Rankin Inlet [men in carving workshop ca.1971.][Felix Kappi on the left and Simon Kolit on the right.]
Eskimo Point [now called Arviat, two women, one with baby in amautiq and a man (Simon Kowmuk) in a room, ca.1971].
Helicopter from [Canadian Coast Guard Ship] C.D. Howe landing in Pangnirtung [while large group of Inuit looks on]. Taken by Lynn Ball, 1967.
Repulse Bay, ca.1971 [group of young Inuit and a white man outside a building].
[Inuit wait as tracked truck loads or unloads TransAir Douglas DC-3 aircraft ca.1971.]
[Groups of Inuit with snowmobiles, komatik, buildings in background, ca.1971.]
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)Young Eskimo [Inuit] boy holding [2 walrus] tusks at Grise Fiord, NWT. Taken by Lynn Ball, 1967. [Lazarus (or Manasie) Akeeagok]
Young Eskimo [Inuit] boy at Grise Fiord. Taken by Lynn Ball, 1967. [Possibly Lazarus (or Manasie) Akeeagok]
Accession consists of an Analysis of the Dene Language Information Review, as well as Dene Traditional Life Series and Inuit Traditional Life Series.
[Boy stands outside Frank Lafferty's house, Ndilo, Yellowknife.]
[Man (Johnny Goulet) stands outside Phillip Goulet's house with toboggan and dogs in harness, Ndilo, Yellowknife.]
[Dog team in harness waits with toboggan outside house in Ndilo, Yellowknife.]
[House, sheds, conical smoking tent, boats and dogs; ice on bay beyond.]
This fonds consists of 2731 colour photographs in slide and print formats, 6 audio reels, 75 film reels, 10 umatic videocassettes, approximately 1.14 meters of textual material, 8 microfilm reels and 15 posters. The photographs depict communities throughout the Northwest Territories, indigenous animals, landmarks, Distant Early Warning (DEW) Line sites, Anglican and Catholic Missions, schools, Dene and Inuit peoples and landscapes. In addition, there are images of the 1978 Arctic Winter Games, Commissioner Hodgson's tour of the Northwest Territories in 1969 and photographs documenting the construction of a mooseskin boat at Fort Norman and the Keele River Camp in 1981. The textual material consists of a report on the Commissioner's Tours of the Upper Mackenzie, Nahanni and Liard River Area, Central Arctic and Western Arctic between 1969-1970, as well as a journal kept by Beryl Gillespie documenting the construction of the Mooseskin Boat Project that took place in 1981. The bulk of the textual material consists of files from the Central Registry and were from the following Central Registry blocks: Policy (11-000); Settlements (11-004); Tours (11-005); Publications (11-006) and Communications (11-012). There is also approximately 5.5 cm of newsletters, brochures and booklets on varied topics such as translation services, the NWT visual identity program, regional information (mostly the Keewatin region), an Analysis of the Dene Language Information Review, the Dene and Inuit Traditional Life Series, and 6 years of weekly Territorial bulletins (incomplete). The microfilm reels contain files from the Central Registry dated between 1970-1973 from the following program areas: Policy, Settlements, Publications, Public Relations and Miscellaneous (11 block) and from Conferences and Administration (13 block). There are also 10 umatic videocassettes and 19 film reels that document the Mooseskin Boat Project. The remaining 57 films (16 mm) document events in the Northwest Territories, such as the Commissioner's Tour of the Northwest Territories in 1969-1970, the 1970 Arctic Winter Games, Caribou Carnival in Yellowknife, Camp Unity and a CBC production about whaling in the north. The five sound reels provide audio for some of these films. The remaining material consists of 15 posters that represent images of the Northwest Territories, including wildlife and northern residents in both the Arctic and Sub-Arctic regions.
Northwest Territories. Department of Information (1967-1985)Included are images of communities; buildings; indigenous animals; landmarks; Distant Early Warning (DEW) Line sites; people; special events; Anglican and Catholic Missions; schools; Dene and Inuit involved in traditional activities; and landscapes. The images would have been used in government publications and displays.
Records include photographs documenting activities at the 1978 Arctic Winter Games held in Hay River. Many of the images show dignitaries, opening or closing ceremonies, sporting events and other social events.