[Logs with a building in the background. Possibly taken in Fort Simpson.]
The sub-series consists of records relating to the first Metis Heritage Project undertaken by the Metis Association during the 1970s. The project included gathering records and photographs from various sources, including individuals and archives, which documented the history of the Metis people in the Northwest Territories. The records include copies of textual records from other institutions and publications, copies of photographs of Metis life from other institutions and family albums, original photographs of Metis Association events, genealogies, research notes, and finding aids. The copied textual records include correspondence, government records, annual reports, journal excerpts from missions and fur trade posts, notes from treaty parties and half-breed scrip commissions, journals and memoirs of private individuals, newspaper and magazine clippings, and excerpts from books.
The files have been maintained in their original order and several distinct groups of records are apparent: copies of textual records, topical reference files, family reference files, research material, catalogues and finding aids, and copies of photographs.
The 'S.S. Distributor' nearly completed, Alma Guest is christening its bow
'S.S. Distributor' moored on the riverbank
'S.S. Distributor'
'S.S. Distributor' sailing close to shore
Passenger and crew members aboard the 'S.S. Distributor'
Jack Illington aboard the 'S.S. Slave River'
Man aboard the 'S.S. Slave River'
Man aboard the 'S.S. Slave River'
Man aboard the 'S.S. Slave River'
Three fur traders in sleeping bags beside a tent
Three fur traders beside the river bank
Three fur traders posing beside a cart
Alma Guest and a fur trader posing beside a cart
Large beaver skin stretched out on a rack to dry
Buffalo herd in the winter
Dene gathered beside a tent, Fort Smith
Mackenzie Delta Inuit "These were nearly all eskimos. I saw a number of them last summer. They come from further north for the herring run at Arctic Red River. Summer of 1915, Arctic Red River