One 16 mm film reel of the Department of Information and ACCESS coproduction, "Prohibition in the North." The film details the different forms of liquor restrictions (prohibition, rationing, and local controls) in four communities in the Northwest Territories: Fort Franklin (Deline) [Incl. Fr. Denis OMI, Dora Gully, George Cleary, RCMP Corp. Bill Scott; Band Council members: George Kodakin, Jimmy Cleary, Joe Naedzo, Leon Modeste discussing liquor-related deaths and bootlegging.], Pond Inlet, Igloolik, and Pangnirtung. ©GNWT https://vimeo.com/462820689/2dac515965
This accession consists of a film entitled "Prohibition in the North," a coproduction of the Government of the Northwest Territories' Department of Information and ACCESS. Directed by Peter Crass, the film outlines different systems of liquor control (prohibition, rationing and local control) in four different communities.
Northwest Territories. Department of Information (1967-1985)Accession consists of an Analysis of the Dene Language Information Review, as well as Dene Traditional Life Series and Inuit Traditional Life Series.
Territorial bulletin / Department of Information. - Yellowknife : DOI, 1972-1978. - Newsletters (ca. 800p.)
see notes for more complete dates.
Canada's arctic today / Department of Information. - Yellowknife : DOI, 1976. - Brochure (8p.)
The changing Keewatin = [Syllabics] / Department of Information. - [Yellowknife] : DOI, [1977]. - Published report (83p.) : ill.
The Keewatin / N. Cooper, Department of Information. - [Yellowknife] : DOI, [1980?]. - Brochure (16p.)
Northwest Territories visual identity program / Department of Information. - [Yellowknife] : DOI, 1980. - Brochure (28p.)
The communicators: Bridging the gap = [syllabics] / Department of Information. - [Yellowknife] : DOI, [1973]. - Brochure (16p.)
Records consists of brochures on varied topics such as translation services, the NWT visual identity program, regional information (mostly the Keewatin region) and 6 years of weekly Territorial bulletins (incomplete run).
The records are from the Central Registry file system and contain files from the following program areas: Director's Monthly Meetings (11 block) and the Directorate (13 block).
These files were from the Central Registry and were from the following Central Registry blocks: Policy (11-000) which contains files about departmental and territorial policy and directives; Settlements (11-004) contains files on Rae, Port Burwell, Iqaluit and Fort Smith; Tours (11-005) contains files on the Commissioner's Tours of the Arctic; Publications (11-006) contains copies of the GNWT publication 'H.Q. Bulletin' and Communications (11-012) contains files relating to the development of community broadcast stations in the north.
One folder containing a copy of Beryl Gillespie's handwritten daily journal. The juornal provides a detailed account of s Mooseskin Boat project conducted in 1981. It provides substantial details on the construction techniques.
One folder containing a copy of Beryl Gillespie's type written summary report on the Mooseskin Boat project conducted in 1981. The report provides a general description of the project however it contains few details on the construction techniques.
The moving images document a project to build a mooseskin boat. The text consists of copies of the daily journals of the project kept by Beryl Gillespie and a copy of her final summary report. The 17 photographs were taken by Beryl Gillespie.
One series of 10 posters is titled "Northern Legacy" and includes scenic images of the Northwest Territories, wildlife and northern residents. A second series of 5 posters is titled "Arctic Wildlife." The images depicted include both the Arctic and Sub-Arctic regions of the Northwest Territories.
Records include moving images, photographs, and one file of reports generated by trips taken by Commissioner Stuart Hodgson. The Commissioners' Tours included visits to the upper Mackenzie, Nahanni and Liard River Area (June 2-6, 1969), the central arctic (Aug. 25 - Sept. 5, 1969), the Mackenzie Delta (Oct. 13-19, 1970), and the central arctic (May 5-8, 1971). One of the films contains a narrative by Commissioner Hodgson on the Arctic Winter Games.