Dene peoples

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      Dene peoples

      • UF Athapaskan peoples
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      Dene peoples

      87 Archival description results for Dene peoples

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      Goldi Productions Ltd.
      N-1992-195 · Accession · [1980, 1981], copied 1986

      Records include two films, "They Fish the Great Slave" and "Dene Family". "They Fish the Great Slave" was produced in 1980 by Arctic Films; produced and directed by John Goldi and narrated by Mick Mallon. The subject of the film is commercial fishing on the Great Slave Lake, and features Clifford Bird, Johnny Nault, and Jane "Total" Mayo. "Dene Family" is a Goldi Productions Film from the Northern Lifestyle Series and was produced with the support of the NWT Department of Education and Canada Council Exploration in 1981. The film is narrated by Elizabeth Marlowe and depicts the lifestyle of the Marlowe family of Łutselk’e (Snowdrift).

      Goldi Productions Ltd.
      Vittrekwa, Enna
      N-1984-004 · Accession · [194-?-197-?]

      Records within this accession include six photographs of the Vittrekwa family, and includes people from Fort McPherson and Aklavik. These include Enna's parents William Vittrekwa and Mary Vittrekwa, as well as sister Catherine and brother-in-law Alfred Semple.

      Vittrekwa, Enna
      N-2001-009 · Accession · 1997-2000

      Records were generated by a project undertaken by the Sahtu Heritage Places and Sites Joint Working Group and include one report entitled "Places We Take Care Of" that identified and made recommendations about the protection, preservation and promotion of heritage places and sites important to the history and culture of the Sahtu Dene and Metis. Records also consist of copies of oral history transcripts from Délı̨nę, Colville Lake and Fort Good Hope. Interviews were carried out as part of the project to identify additional culturally significant and historic sites.

      Sahtu Heritage Places and Sites Joint Working Group
      June Helm
      N-2003-037 · Accession · [1951-197-?]
      Part of June Helm fonds

      The images were taken primarily during June Helm's field work in 1951-1952 and the 1960s. They mainly document community life and field work in Jean Marie River in 1951, 1952, and 1959, and community life and travel in Rae (Behchokǫ̀) and Whatı̀ (then Lac La Martre) in 1959 and the 1960s. June Helm's research assistants Teresa Carterette (1951-1952) and Nancy O. Lurie (1959, 1962, 1967) also figure in the images, as does Helm's first husband Richard "Scotty" MacNeish. Activities depicted include travel by boat and canoe, dogsledding, fixing fish nets, aerial photographs of communities, hunting, hand games and feasts.

      June Helm
      N-2002-011 · Accession · 1959-1970
      Part of June Helm fonds

      The images are copies of photographs that June Helm took while working as an anthropologist with the Tłı̨chǫ people in Rae (Behchokǫ̀) and Whatı̀ between 1959-1970. The original negatives can be found in accession N-2004-020, items 0001 through 0654.

      George Blondin fonds
      291 · Fonds · 1981, 1996, 2000

      This fonds consists of stories and writings from George Blondin, a Sahtu Dene elder. The stories and writings relate to traditional medicine, medicine power, Yamoga, Yamoria, the Giant Wolverine, and wolverine medicine power.

      Blondin, George
      Oblates of Mary Immaculate
      N-1992-003 · Accession · [1864-193-], microfilmed 1991
      Part of Oblates of Mary Immaculate fonds

      Records consist of a volume of Dene family genealogies. Father Emile Petitot, who was at the Fort Good Hope Mission from 1864 to 1873 and from 1876 to 1878, is believed to have begun this genealogy register circa 1864. The book was updated periodically by Father Petitot's successors, until the 1930s.

      Fort Liard Band Council
      N-1992-053 · Accession · 1986

      The videocassettes consist of "Birch Bark Baskets" (English version) 21 min.; "Making a Birch Sled" (Slavey version) 21 min.; and "The Spruce Canoe" (English version) 21 min. The canoe was built by Johnny Klondike. The videos were filmed by Francine Betthale, produced by the Fort Liard Band Council, and funded by the GNWT Department of Culture and Communications and Dene Nation.

