Fur Trade & Exploration
Salvaging on the Coast of Erebus Bay, King William Island: An Analysis of Inuit Interaction with Material from the Franklin Expedition
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Dana Thacher
Arctic, vol. 71, no. 4, December 19, 2018, pp. 431-443
Description
Study examines the way the Netsilik engaged with and altered two different ships that were abandoned in their territories by members of the Franklin expedition, noting the motivations for and methods of adaptation and appropriation of these European vessels.
Sask. History Far Deeper Than White Settlement
Alternate Title
Saskatchewan History Far Deeper Than White Settlement
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Doug Cuthand
Star-Phoenix, June 12, 2009, p. A11
Description
Reflects on the history of Saskatchewan's First Nations and the contributions they made to Saskatchewan and Canada.
Saskatchewan River Rendezvous Centers and Trading Posts: Continuity in a Cree Social Geography
Alternate Title
Saskatchewan River Rendezvous Centres and Trading Posts Continuity in a Cree Social Geography
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
David Meyer
Paul C. Thistle
Ethnohistory, vol. 42, no. 3, Summer, 1995, pp. 403-444
Description
Evidence indicates six sites in the River valley have been used continuously as gathering places by Indigenous peoples from early to contemporary times.
Searching for Sacajawea: Whitened Reproductions and Endarkened Representations
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Wanda Pillow
Hypatia, vol. 22, no. 2, The Reproduction of Whiteness: Race and the Regulation of the Gendered Body, Spring, 2007, pp. 1-19
Description
Comments on popular romanticized figure and her role with the Lewis and Clark Corps of Discovery expedition (1804-1806).
Selkirk Papers / Correspondence relating to the Union of the H.B. Co and the N.W. Co, / 1819-1821.
Archival » Archival Items
Description
Copies of transcripts pertaining to the expiry of the Agreement by which the North West Company was constituted. Secret negotiations between the two companies commenced with George Moffat of Montreal, representing the Northwester Wintering Partners, approaching Lady Selkirk through her friend Samuel Gale, Jr., to ascertain whether or not the Hudson's Bay Company would become the Northwester's agent, supplying their outfits and selling their furs.
Selling Beaver Skins in North America and Europe, 1720-1760: The Uses of Fur-Trade Imperialism
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Thomas Wien
Journal of the Canadian Historical Association, vol. 1, no. 1, 1990, pp. 293-317
Description
Discusses how traders exaggerated threat of external foes in order to drive up the price of beaver pelts. .
Separate But Unequal: The Political Economy of Aboriginal Dependency
Alternate Title
[Canadian Political Science Association Annual Meeting; 75th, 2003
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Frances Widdowson
Description
Explores the different phases of capitalist development and the interaction with the economic systems and political structures of Aboriginal peoples.
"The Settlers' Grand Difficulty": Haying in the Economy of the Red River Settlement
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Barry Kaye
Prairie Forum, vol. 9, no. 1, Spring, 1984, pp. 1-11
Description
Looks at the repeated crop failures at Red River that compelled settlers to use wild hay from the plains, as well as support the colony by hunting, fishing, and fowling.
Sex, Lies and Northern Explorations: Recent Books on Peary, MacMillan, Stefansson, Wilkins and Flaherty
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Murielle Nagy
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 32, no. 2, Franz Boas et les Inuit / Franz Boas and the Inuit, 2008, pp. 169-185
Description
Book reviews of: Robert and Frances Flaherty: A Documentary Life, 1883-1922 by Robert J. Christopher.
The Making of an Explorer: George Hubert Wilkins and the Canadian Arctic Expedition 1913-1916 by Stuart E. Jenness.
How Peary Reached the Pole: The Personal Story of His Assistant by Donald B. MacMillan.
Travelling Passions. The Hidden Life of Vilhjalmur Stefansson by Gisli Pálsson.
A Short History and Description of Ojibbeway Indians Now On a Visit to England with Correct Likenesses, Engraved from Daguerreotype Plates, Taken by M. Claudet
Alternate Title
A Short History and Description of Ojibeway Indians Now On a Visit to England with Correct Likenesses, Engraved from Daguerreotype Plates, Taken by M. Claudet
A Short History and Description of Ojibway Indians Now On a Visit to England with Correct Likenesses, Engraved from Daguerreotype Plates, Taken by M. Claudet
An Adventure in Canada
[North American Indian Thought and Culture]
E-Books
Author/Creator
Charles Stuart
Arthur Rankin
George Catlin
'The Sieidi is a Better Alter/The Noaidi Drum's a Purer Church Bell': Long-Term Changes and Syncretism at Sámi offering sites
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Tiina Äikäs
Anna Kaisa Salmi
World Archaeology, vol. 45, no. 1, Archaeology of Religious Change, March 2013, pp. 64-82
Description
Investigates the evolution of Sámi ethnic religious practices in northern Fennoscandia (Norway, Sweden, Finland, Russia) through the amalgamation of different religious traditions into a new one.
Sixteenth-Century Tusayan
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Henry F. Dobyns
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 15, no. 2, Spring, 1991, pp. 187-200
Description
Author examines multiple archival sources to develop a more accurate understanding of Hopi communities in the mid 1500s.
See also:
Albert H. Schroeder's critique: "Comments on Henry Dobyns' 'Sixteenth-Century Tusayan'."
Henry F. Dobyns's response: " Superhuman Hearing, Superhorses, and Miraculous Maize."
Social 7, Ch. 8 Study Guide
Alternate Title
Voices and Visions: A Story of Canada
Documents & Presentations
Description
Includes key definitions, questions and answers. For use with Chapter 8: The Metis from the textbook Voices and Visions: A Story of Canada.
Social Studies 7: Chapter 1: Aboriginal Societies [Notes]
Alternate Title
Big Idea: Who are the Aboriginal peoples who have contributed to the building of Canada?
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Tavis Newman]
Description
Focuses on the Mi'maq, Haudenosaunee, and the Anishinabe nations. Answer key.
For use with chapter from textbook Voices and Visions: A Story of Canada.
Social Studies Grade 5: Canada: The Peoples and Stories of This Land: A Curriculum and Guide to Implementation
E-Books
Author/Creator
NWT Department of Education, Culture and Employment
Description
Nine modules: Origins and Connections to the Land; Pre-Contact Cultures; Early European Exploration and Colonization; Nouvelle-France and Cultural Integration; French-English Rivalry; Refugees, Warriors and Reformers; Negotiating Confederation; Furs, Farms and the Métis; and Treaties, War, and the Changing West.
Integrates Dene, Inuvialuit and Inuinnait perspectives on history.
"Territorial Pilot 2011-2012".