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Side B of audio recorded interview with South Slavey elder George Boots. Mr. Boots provides traditional place names for bodies of water and islands, and discusses fishing near his house. He also identifies the locations of various houses, and names the owners.

Side A of audio recorded interview with South Slavey elder George Boots. Mr. Boots provides traiditional place names for numerous waterways, locations of houses, and describes the location of oil exploration cutlines, his work on the oil pipeline, grouse in the area, the Lafferty family, the location of houses and their owners, the traditional names of trees, and traditional Dene names for specific rivers and mountains.

Side B of audio recorded interview with South Slavey elder George Boots. Mr. Boots discusses the traditional place names of mountains and bodies of water near Root River, and the habits of blackducks, moose and caribou in the area.

Side A of audio recorded interview with South Slavey elder George Boots. Mr. Boots provides traditional place names for bodies of water and offers his thoughts on the meaning of the names.

Side B of audio recorded interview with South Slavey elder George Boots. Mr. Boots provides traditional place names for specific bodies of water, hills and mountain ranges. He also discusses the location of fish and fishing.

This item is the first part of a six-part recording of stories that were recorded at the Miner's Mess restaurant in Yellowknife, March 13th and March 15th, 1990, as part of the Cultural Festival component of the Arctic Winter Games. The recording is in English. The original source item is a reel-to-reel tape. The recording also includes items 0002, 0003, 0004, 0005, and 0006. Speakers include:
Claire Barnabe: Experiences as a new teacher and resident of the north.
Abe Okpik (@22:13) discusses experiences, Project Name/Surname
Barb Bromley (@43:00): Discusses early days of nursing in Yellowknife. Including Medevac experiences and fire at Red Cross/Stanton Hospital in 1966.

This item is the second part of a six-part recording of stories that were recorded at the Miner's Mess restaurant in Yellowknife, March 13th and March 15th, 1990, as part of the Cultural Festival component of the Arctic Winter Games. The recording is in English. The original source item is a reel-to-reel tape. The recording also includes items 0001, 0003, 0004, 0005, and 0006. Speakers include:
Lorne Schollar (@2:45) Experiences as an RCMP officer in the north, mostly Grise Fiord.
Rene Fumoleau (@39:34) Experiences in Fort Franklin, Fort Good Hope, Yellowknife.
Musical interludes by Lew Delaney on accordion.

This item is the third part of a six-part recording of stories that were recorded at the Miner's Mess restaurant in Yellowknife, March 13th and March 15th, 1990, as part of the Cultural Festival component of the Arctic Winter Games. The recording is in English. The original source item is a reel-to-reel tape. The recording also includes items 0001, 0002, 0004, 0005, and 0006. Speakers include:
Jim Green telling jokes and stories: 'The best thing about winter in Whitehorse'
Erik Watt (@22:17 min) reading a poem he wrote called "McDougal's Bash"
Music by Lew Delaney on accordion

This item is the fourth part of a six-part recording of stories that were recorded at the Miner's Mess restaurant in Yellowknife, March 13th and March 15th, 1990, as part of the Cultural Festival component of the Arctic Winter Games. The recording is in English. The original source item is a reel-to-reel tape. The recording also includes items 0001, 0002, 0003, 0005, and 0006. Speakers include:
Jim Bourque (@ 10:52)
Pete Fraser (@51:53)
Musical interludes by Colin Adjun and Simon Kuliktana of Coppermine.

