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Speakers include: Andrew Kunnizzi.
[Recorded in Gwich'in.]

This item is the first part of a two-part recording of speeches and interviews from the Women and Words Conference held in Vancouver, June 30-July 3, 1983. The recording is in English. The original source item is side A of a 90 minute audio cassette. The recording also includes item CN-193B. The Women and Words conference was a bilingual conference for women in literature-related fields. The recording starts with an introduction by organizer Betsy Warland, followed by a presentation and poetry reading by Indigenous poet Beth Cuthand. The next section of the recording is an interview of Beth Cuthand by Susan Lavoie, likely for the Datsedi radio program. Beth speaks about no longer seeing herself as a victim because she is an Indigenous woman, working as a team and giving people equal respect, and her message to non-Indigenous women writers. The next section of the recording is an interview of Victoria Freeman, one of the conference organizers by Susan Lavoie, likely for the Datsedi radio program. Victoria speaks about organizing the conference, its aims, the Westcoast Women and Words Society, the anthology of women authors they are editing, and her satisfaction with the outcomes of the Conference.

This recording includes sides A and B of the tape.

Speakers include: Lucy Vaneltsi.
[Recorded in Gwich'in.]
["Wolf and Wolverine is written on tape. "Traditional life" is on inventory list. The rest of the tape was blank.]

Speakers include: Lucy Vaneltsi.
[Recorded in Gwich'in.]
[Contents on tape is unknown. Wolf and wolverine was on inventory list, not on tape.]

Speakers include: William Nerysoo.
[Recorded in Gwich'in.]

This is an interview of William Firth recorded on April 20, 1977 in Fort McPherson by Ray Price and Sue Look. The original source item is side A of a 60 minute audio cassette. There is a transcript available in file N-1992-084: 1-16

This is the second part of a three-part interview of William and Elizabeth Schaefer recorded on January 14, 1977 in Fort Smith by Ray Price, Joanne Overvold, and John Evans. The original source item is side A of a 60 minute audio cassette. The interview also includes items 0101B and 0102A. There is a transcript available in file N-1992-084: 4-3

This is the first part of a three-part interview of William and Elizabeth Schaefer recorded on January 14, 1977 in Fort Smith by Ray Price, Joanne Overvold, and John Evans. The original source item is side B of a 60 minute audio cassette. The interview also includes items 0101A and 0102A. There is a transcript available in file N-1992-084: 4-3

This item is an interview of Wilf Schidlowsky recorded on March 9, 2004 in Yellowknife by Pat Braden. File 1-6 is a transcript of this interview. Topics include his early musical experiences growing up in Saskatchewan, moving to Yellowknife, and the musical community in Yellowknife in the 1960s and 1970s.

Speakers include: Abraham Alexie Sr.
[Recorded in Gwich'in.]

This item consists of part two of a three-part consultation meeting (Phase 2) held October 24, 2001 between staff from the Department of Resources, Wildlife and Economic Development (RWED) and the community of Whati on proposed new wildlife legislation. The meeting is in English and Tlicho. The original source item is side B of a 120 minute audio cassette. The meeting also includes items 0033A and 0034A. Government representatives at the meeting include Ernie Campbell (Manager of Wildlife, North Slave), Dean Clough (biologist), Ron Graf (Manager of Wildlife and Fisheries, Headquarters), Raymond Bourget (North Slave Office), and Dan McStravick (Business Development Office, Rae (Behchoko)). Presenter Raymond Bourget invites questions and comments about the new Wildlife Act and receives feedback from several Tlicho speakers referencing the land claim and self-government agreement in progress, thanking the presenters, and sharing stories about hunting in the past. A comment is also made with respect to the use of high-powered rifles. Raymond Bourget continues with the presentation of the proposed Species at Risk Act, including why the Act is being developed, monitoring and assessment, listing (SAR committee, sources of information, process, levels of risk), automatic prohibitions, recovery (team, plan, timelines, approval, implementation), reassessment, delisting, emergency listing, habitat protection, intentional and unintentional harm, stewardship, and the purpose of the Act. A Tlicho speaker comments about caribou numbers, wastage, and using caribou wisely. Bourget asks that wastage be reported so it can be investigated. A comment from an English speaker is unintelligible. Another Tlicho speaker suggests swifter action to develop the legislation.

This item consists of part one of a three-part consultation meeting (Phase 2) held October 24, 2001 between staff from the Department of Resources, Wildlife and Economic Development (RWED) and the community of Whati on proposed new wildlife legislation. The meeting is in English and Tlicho. The original source item is side A of a 120 minute audio cassette. The meeting also includes items 0033B and 0034A. The meeting begins with brief introductions of the government representatives at the meeting: Ernie Campbell (Manager of Wildlife, North Slave), Dean Clough (biologist), Ron Graf (Manager of Wildlife and Fisheries, Headquarters), Raymond Bourget (North Slave Office), and Dan McStravick (Business Development Office, Rae (Behchoko)). Raymond Bourget leads the presentation of the new Wildlife Act, including process of developing new Wildlife legislation (what has been done, upcoming steps), how to improve consultation, ability to submit comments, how to use traditional knowledge in managing wildlife, what kind of animals Act applies to, licencing (land claims beneficiaries, out of territory Indigenous people), hunter training (mandatory, for whom), outfitting (residency requirements, guide training and certification), buddy hunting (licence requirement), tag allowances (by licence type, area-specific, by species), trapping, harvest reporting (harvest studies, mandatory reporting), hunting methods (calibre restrictions, weapon or firearm restrictions, baiting), harassment of wildlife (chasing, photography, aircraft), using airplanes for hunting (waiting period), age requirements, no-shooting corridors along roads, wastage of meat (personal, commercial operations), feeding game meat to dogs, export (permits, quantities), possession and export of live wildlife, and penalties and enforcement.

