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The English River Book
One of the few surviving documents from this important period in Canadian history is The English River In 1786 the North West Company traded furs in Athabaska territory as a …
Law, Life, and Government at Red River, Volume 2
Inhabited by a diverse population of First Nations peoples, Metis, Scots, Upper and Lower Canadians, and Americans, and dominated by the commercial and governmental activities of …
Memories, Myths, and Dreams of an Ojibwe Leader
Because the elderly chief wanted his visitor to understand the Ojibwe world, and because Hallowell was deeply interested in his subject matter and was such a good listener, Berens …
The Spirit Lives in the Mind
Renowned storyteller Louis Bird shares the teachings and stories about Swampy Cree culture collected over three decades.
Voices from Hudson Bay
The era the elders describe, from the end of World War I to the closing of York Factory in 1957, saw dramatic changes - both positive and negative - to aboriginal life in the …
Arctic Artist
Back's journal is particularly valuable because it is the only one that records the entire expedition; Franklin himself relied on it for his own published account of the journey. …
North of Athabasca
Using unused or little-known documents, Keith fills in gaps and corrects inconsistencies in previous information about the company. North of Athabasca not only includes the …
Treaty No. 9
For more than a century, the vast lands of Northern Ontario have been shared among the governments of Canada, Ontario, and the First Nations who signed Treaty No. 9 in 1905. For …
Friends, Foes, and Furs
George Nelson (1786-1859) was a clerk for the North West Company whose unusually detailed and personal writings provide a compelling portrait of the people engaged in the golden …
Letters from Rupert's Land, 1826-1840
A vivid depiction of the lives of a Scottish fur trader and his far-flung family on both sides of the Atlantic
Law, Life, and Government at Red River, Volume 1
Inhabited by a diverse population of First Nations peoples, Metis, Scots, Upper and Lower Canadians, and Americans, and dominated by the commercial and governmental activities of …
From Barrow to Boothia
Over a three-year period from 1837 to 1939, operating from a base-camp at Fort Confidence on Great Bear Lake, the expedition achieved its goal. Despite serious problems with sea …