This item is the fifth part of a six-part recording of stories that were recorded at the Miner's Mess restaurant in Yellowknife, March 13th and March 15th, 1990, as part of the Cultural Festival component of the Arctic Winter Games. The recording is in English. The original source item is a reel-to-reel tape. The recording also includes items 0001, 0002, 0003, 0004, and 0006. Speakers include:
Pete Fraser (continued from previous tape)
D'Arcy Arden (@5:44)
Joe Tobie (@41:30)
Musical interludes with Colin Adjun and Simon Kuliktana

This item is the sixth part of a six-part recording of stories that were recorded at the Miner's Mess restaurant in Yellowknife, March 13th and March 15th, 1990, as part of the Cultural Festival component of the Arctic Winter Games. The recording is in English. The original source item is a reel-to-reel tape. The recording also includes items 0001, 0002, 0003, 0004, and 0005. Speakers include:
George Blondin: Dene Legends
Neil Colin (@27:30 min.) "The Mouth of the Peel" tells jokes.
Musical interludes by Colin Adjun (fiddle) and Simon Kuliktana (guitar)

Ben Sutherland being interviewed by Richard Valpy, Assistant NWT Archivist June 1,1986. Part 1 of 2. 32:50 [Discussed topics from Mr. Sutherland's birth in Scotland, arrival in Canada, education and employment with the Canadian National Railroad. 1934 meeting with Johnny Baker who hired him to come work in Yellowknife for $3.50/day. He arrived in January 1935 in an airplane on skis piloted by Rudy Heuss to the LT Burwash camp on the east side of the Yellowknife Bay. They lived in tents near the Camlaren/Con Mine area. Mentions people like: Huey Muir, Olaf Hagen, Wop May, Matt Berry, Stan McMillan, Jock McMeekan, and George ?(a French-Canadian from Northern Alberta they took to Outpost Island to cut logs). Mentions unprepared prospectors who left before the year was out. Also the Distributor bringing supplies for mines and houses for Tlicho (Dogrib) village. Claim jumping, caribou herds, ice house and fishing for dog food. 1936 when airplanes brought more people, radio stations and supplies.]

Ben Sutherland being interviewed by Richard Valpy, Assistant NWT Archivist June 1,1986. Part 2 of 2. Discussing Mr. Sutherland's time in Yellowknife from January 1935 to February 1937. [Incl. living conditions, prospecting, collecting samples, population at the time (50 men, nobody on Jolliffe Island, Latham Island or Old Town yet), socializing, liquor, medical treatment (to Dr. Amyott in Fort Smith), radio operators and telegrams, Tom Payne and Jock McMeekan claim jumping, E.P. Taylor deposited paycheque in Winnipeg bank, half of crew left over winter but with so many others applying to work, most stayed.]

This item is the first part of a three-part interview of Laura Loutitt, recorded on September 11, 1986 in Fort Smith by the Assistant Archivist of the Northwest Territories Archives. The original source item was track 1 of an audio reel and spans 17 minutes, 30 seconds.. The interview also includes items 0001B and 0001C. Topics include Loutitt’s early childhood at the Hay River Anglican Mission, her father who was the manager of HBC, her siblings, and her marriage to Colin Loutitt. She discusses topics up until the 1920s. There were recording issues at the very end of the tape, causing the audio to speed up before ending abruptly.

This item is the second part of a three-part interview of Laura Loutitt, recorded on September 11, 1986 in Fort Smith by the Assistant Archivist of the Northwest Territories Archives. The original source item was track 2 of an audio reel and spans 30 minutes, 20 seconds. The interview also includes items 0001A and 0001C. Topics include Loutitt’s work as a cook for the RCMP in the 1930s and what the job was like, cooking for local pilots, the types of food they ate, and how she travelled around from Fort Chipewyan to Lake Athabasca to Fort Smith. She also speaks briefly of her husband’s passing around 1946 and a bit about World War II. The beginning of the tape begins with a summary of the previous recording due to issues with the tape recorder.

This item is the third part of a three-part interview of Laura Loutitt, recorded on September 11, 1986 in Fort Smith by the Assistant Archivist of the Northwest Territories Archives. The original source item was track 3 of an audio reel and spans 30 minutes, 45 seconds. The interview also includes items 0001A and 0001B. Topics include World War II and the CANOL Project, Loutitt's restaurant The Right Spot, and general things about her life such as neighbours and families she knew, the loss of two children, and changes at church. At the end of the tape, the interviewer explains that the tapes will be brought back to Yellowknife to become part of the collection.