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Elik, and other stories of the MacKenzie Eskimos

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1970
Author
Schwarz, Herbert T.
Ohoveluk, Mona
Publisher
Toronto, McCelland and Stewart
Call Number
06.1 Sc1e
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Author
Schwarz, Herbert T.
Ohoveluk, Mona
Responsibility
Herbert T. Schwarz (author)
Mona Ohoveluk (illustrator)
Publisher
Toronto, McCelland and Stewart
Published Date
1970
Physical Description
79 pages illustrations, portraits
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Art
Inuit
Abstract
Pertains to Inuit stories with associated illustrations by Mona Ohoveluk, and highlights Inuit story tellers
Contents
Part One:
Introduction: Inside the Arctic Circle
The MacKenzie Land
The Northern Lights People
Elik
Elik, the Far Seeing One
Akaluk and the Stolen Soul of Ugpik
The Origin of the White Whale
The Rave and the Whale
The Whale Hunt
The Great Eskimo Rally and Fort McPherson
Part Two:
Story-tellers of Old
Alik Aluhuk Stefansson, Inuvik, NWT
Elizabeth Blake and William Firth, Fort McPherson, NWT
Felix Nuyaviak, Tuktoyaktuk, NWT
Archie (Headpoint) Erigaktuk, Aklavik, NWT
Susie Tiktalik, Sach Harbour, Banks Island, NWT
Kenneth Peeloolook, Inuvik, NWT
Jessie Olorgrak, Paulatuk, NWT
Acknowledgements
Dedication
Accession Number
2019.86
Call Number
06.1 Sc1e
Collection
Archives Library
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Archaeology and ethno-history in the Arrow Lakes, southeastern British Columbia

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1977
Author
Turnbull, Christopher J
Publisher
Ottawa : National Museums of Canada
Call Number
07.2 T84
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Author
Turnbull, Christopher J
Publisher
Ottawa : National Museums of Canada
Published Date
1977
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Series
National Museum of Man. Mercury series; Archaeological Survey of Canada, paper 65
Subjects
Ktunaxa
Kootenay Indians
Notes
Bibliography
Accession Number
SG10000
Call Number
07.2 T84
Collection
Archives Library
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Ethnobotany of the Blackfoot Indians

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue6630
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1974
Author
Hellson, John C
Publisher
Ottawa : National Museums of Canada
Call Number
04.1 H36
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Author
Hellson, John C
Responsibility
by John C. Hellson and Morgan Gadd
Publisher
Ottawa : National Museums of Canada
Published Date
1974
Physical Description
iii, 138p. : ill., port
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Plants, Edible
Plants, Medicinal
Notes
Bibliography
Accession Number
2729
Call Number
04.1 H36
Collection
Archives Library
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Voices of the Plains Cree

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
[1973]
Author
Ahenakew, Edward
Publisher
Toronto : McClelland and Stewart
Call Number
07.2 Ah3
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Author
Ahenakew, Edward
Responsibility
edited with an introduction by Ruth M. Buck
Publisher
Toronto : McClelland and Stewart
Published Date
[1973]
Physical Description
204p. : ill., map., ports
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Folklore
Call Number
07.2 Ah3
Collection
Archives Library
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Artist
George James Angliss (1921 – 1991, Canadian )
Date
c. 1984
Medium
oil on linen
Catalogue Number
AgG.02.01
Description
Off in the distance is wall of blue mountains. Darker blue areas on the mountains represent the tree line. In the middle and foreground are rolling areas of yellow land separated by rows and lines of dark green trees. The sky is covered in white clouds with bits of blue showing through.
