examines Bent’s letters to Hyde (who wrote a more complete biography), and the perspective they provide on the settlement of the American West.
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'Many Tender Ties': The Shifting Contexts and Meanings of the S BLACK Bag

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Laura Peers
World Archaeology, vol. 31, no. 2, October 1, 1999, pp. 288-302
Explores the origin and includes photographs of the decorated "octopus" bag and the complex differences in its meaning as it changed hands and moved from one culture to another over a period of time.
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