      Fort Liard Band Council
      Duplessis, Jerry
      N-1992-177 · Accession · 1978

      The recordings contain interviews with Paul Wright and Fred Andrew, both elders of Fort Norman. The recordings are in Slavey and may deal with traditional stories. The stories were recorded over an eight day period at Drum Lake.

      N-1992-049 · Accession · [197-]
      Part of Dene Nation fonds

      This accession consists of two identical posters titled "Our Land, Our Life". They depict a man holding two children. Noted on the poster is "Let us put our minds together and see what life we will make for our children".

      N-1979-071 · Accession · [1969]

      Ten of the photos appear in Schwarz's book "Elik: and other stories of the Mackenzie Eskimos" and are portraits of the storytellers. These include Archie (Headpoint) Erigaktuk, Kenneth Peeloolook, Sarah Raddi, Jessie Olorgrak, Susie Tiktalik, Felix Nuyaviak, William Firth, Elizabeth Blake, Alik Alubuk Stefansson, and Alex Kakianen. Other images are of Herbert Schwarz and the gravemarker for Constable R. O. H. Taylor of the "Lost Patrol."

      Schwartz, Herbert T.
      231 · Fonds · [196-? - 1981], 1988

      This fonds consists of two maps, 465 photographs, 43 DAT audiocassettes and 17 audio reels. The majority of the material consists of a collection of oral histories and photographs accumulated by the Fort Good Hope Community Council via their Dene Language and Historical Research Project. The oral histories were created because of the Dene Language and Historical Research Program. The photographs, collected from individual photographers, represent an artificial collection of historical photographs. Photographers include: Mr. Cassien Edgi, Brother Mahe and Alphonsine McNeely. The maps consist of town plans dealing with land use and development in the municipality of Fort Good Hope. One plan contains the text of the Fort Good Hope Community Plan. The second plan indicates zoning and focuses on the Jackfish Creek Redevelopment.

      Fort Good Hope (NT)
      G-2013-070 · Accession · 1998-2005
      Part of Northwest Territories. Department of Health and Social Services fonds

      Records include files related to the delivery of health and social services programming under land claims and self-government agreements, Senior Management Committee (SMC) meetings, various internal health and social services committees, family violence intiatives, work on the social agenda of the GNWT and files from the Social Lens Working Groups.

      Northwest Territories. Department of Health and Social Services. Policy, Legislation and Communications division

      The textual records include an English transcript of interviews conducted with Whati elders in 2001 on the subject of the fur trade. The sound recording, entitled 'Trading Among the Dogrib People', contains the interviews, which were conducted in Tlicho (Dogrib). Speakers include Alexis Flunki, Mary Madeleine Nitsiza, Jimmy Rabesca, and Louis Simpson. Topics discussed include trading with the Hudson's Bay Company, trapping, running errands, and the role of women in the fur trade.

      Northwest Territories. Department of Education, Culture and Employment (1992-present)
      George Blondin
      N-1998-028 · Accession · 1981
      Part of George Blondin fonds

      The sound recordings consist of George Blondin speaking about "Importance and responsibility of obtaining medicine in the olden days"; "Yamogah and enemy Eyinicho." (June 1981) .

      Blondin, George
      Dene Nation fonds
      227 · Fonds · [197-], [ca. 1975], 1979

      This fonds consists of two identical posters titled "Our Land, Our Life", and 2 cm of textual material. The material is made up of two copies of the "Dene Declaration: Statement of Rights" on broadsides, and one "Public Notice" from the Chiefs in Council. There is also one illustrated calendar produced by the Dene Nation for the 12-month period from May 1979 to April 1980. Included are chronologies of important events in the history of the Dene, descriptions of Dene culture and images of Dene people.

      Dene Nation