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The indians of Canada : their manners and customs
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25545
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1970
- Author
- McLean, John
- Publisher
- Toronto : Coles Publishing Company
- Call Number
- 07.2 M22 1970
- Author
- McLean, John
- Publisher
- Toronto : Coles Publishing Company
- Published Date
- 1970
- Physical Description
- 351pages : ill., port
- Accession Number
- 2022.17
- Call Number
- 07.2 M22 1970
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Indians in the fur trade : their roles as hunters, trappers and middlemen in the lands southwest of Hudson Bay, 1660-1870
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25546
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1976
- Author
- Ray, Arthur J.
- Publisher
- Toronto : University of Toronto Press
- Call Number
- 07.2 r21i
- Author
- Ray, Arthur J.
- Publisher
- Toronto : University of Toronto Press
- Published Date
- 1976
- Abstract
- In the western interior of Canada, the pre-confederation period was one of relative peace between Indians and Europeans. Nonetheless, it was a time of rapid cultural transformations for the Indians as they adjusted to changing environmental and economic conditions. This book examines these conditions, and the responses which various Indian groups made to them, from the perspectives of anthropology, ecology, economics, and history. -- From back cover
- Contents
- Trade rivalries, inter-tribal warfare, and migration ; Land and life in the western interior before 1763 ; Traders and middlemen ; Arms, brandy, beads, and sundries ; Migrations, epidemics, and population changes, 1763-1821 ; The destruction of fur and game animals ; New economic opportunities ; Economic dependency and the fur trade: contrasting trends ; Land and Life: a changing mosaic ; The changing demographic picture after 1821 ; Declining opportunities in a changing fur trade ; End of a way of life
- ISBN
- 0802021182
- Accession Number
- 2022.17
- Call Number
- 07.2 r21i
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Indian artists at work
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25548
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1977
- Author
- Steltzer, Ulli
- Publisher
- North Vancouver, B.C. : J.J. Douglas Ltd.
- Call Number
- 07.2 S3i
- Author
- Steltzer, Ulli
- Publisher
- North Vancouver, B.C. : J.J. Douglas Ltd.
- Published Date
- 1977
- Physical Description
- 163 pages
- Subjects
- Indigenous People
- Indigenous Artists
- Art
- Haida
- Kwagutl
- Cowichan
- Salish
- Okanagan
- Gitksan
- Carving
- Weaving
- Abstract
- The Indian cultures that once flourished in the Pacific Northwest left a magnificent legacy. Now, a distinguished photographer has sought out British Columbia's native artists in their own places, met them informally and recorded their rediscovery of the old skills. In over 200 perceptive photographs, Ulli Steltzer has captured ninety-three dedicated men and women as they carve silver, wood and argillite; prepare wood for weaving and knitting; dig roots and gather grasses for their baskets. There are glimpses of their studios, their homes, the countryside; and their words, to, are recorded. -- From back cover
- Contents
- Haida Carvers ; Haida Basket Weavers ; Kwagutl Carvers and Blanket Makers ; Weavers and Carvers of Vancouver Island's West Coast ; Cowichan Knitters and Salish Weavers ; Thompson, Mount Currie, and Coastal Basket Weavers ; Okanagan and Carrier Bead and Leather Workers, Carrier Birch Basket Makers ; Gitksan Carvers and Blanket Makers ; The Nass River, Stikine River, and Prince Rupert Carvers
- ISBN
- 0888941706
- Accession Number
- 2022.17
- Call Number
- 07.2 S3i
- Collection
- Archives Library
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The downfall of Temlaham
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25557
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1928
- Author
- Barbeau, Marius
- Publisher
- Toronto : The Macmillian Company of Canada Limited
- Call Number
- 07.2 B23t
- Author
- Barbeau, Marius
- Responsibility
- Illustations by A. Y. Jackson, Edwin H. Holgate, W. Langdon Kihn, Emily Carr and Annie D. Savage
- Publisher
- Toronto : The Macmillian Company of Canada Limited
- Published Date
- 1928
- Physical Description
- xii, 253 pages, 1 leaf color frontispiece, color plates 23 cm
- Abstract
- A novel based on the Skeena River Rebellion of 1886, interwoven with the Gitksan legend of Temlaham.
