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[The Atlas of Canada (3rd Edition)]: Routes of Explorers, 1534 to 1870

Alternate Title
Atlas of Canada, 3rd Edition, Issue 001
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Department of Mines and Technical Surveys
Government of Canada]
Four maps. Maps one and two show routes of French and English explorers for the periods 1534-1670 and 1670-1763. Map three shows routes of Hudson's Bay Company, Northwest Company, Cook and Vancouver from 1768-1795. Map four shows routes of British government and Franklin expeditions, Hudson's Bay Company and Northwest Company form 1800-1870.
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Atlas of Canada 6th Edition (archival version): Aboriginal Peoples circa 1823

Alternate Title
Atlas of Canada 6th Edition, 1999 – 2009 (archival version)
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Natural Resources Canada
Distribution of Aboriginal peoples at the height of British rule when the Hudson's Bay Company dominated the fur trade. Shows linguistic families, population and the extent of the area know to Europeans. Scroll down to choose options for downloading map and accompanying text.
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The Atlas of Canada: Routes of Explorers [1497 to 1905]

Alternate Title
Atlas of Canada, 1st edition ; map no. 32
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Department of the Interior [Canada]
Each route marked by a red line, giving the name of the explorer or company, and when that person travelled along the route. Also provides dates of the founding principal forts and trading posts.
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Augustine Yellow Sun and Joe Poor Eagle Interview 2

Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Augustine Yellow Sun
Joe Poor Eagle
Allan J. Wolfleg
Indian History Film Project
A discussion of Land rights under Treaty #7; trade of furs for goods; and the dispersal of the Blackfoot people and eventual return to the Blackfoot Reserve under Crowfoot.
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Australia & Race: Stop the World, We Want to Get Off!

Alternate Title
Australia and Race: Stop the World, We Want to Get Off!
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Peter Jull
Kathryn Bennett
Indigenous Affairs, no. 1, Racism, 2001, pp. 34-40
Article chronicles the issues of racism in Australian history and politics. To access this article scroll down to page 34.
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Australian Aborigines and the French

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Arlette Filloux
Aboriginal History, vol. 15, no. 2, 1991, pp. 184-186
Book review of: Australian Aborigines and the French edited by Maurice Blackman. Review located by scrolling to page 184.
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Aviators of Hudson Strait

Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
William Weintraub
Documentary looks at early Canadian aviation with Thomas A. Lawrence talking about an expedition to Ungava Bay and Hudson Strait. Duration: 28:20.
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Battle at Fort Edmonton: Fur Traders Under Siege

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Hugh A. Dempsey
Alberta History, vol. 59, no. 1, Winter, 2011, pp. 12-17
Looks at an 1826 battle between horse thieves and fur traders ending with six fewer horse thieves.
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Battleford and Medicine Hat - Newspaper clipping - 9 May 1885.

Articles » General
Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, May 1885, p. 196
Note: The description 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 short article on the ongoing Northwest Resistance, including four sketches: 1. The fort at Battleford; 2. The South Saskatchewan; 3. Steamers loading at Medicine Hat; 4. The Revolt of the Half-Breeds.
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The Battleford Post - Pamphlet. - 1949.

Archival » Archival Items
Pamphlet outlining the history of Fort Battleford, Saskatchewan. Five original buildings remain as the nucleus of this national historic site.

Historical note:

Fort Battleford, built in 1876 and in use until 1924, was the sixth Northwest Mounted Police fort to be established in the Northwest Territories of Canada, and played a central role in the events of the Northwest Resistance of 1885.
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Battleford Remembers Stockade Days

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Saskatoon Star-Phoenix
Mrs. C. Wetton
Articles in the Saskatoon Star-Phoenix relating to the 50th anniversary of the Northwest Resistance, with articles on Charles Parker, NWMP member,; Ben Prince, Chief Fine Day, and sketches of the Battleford Stockade.
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Beads, Wampum, Money, Words—and Old English Riddles

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Carter Revard
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 23, no. 1, 1999, pp. 177-189
Argues that Wampum was a historical record, containing matters that were held sacred, but when first encountered by Europeans, because it was held with such respect, Wampum was assumed by the Europeans to be money.
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The Bear Facts

Alternate Title
Nunavut Animation Lab: The Bear Facts
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Jonathan Wright
National Film Board (NFB)
Inuit Broadcasting Corporation

Humourous animated short involves a ill-equipped European "discovering" the Inuit homeland and promptly planting flags everywhere as a sign of ownership and an Inuit hunter's response. Accompanying material: The Bear Facts: Lesson Plan. 

Duration: 3:58.

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The Bear Facts: Lesson Plan

Alternate Title
[Nunavut Animation Lab]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
National Film Board (NFB)

Guide to accompany film, The Bear Facts. Target audience Grades one to three in the subject areas of History, Social Sciences, First Nations and Humanities.

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Beauval, Saskatchewan: An Historical Sketch

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Paul Hurly
Saskatchewan History, vol. 33, no. 3, Autumn, 1980, pp. 102-110
Provides information on the founding of the town of Beauval and of the surrounding community: the Grey Nuns Mission at Ile-à-la-Crosse, the Mission build by the Oblate Marie Immaculate order, and the Indian Industrial School located there. Entire issue on one .pdf, scroll to p.102.
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Beaver, Bison, and Black Robes: Montana's Fur Trade, 1800-1860

Alternate Title
Montana: Stories of the Land
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Krys Holmes

Discusses how the demand for beaver pelts brought about a new economy, the shift from hunting beaver to hunting bison, and the impact of missionaries.

Chapter from Chapter from Montana: Stories of the Land by Krys Holmes..

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Between Doorstep Barter Economy and Industrial Wages: Mobility and Adaptability of Coast Salish Female Laborers in Coastal British Columbia 1858-1890

Alternate Title
Native American Symposium ; 5th, 2003
Native Being -- Being Native: Identity and Difference: Proceedings of the Fifth Native American Symposium
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Carol Williams
Examines the changing roles of Native American women and their entrepreneurial strategies for making a living.
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