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Artist
George James Angliss (1921 – 1991, Canadian )
Title
Crowsnest Pass
Date
c. 1984
Medium
oil on linen
Dimensions
46.0 x 61.0 cm
Description
Off in the distance is wall of blue mountains. Darker blue areas on the mountains represent the tree line. In the middle and foreground are rolling areas of yellow land separated by rows and lines of dark green trees. The sky is covered in white clouds with bits of blue showing through.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
Crowsnest Pass
Credit
Gift of Kay Angliss, Penticton, 1998
Catalogue Number
AgG.02.01
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Artist
Luke Anguhadluq (1895 – 1982, Canadian)
Date
1971
Medium
stonecut on paper
Catalogue Number
AgS.04.01
Description
Ten kayaks float on the right side to left of center. One kayak is upside down. Nine caribou head off to the left. All figures are black on a white ground.Bottom text line reads: Kayaks and Caribou 22/46 1971 Angosaglo, Skseegah [Skseegah, Dkseegah, Dksugah, Akseegah; Aksugah?]
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Artist
Luke Anguhadluq (1895 – 1982, Canadian)
Title
Kayaks and Caribou
Date
1971
Medium
stonecut on paper
Dimensions
61.7 x 99.1 cm
Description
Ten kayaks float on the right side to left of center. One kayak is upside down. Nine caribou head off to the left. All figures are black on a white ground.Bottom text line reads: Kayaks and Caribou 22/46 1971 Angosaglo, Skseegah [Skseegah, Dkseegah, Dksugah, Akseegah; Aksugah?]
Subject
transportation
kayak
animal
caribou
hunting
Credit
Purchased from Quest, Banff, 1972
Catalogue Number
AgS.04.01
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Summit of the Rockies and Mt. Field

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Artist
James Alfred Aitken (1846 – 1897, Scottish)
Date
c. 1886
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
AiJ.05.01
Description
The scene is comprised mainly of a mountain and a lake. The lake takes up approx. 1/2 of the work, and is cropped in the brc by the frame. The blc is the shoreline of the lake. On the right and left side of the piece, just above the lake, the beginning of two treed mountain sides head out of the…
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Artist
James Alfred Aitken (1846 – 1897, Scottish)
Title
Summit of the Rockies and Mt. Field
Date
c. 1886
Medium
watercolour on paper
Description
The scene is comprised mainly of a mountain and a lake. The lake takes up approx. 1/2 of the work, and is cropped in the brc by the frame. The blc is the shoreline of the lake. On the right and left side of the piece, just above the lake, the beginning of two treed mountain sides head out of the picture frame. These two slopes frame a clear mountain in the background which is centered in the middle of the piece. They sky is quite cloudy.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
Mt. Field
Credit
Gift of Donald Grace, Saanichton, 1997
Catalogue Number
AiJ.05.01
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Artist
Anna Kingwatsiak (1911 – 1971, Canadian)
Date
1970
Medium
ink on paper
Catalogue Number
AnA.04.01
Description
A figure with arms outstretched, holding a stick in one hand, a line in the other, stands in the upper half of the picture. A seal viewed from above with it's head in the hole fills the bottom half. Left of the figures head is the artists seal.
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Artist
Anna Kingwatsiak (1911 – 1971, Canadian)
Title
Seal Hunter
Date
1970
Medium
ink on paper
Dimensions
52.7 x 30.1 cm
Description
A figure with arms outstretched, holding a stick in one hand, a line in the other, stands in the upper half of the picture. A seal viewed from above with it's head in the hole fills the bottom half. Left of the figures head is the artists seal.
Subject
figure, male
activity, hunting
animal, fish
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1971
Catalogue Number
AnA.04.01
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Artist
Mary Garnham Andrews (1916 – 2018, Canadian)
Date
c. 1980
Medium
weaving
Catalogue Number
AnM.08.005 a
Description
A natural Egyptian cotton, small table mat with fringed ends; woven on an 8-harness loom.
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Artist
Mary Garnham Andrews (1916 – 2018, Canadian)
Title
Untitled (table mat)
Date
c. 1980
Medium
weaving
Dimensions
23.5 x 23.0 cm
Description
A natural Egyptian cotton, small table mat with fringed ends; woven on an 8-harness loom.
