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[193- to 197-] (Creation)
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- Sibbeston, Nick
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70 audio reels
71 sound CDs
92 photographs : negatives; b&w and col.
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Nicholas (Nick) George Sibbeston was born in Fort Simpson on November 21, 1943. After receiving his Bachelor of Arts from the University of Alberta in Edmonton, he returned to Fort Simpson as the hamlet secretary-manager. From 1970-1974, he was a member of the Northwest Territories Legislative Assembly after which he attended law school at the University of Alberta. He completed his degree in 1975 becoming the first northern lawyer born in the Northwest Territories. Nick Sibbeston was re-elected to the Legislative Assembly in 1979 and he served in a number of portfolios including Government Leader (1985-1987), Minister of Economic Development and Tourism, Culture and Communications (1986-1987), Aboriginal Rights and Constitutional Development (1984-1987), Intergovernmental Affairs (1985-1987), Local Government (1984-1985) and the Northwest Territories Science Institute (1987-1988). He was also chairman of the Western Constitutional Forum, the group negotiating for the new western territory to be created upon the division of the Northwest Territories in 1999. He resigned from the Legislative Assembly in 1991 in order to continue his law practice.
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This fonds consists of 92 photographs and 70 audio reels (original master) copied from records loaned to the NWT Archives by Nick Sibbeston and 71 sound CDs (archival master). The original Sibbeston family photographs believed to date from the 1930s to the 1960s, feature the Fort Simpson area although few of the images have identifications. The original audio recordings probably all date from the 1970s and include episodes of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) program "Dene Gonde" and recordings of the General Assembly of the Metis Association of the Northwest Territories in Fort Providence during the fall of 1976.
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Some (number unknown) audio recordings are in Slavey.
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No access restrictions.
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Finding aid available for N-1992-022.
Associated materials
Fort Simpson Historical Society also holds reference prints of the photographs.
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Physical description
70 audio reels were created from loaned original audio reels and cassettes in 1994-1995. 92 negatives were copied from loaned original prints and negatives in 1992. 71 sound CDs were copied from the audio reels in February, 2000 as part of the "CBC Project".
Rights
C.B.C holds copyright on much of the audio material. See accession files for restrictions concerning N-1992-022.