Newfoundland and Labrador Heritage: Heritage Web Site

Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Faculty of Arts
Memorial University; J.R. Smallwood Foundation; HISTOR!CA
Description
Study of the province includes aboriginal peoples, natural environment, society and culture, exploration, government and the arts. Also included are a glossary, games page, search page and gazetteer.
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Nez Perce Country

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
James Thull
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 20, no. 4, Tribal College Leadership and Vision, Summer, 2009
Description
Book review of: Nez Perce Country by Alvin M. Josephy, Jr.
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Nipawi, on the Saskatchewan River, and its Historic Sites

Alternate Title
Transactions of the Royal Society of Canada ; 3rd series, section 2 ; vol. 38, 194
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Arthur S. Morton
Description

This history deals primarily with the fur trade and the numerous posts in the "Nipawi", or Fort a la Corne and Nipawin areas along the Saskatchewan River from the 1750s to the 1790s. It contains historical and field research by Morton on the various French, Northwest Company, Independent, and Hudson's Bay Company posts found in this region of what is today Saskatchewan. Morton also discusses the war between the Cree and the original Atsina, or Gros Ventre, inhabitants of the area, as well as trade between First Nations and Europeans.

Historical note:

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Nishnawbe-Aski Nation: Part 1

Alternate Title
Confrontations Over Resources Development: Ipperwash Inquiry
Part 1: Nishnawbe-Aski Nation
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Wally M. McKay
Description
Discusses resource development, blockades and social problems.
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"No General Use Can Ever Be Make of the Wrecks of My Loss": A Reconsidered History of the Indian Vocabularies Collected on the Lewis and Clark Expedition

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Megan Snyder-Camp
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 30, no. 2, Fall, 2015, pp. 129-139
Description
Presents evidence, contrary to commonly held belief, that the collection of 280 word keys to at least 23 languages was not stolen and thrown overboard into the James River.
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"None Excel Them in Virtue and Honesty": Ecclesiastical and Military Descriptions of the Gila River Pima, 1694-1848

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
David H. Dejong
American Indian Quarterly , vol. 29, no. 1/2, Winter-Spring, 2005, pp. 24-55
Description
Author compiles serval descriptions of the of the Pima people (of what are now the San Pedro and Santa Cruz Valleys) made by various religious and military figures. Descriptions document the adaptations of the Pima culture during the period of American colonization.
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Nootka Sound

Alternate Title
Historic Nootka Sound
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Nootka Sound Service Ltd.
Description
History of a coastal region on Vancouver Island where Aboriginal, Spanish and English claims overlapped. Check out under 'History' two areas - "Early Exploration" and "The Nootka People".
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Norman McLeod Interview

Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Norman McLeod
Hugh MacMillan
Indian History Film Project
Description
Norman McLeod talks about his family's history in the fur trade and with fur trade companies. Transcribed by Heather Yaworski.
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Norman McLeod Interview #2

Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Norman McLeod
Hugh MacMillan
Indian History Film Project
Description
Norman McLeod discusses the history of his family. Transcribed by Heather Yaworski.
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Northern Dene Bibliography

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Ed Labenski
Description
Sources are divided by two areas, "Chipewyan" (Northern Saskatchewan and Manitoba, North West Territories) and British Columbia, Alberta, Yukon and Northwest Territories, grouped together. Each area is then divided into a social and cultural section and a language section. Bibliography includes citations from the Hearne Bibliography. The article is current as of 1998.
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Northwest Coast Uses of Polynesian Art

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Carol S. Ivory
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 9, no. 4, 1985, pp. 49-66
Description
Discusses historical background and showcases examples of Polynesian art objects.
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Northwest Journal

Web Sites » Organizations
Description
Site provides information on the Canadian fur trade era for re-enactors, explorers, historic site interpreters and educators.
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Norway House Museum - Postcards.

Images » Photographs
Description
Postcards of Norway House, Manitoba, past and present. Eight postcards shows historical scenes such as forts, churches and a view of Norway House from 1889. The remaining eight postcards showing modern day scenes like paddlers in a York boat, Aboriginal people posing for camera, and the Paimush Creek Rock Paintings.
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Notes on the Algonquian Family Hunting Ground System

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Vernon Kinietz
American Anthropologist, vol. 42, no. 1, January-March 1940, p. 179
Description
Commentary on historical references used in Dr. John M. Cooper's articleIs the Algonquian Family Hunting Ground System Pre-Columbian? evidence suggests band hunting system in the 17th century.
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Notes on the Historical Source Material in the Ayer Collection on the North American Indian Presented by Edward E. Ayer to the Newberry Library, Chicago.

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
The Newberry Library
Description
Notes on the Edward E. Ayer collection, located in The Newberry Library in Chicago, Illinois.

Historical note:

"In 1911 Edward E. Ayer, a Chicago businessman, presented to The Newberry Library his collection of historical source material relating chiefly to the discovery, exploration and colonization of North America and to the native races of North America, the Hawaiian Islands and the Philippine Islands. It contains at present about 49,000 volumes, bound pamphlets, manuscripts, documents and other accessioned pieces."
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Notes on the Snanaimuq

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Franz Boas
American Anthropologist, vol. 2, no. 4, October 1889, pp. 321-328
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