This item consists of part three of a three-part consultation meeting (Phase 2) held October 24, 2001 between staff from the Department of Resources, Wildlife and Economic Development (RWED) and the community of Whati on proposed new wildlife legislation. The meeting is in English and Tlicho. The original source item is side A of a 120 minute audio cassette. The meeting also includes items 0033A and 0033B. Government representatives at the meeting include Ernie Campbell (Manager of Wildlife, North Slave), Dean Clough (biologist), Ron Graf (Manager of Wildlife and Fisheries, Headquarters), Raymond Bourget (North Slave Office), and Dan McStravick (Business Development Office, Rae (Behchoko)). Many comments are offered by Tlicho speakers regarding the change to a new kind of trap that Elders are not comfortable with. Responses are given as to why the trap change was necessary, indicating that funding is available to support the design of new traps, that trapping workshops are being offered, and about the former Western Harvester Assistance Program. Another Tlicho speaker comments about caribou numbers and migration patterns. Regional Biologist Dean Clough responds giving information on wildlife studies and results. Some comments are unintelligible. A question is also asked whether local people have seen bison moving up to Whati. The meeting closes with encouragement to the people to bring ideas for studies and comments, to stop in and visit if they come to Yellowknife, and thanks.

This is the first part of a six-part interview of Walter McPherson recorded on June 6-7, 1975. The original source item is side A of a 60 minute audio cassette. The interview also includes items 0072B, 0073A, 0073B, 0074A, and 0074B.

This is the second part of a six-part interview of Walter McPherson recorded on June 6-7, 1975. The original source item is side B of a 60 minute audio cassette. The interview also includes items 0072A, 0073A, 0073B, 0074A, and 0074B.

This is the sixth part of a six-part interview of Walter McPherson recorded on June 6-7, 1975. The original source item is side B of a 60 minute audio cassette. The interview also includes items 0072A, 0072B, 0073A, 0073B, and 0074A.

This is the third part of a six-part interview of Walter McPherson recorded on June 6-7, 1975. The original source item is side A of a 60 minute audio cassette. The interview also includes items 0072A, 0072B, 0073B, 0074A, and 0074B.

This is the fourth part of a six-part interview of Walter McPherson recorded on June 6-7, 1975. The original source item is side B of a 60 minute audio cassette. The interview also includes items 0072A, 0072B, 0073A, 0074A, and 0074B.

This item is an interview of Wally Firth, recorded after he had become Metis Association President, by an unidentified female interviewer. The interview is in English. The original source item is side A of a 120 minute audio cassette. Wally Firth was born in Fort McPherson on January 25, 1935 to parents Mary and William Firth. His father was a Metis who had been an HBC post manager for several years. Wally’s grandfather was John Firth, who was a Scotsman from the Orkney Islands and the Hudson’s Bay Company manager at Peel River. Wally’s mother was an Indigenous woman whose father was from Alaska. Wally started school at about age 10 or 11, with minister Alec Dewdney and his wife, for a few months a year. In 1948-49, when a school was built in Fort McPherson, Wally attended there for a couple of years, but had to leave due to a suspected case of tuberculosis. A few years later, Wally began studying on his own. Wally spent time with his father on the trapline when he was young, but by the time he reached his teens, the price of fur was very low. Wally started working for the Hudson’s Bay Company as a part-time chore boy, working his way up to fur baler, clerk, and finally manager. He was posted to Wrigley in 1958, transferred a couple of times, and ended his HBC career at Arctic Red River (Tsiigehtchic). Wally then started work as the first announcer at the CBC Inuvik CHAK station in 1960. He then worked at CBC Yellowknife for 4-5 years. During that time he got involved with the Indian-Eskimo Association, which had the goal of helping Indigenous people across Canada to organize, by providing funds, advisors, and other resources. Wally left the CBC in 1968 to work full-time for the Indian-Eskimo Association and travelled throughout the Great Slave Lake area, Mackenzie Delta, and the Yukon, using a small aircraft. Wally was asked to run for the New Democrats in the 1972 federal election and won. He was re-elected in 1974 and served as Member of Parliament until 1979. Wally worked as a flight instructor in Ottawa for about a year before returning to the north to fly as a charter pilot. At the time of this interview, Wally had been recently elected President of the Metis Association. He identifies work toward settling the land claim as the top priority. He also suggests that a lot of progress has been made since the 1960s in the attitude of the federal government toward Indigenous rights.

This item consists of part three of an eight-part consultation meeting (Phase 2) held November 6-7, 2001 between staff from the Department of Resources, Wildlife and Economic Development (RWED) and the Sahtu Renewable Resources Board in Norman Wells on proposed new wildlife legislation. The meeting is in English. The original source item is side A of a 90 minute audio cassette. The meeting also includes items 0042A, 0042B, 0044A, 0044B, 0045A, 0045B, and 0046A. The meeting includes presentation and discussion of the new Wildlife Act, including licences (non-resident Status Indians, border licences). The meeting ends around 25 minutes, but the recording continues with a what appears to be another meeting. This portion is very quiet and has lots of static. The meeting may relate to Species at Risk and makes reference to status, reporting, a deadline for information submission, and sending representatives to the CITES conference.