Subject
crafts
weaving
Mary Andrews
Credit
Gift of Mary Garnham Andrews, Banff, 1998
Catalogue Number
AnM.08.005 a
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Artist
Mary Garnham Andrews (1916 – 2018, Canadian)
Date
c. 1980
Medium
weaving
Catalogue Number
AnM.08.005 c
Description
A bright orange, hand woven table mat with fringes.
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Artist
Mary Garnham Andrews (1916 – 2018, Canadian)
Title
Untitled (table mat)
Date
c. 1980
Medium
weaving
Dimensions
43.0 x 26.5 cm
Description
A bright orange, hand woven table mat with fringes.
Subject
crafts
weaving
Mary Andrews
Credit
Gift of Mary Garnham Andrews, Banff, 1998
Catalogue Number
AnM.08.005 c
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Artist
Mary Garnham Andrews (1916 – 2018, Canadian)
Date
c. 1980
Catalogue Number
AnM.08.005 d
Description
An ivory-coloured cotton table mat with hemmed ends.
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Artist
Mary Garnham Andrews (1916 – 2018, Canadian)
Title
Untitled (table mat)
Date
c. 1980
Dimensions
31.0 x 42.0 cm
Description
An ivory-coloured cotton table mat with hemmed ends.
Subject
crafts
weaving
Mary Andrews
Credit
Gift of Mary Garnham Andrews, Banff, 1998
Catalogue Number
AnM.08.005 d
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Artist
Mary Garnham Andrews (1916 – 2018, Canadian)
Date
c. 1980
Catalogue Number
AnM.08.005 j
Description
An ivory-coloured cotton table mat with fringes.
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Artist
Mary Garnham Andrews (1916 – 2018, Canadian)
Title
Untitled (table mat)
Date
c. 1980
Dimensions
49.0 x 28.0 cm
Description
An ivory-coloured cotton table mat with fringes.
Subject
crafts
weaving
Mary Andrews
Credit
Gift of Mary Garnham Andrews, Banff, 1998
Catalogue Number
AnM.08.005 j
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Artist
Mary Garnham Andrews (1916 – 2018, Canadian)
Date
1970
Medium
weaving
Catalogue Number
AnM.08.007 x
Description
A small, hand woven, linen and wool sample, woven in three different types of twill, with fringed ends. The colours are light grey, dark grey, gold and natural.
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Artist
Mary Garnham Andrews (1916 – 2018, Canadian)
Title
Untitled (sample)
Date
1970
Medium
weaving
Dimensions
18.5 x 27.0 cm
Description
A small, hand woven, linen and wool sample, woven in three different types of twill, with fringed ends. The colours are light grey, dark grey, gold and natural.
Subject
crafts
weaving
Mary Andrews
Credit
Gift of Mary Garnham Andrews, Banff, 1998
Catalogue Number
AnM.08.007 x
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Artist
Mary Garnham Andrews (1916 – 2018, Canadian)
Date
1970
Medium
weaving
Catalogue Number
AnM.08.012 h
Description
A small blue/grey and black cotton sample of weaving, with fringed ends. See cataloguer’s notes.
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Artist
Mary Garnham Andrews (1916 – 2018, Canadian)
Title
Untitled (sample)
Date
1970
Medium
weaving
Dimensions
10.0 x 12.5 cm
Description
A small blue/grey and black cotton sample of weaving, with fringed ends. See cataloguer’s notes.
Subject
crafts
weaving
Mary Andrews
Credit
Gift of Mary Garnham Andrews, Banff, 1998
Catalogue Number
AnM.08.012 h
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Artist
Mary Garnham Andrews (1916 – 2018, Canadian)
Date
c. 1980
Catalogue Number
AnM.08.014 f
Description
A small rectangular sample woven in natural and white linen with a brown thread running through at the top; one glued and one fringed end.
