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The material includes correspondence, minutes, annual reports, reports on the Territorial Museum, pamphlets, project files, archaeological and historic site regulations, and files on toponymic activities. Included among the correspondence files are the files from the Chairman of the Board, Alexander Stevenson and from the permanent secretary of the Board.

G-1999-059 · Accession · 1969-1992
Part of Northwest Territories. Department of Culture and Communications fonds

Many of the records were created when the division was part of the Department of Justice and Public Services, and some date back to earlier predecessors such as the NWT Historical Advisory Board. Records include files related to archaeological and land use permits, minutes of staff meetings, reports and publications, museum policies, support for community heritage related efforts, and special projects such as the Trapline - Lifeline exhibit.

Northwest Territories. Department of Culture and Communications. Museums and Heritage division

The images document traditional food preparation techniques of the Inuvialuit, including the use of the drying rack at fish camps; Inuvialuit elders; as well as archaeological sites, such as burial sites, sod houses, and the corrals once used to herd reindeer. The images also document the archaeological excavation team and their own camps. Examples of scientific phenomena such as ice push and shoreline erosion are shown. In addition there are photographs of the DEW-Line, Tuktoyaktuk harbour, heritage sites, oil exploration and oil rigs at McKinley Bay, and artificial islands. Aerial photographs document wildlife, Mackenzie Delta communities, and geographic features such as pingoes. Caribou, swans, eider ducks, siksik (ground squirrel), the jellyfish of McKinley Bay and other wildlife are shown. Locations include Tuktoyaktuk, Reindeer Station, Anderson River, Whitefish Station, Stanton, Warren Point, Nicholson Point, Kittigazuit, Husky Lake, Wood Bay, and North Star Harbour. Specifically in Tuktoyaktuk, there are photographs of significant buildings used formerly or still being used. These include the Roman Catholic Church, the Roman Catholic Mission Warehouse, 'Our Lady of Lourdes' (ship), the RCMP barracks, the Anglican Church, and the Hudson's Bay Company staff house.

The audio consists of interviews with elders from the Tuktoyaktuk region on various topics such as toponyms, hunting, and traditional life. The corresponding transcripts make up the 30 cm of textual records.

Video footage includes drum dancing, traditional food preperation and interviews with elders regarding tradtional place names.

Northwest Territories. Department of Education, Culture and Employment. Tuktoyaktuk Traditional Knowledge Project
G-2007-028 · Accession · [1975-1979]
Part of Northwest Territories. Department of Natural and Cultural Affairs fonds

Records include reports, guides and brochures created by the Department of Natural and Cultural Affairs. Records date from [1975-1979] and consist of fishing guides, hunting regulations, reports on caribou and wildlife ordinances. Records also include summaries of archaeological resources and an overview of the Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre layout and use before it was constructed.

Pokotylo, David
N-1985-505 · Accession · [1983-1985]

This accession consists of transcripts for two interviews. One transcript is a translation of an interview with George Pellissey and forms part of the video "Drum Lake". The second transcript consists of an interview conducted by David Pokotylo with Baptiste Betsedea (interpreted by George Pellissey) which provided the data for a paper entitled "Now You See It, Now You Don't: A Contemporary Stone Tool Quarry Site in the Mackenzie Valley, Northwest Territories" (1991).

Pokotylo, David
N-1999-039 · Accession · 1956; 1978-1979

The textual records consist of a programme outlining the itinerary for the visit of His Royal Highness, The Prince of Wales to Yellowknife in April 1979 and a report entitled "Aerial Reconnaissance Report: Fort Simpson Towards Fort Liard Road, 1956." The 50 black and white photographs are aerial photos from the "Reconnaissance Report" and the 2 maps are also part of the "Reconnaissance Report." The maps depict the District of Mackenzie, Simpson-Liard area and the Fort Nelson-Kotcho Lake region in British Columbia. The 34 colour slides depict the old village of Ni Dzi Ka Ko Gola, now an archaelogical site where the home of the Great Bear Lake Chief once stood.