Recordings of meetings held between Commissioner Stuart M. Hodgson, Chief Alex Arrowmaker, and Members of the Legislative Assembly, Thomas H. Butters and Richard Whitford concerning the development plans for Snare Lakes.
Recordings of meetings held between Commissioner Stuart M. Hodgson, Chief Alex Arrowmaker, and Members of the Legislative Assembly, Thomas H. Butters and Richard Whitford concerning the development plans for Snare Lakes.
This item is the first part of a two-part interview of Father Louis Menez recorded on January 4, 1988 in Fort Resolution by Gail Beaulieu on behalf of the NWT Archives. The original source item was side A of a 60 minute audio cassette. The interview also includes item 0001B. Topics include a brief history of the Fort Resolution mission; the construction of the last mission building in 1931; water, heat, and lighting amenities in the building; who lived in the building and what role they played in the community; the relationship between the mission and the community; the abandonment of the building in 1976; and a description of various rooms in the building, with reference to a floor plan (likely the one found in file 1-1).
This item is the second part of a two-part interview of Father Louis Menez recorded on January 4, 1988 in Fort Resolution by Gail Beaulieu on behalf of the NWT Archives. The original source item was side B of a 60 minute audio cassette. The interview also includes item 0001A. Topics include a description of various rooms in the Fort Resolution mission building, with reference to a floor plan (likely the one found in file 1-1); the use of parts of the building as classrooms and hotel rooms; the building's plumbing and heating systems; the operations of the Fort Resolution hospital and nursing station; decision making in the community and relations with the government; and the reuse of building materials from earlier mission buildings.