- Accession Number
- 3069A
- Call Number
- 07.2 B23t
- Collection
- Archives Library
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- Date
- 1920 – 1960
- Material
- hair, sheep; fibre, cotton
- Catalogue Number
- 102.01.0015
- Description
- Large throw, handwoven in homespun wool. Pattern reminiscent of Navajo work in browns, oranges, and reds. One seam in centre undone.
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- Title
- Blanket
- Date
- 1920 – 1960
- Material
- hair, sheep; fibre, cotton
- Dimensions
- 158.0 x 253.0 cm
- Description
- Large throw, handwoven in homespun wool. Pattern reminiscent of Navajo work in browns, oranges, and reds. One seam in centre undone.
- Subject
- households
- furnishings
- Indigenous
- crafts
- weaving
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.01.0015
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Trinket Basket
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact102.04.0147
- Date
- 1920 – 1930
- Material
- grass; bark, cedar
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0147
- Description
- A round basket woven of natural materials, sea grass and cedar bark, with dyed grass eagles clutching an arrow flying around sides. The lid has the same eagle motif and a woven knob-like handle.
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- Title
- Trinket Basket
- Date
- 1920 – 1930
- Material
- grass; bark, cedar
- Dimensions
- 5.0 cm
- Description
- A round basket woven of natural materials, sea grass and cedar bark, with dyed grass eagles clutching an arrow flying around sides. The lid has the same eagle motif and a woven knob-like handle.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- households
- decorative
- crafts
- animals
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0147
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Trinket Basket
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact102.04.0148
- Date
- 1920 – 1930
- Material
- grass
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0148
- Description
- A round, straight sided basket woven from natural coloured grass with dyed grass canoes alternating with birds in profile. The round, flat lid has same motif on top.
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- Title
- Trinket Basket
- Date
- 1920 – 1930
- Material
- grass
- Dimensions
- 5.0 cm
- Description
- A round, straight sided basket woven from natural coloured grass with dyed grass canoes alternating with birds in profile. The round, flat lid has same motif on top.
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0148
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Trinket Basket
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact102.04.0174
- Date
- 1925 – 1935
- Material
- bark; quill; grass; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0174
- Description
- Lidded woodland birchbark box sewn together with thread, grass braided used for decoration at seams, floral motif on lid, approx. 15% quill loss.
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- Title
- Trinket Basket
- Date
- 1925 – 1935
- Material
- bark; quill; grass; fibre
- Dimensions
- 6.0 x 8.7 cm
- Description
- Lidded woodland birchbark box sewn together with thread, grass braided used for decoration at seams, floral motif on lid, approx. 15% quill loss.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0174
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Trinket Basket
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact102.04.0175
- Date
- 1925 – 1935
- Material
- bark; quill; grass; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0175
- Description
- Simple, well made, birchbark box with flush fitting lid. Decorated with quills in orange, green, and white geometric pattern on the lid.
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- Title
- Trinket Basket
- Date
- 1925 – 1935
- Material
- bark; quill; grass; fibre
- Dimensions
- 6.0 x 8.0 cm
- Description
- Simple, well made, birchbark box with flush fitting lid. Decorated with quills in orange, green, and white geometric pattern on the lid.
- Subject
- households
- Indigenous
- quillwork
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0175
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Trinket Basket
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact102.04.0268
- Date
- 1920 – 1940
- Material
- wood
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0268
- Description
- A flat-based, straight-sided basket with flush-fitting conical lid which terminates in a reverse topknot cap. The walls of the box are decorated with two thunderbirds, wings extended, and clasping each an arrow. These major design elements are in black. At the ends of the arrows are flying birds in…
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- Title
- Trinket Basket
- Date
- 1920 – 1940
- Material
- wood
- Dimensions
- 7.0 x 7.0 cm
- Description
- A flat-based, straight-sided basket with flush-fitting conical lid which terminates in a reverse topknot cap. The walls of the box are decorated with two thunderbirds, wings extended, and clasping each an arrow. These major design elements are in black. At the ends of the arrows are flying birds in red. At the bottom limit of the wall is an orange band in three lines of twining, outlined by two lines of twining in purple, a design motif repeated on the lid, and the lid "topknot" is in red surmounting rings of green and yellow.
- Subject
- households
- Indigenous
- miniatures
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0268
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