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Artist
Mary Garnham Andrews (1916 – 2018, Canadian)
Title
Untitled (sample)
Date
c. 1980
Dimensions
10.0 x 25.0 cm
Description
A small rectangular sample woven in natural and white linen with a brown thread running through at the top; one glued and one fringed end.
Subject
crafts
weaving
Mary Andrews
Credit
Gift of Mary Garnham Andrews, Banff, 1998
Catalogue Number
AnM.08.014 f
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Artist
Mary Garnham Andrews (1916 – 2018, Canadian)
Date
c. 1980
Catalogue Number
AnM.08.022 u
Description
A piece of woven materia;l multi colours of blues; suit material sample.
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Artist
Mary Garnham Andrews (1916 – 2018, Canadian)
Title
untitled (sample)
Date
c. 1980
Dimensions
2.0 x 20.0 cm
Description
A piece of woven materia;l multi colours of blues; suit material sample.
Subject
crafts
weaving
Mary Andrews
Credit
Gift of Mary Garnham Andrews, Banff, 1998
Catalogue Number
AnM.08.022 u
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Artist
Mary Garnham Andrews (1916 – 2018, Canadian)
Date
1970
Catalogue Number
AnM.08.030 c
Description
A yellow and brown cotton sample with twining finishing and fringed ends.
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Artist
Mary Garnham Andrews (1916 – 2018, Canadian)
Title
untitled (sample)
Date
1970
Dimensions
26.5 x 26.0 cm
Description
A yellow and brown cotton sample with twining finishing and fringed ends.
Subject
crafts
weaving
Mary Andrews
Credit
Gift of Mary Garnham Andrews, Banff, 1998
Catalogue Number
AnM.08.030 c
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Artist
Mary Garnham Andrews (1916 – 2018, Canadian)
Date
c. 1980
Medium
silk; metallic thread
Catalogue Number
AnM.08.030 p
Description
White silk with multi-coloured metallic yarn with a faint butterfly design.
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Artist
Mary Garnham Andrews (1916 – 2018, Canadian)
Title
Untitled (sample)
Date
c. 1980
Medium
silk; metallic thread
Dimensions
8.0 x 8.0 cm
Description
White silk with multi-coloured metallic yarn with a faint butterfly design.
Subject
crafts
weaving
Mary G. Andrews
Credit
Gift of Mary Garnham Andrews, Banff, 1998
Catalogue Number
AnM.08.030 p
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Artist
Mary Garnham Andrews (1916 – 2018, Canadian)
Date
1970
Catalogue Number
AnM.08.031 c
Description
A small sample of natural white cotton with a multi-coloured (blue, green, yellow and pink) weft.
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Artist
Mary Garnham Andrews (1916 – 2018, Canadian)
Title
untitled (sample)
Date
1970
Dimensions
20.0 x 9.0 cm
Description
A small sample of natural white cotton with a multi-coloured (blue, green, yellow and pink) weft.
Subject
crafts
weaving
Mary Andrews
Credit
Gift of Mary Garnham Andrews, Banff, 1998
Catalogue Number
AnM.08.031 c
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Untitled [wall hanging]

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Artist
Mary Garnham Andrews (1916 – 2018, Canadian)
Date
1970
Medium
fibre
Catalogue Number
AnM.08.033
Description
A fringed wool, wall hanging woven as a split-ply (two-ply) twining method, with fingers, in three colours: brown, green and beige. The weaving is done around and suspended from a small twig.
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Artist
Mary Garnham Andrews (1916 – 2018, Canadian)
Title
Untitled [wall hanging]
Date
1970
Medium
fibre
Dimensions
16.0 x 16.0 cm
Description
A fringed wool, wall hanging woven as a split-ply (two-ply) twining method, with fingers, in three colours: brown, green and beige. The weaving is done around and suspended from a small twig.
Subject
crafts
weaving
Mary G. Andrews
Credit
Gift of Mary Garnham Andrews, Banff, 2009
Catalogue Number
AnM.08.033
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