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Aboriginal overkill and the biogeography of moose in western North America
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue14523
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1997
- Author
- Kay, Charles E.
- Publisher
- Alces Vol. 33
- Call Number
- 04 K18abo Pam
- Author
- Kay, Charles E.
- Publisher
- Alces Vol. 33
- Published Date
- 1997
- Physical Description
- 24 pages
- Notes
- Includes bibliographical references - proposes that moose populations and habitat was controlled by First Nations hunting - includes hypothesis of "Aboriginal Overkill" and that First Nations were ultimate "keystone predator"
- Call Number
- 04 K18abo Pam
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Aboriginal overkill: the role of Native Americans in structuring western ecosystems
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue14493
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1994
- Author
- Kay, Charles E.
- Publisher
- Human Nature, Vol. 5, No. 4
- Call Number
- 04 K18a Pam
- Author
- Kay, Charles E.
- Publisher
- Human Nature, Vol. 5, No. 4
- Published Date
- 1994
- Physical Description
- 39 pages and illustrations
- Notes
- Includes bibliographical references - discusses traditional Native American hunting practices controlling ungulate populations and ecosystems - Yellowstone National Park - carnivore predation - age and sex of ungulates hunted and First Nations conservation practices
- Call Number
- 04 K18a Pam
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Advertising Poster
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact105.01.1004%20a-c
- Date
- 1955 – 1965
- Material
- paper; skin; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 105.01.1004 a-c
- Description
- Advertising poster of the Brewster Stubby Knife. a yellow cardboard poster (35.5 x 27.5) advertising the Brewster Stubby Knife. Two leather sheaths are held by white elastic, displayed diagonally across the right 2/3 of poster, the upper sheath is tan, the lower dark brown. Surrounding the sheaths …
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- Title
- Advertising Poster
- Date
- 1955 – 1965
- Material
- paper; skin; fibre
- Dimensions
- 35.5 x 27.5 cm
- Description
- Advertising poster of the Brewster Stubby Knife. a yellow cardboard poster (35.5 x 27.5) advertising the Brewster Stubby Knife. Two leather sheaths are held by white elastic, displayed diagonally across the right 2/3 of poster, the upper sheath is tan, the lower dark brown. Surrounding the sheaths are 15 reasons to buy the knife. The price (5.95) is in large black numbers in bottom left corner.
- Subject
- sports
- hunting
- fishing
- F. O. (Pat) Brewster
- Credit
- Gift of Karin MacAulay, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 105.01.1004 a-c
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Alberta's war on wolves, then and now
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue13450
- Author
- Dekker, Dick
- Physical Description
- p.16-20 : ill
- Medium
- Library - Periodical
- Subjects
- Caribou
- Hunting
- Wildlife management
- Notes
- In Wild Lands Advocate, vol.15, no.5 (October 2007)
- Call Number
- P
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Allan Brooks : artist naturalist
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue4467
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1979
- Author
- Laing, Hamilton M
- Publisher
- Victoria : British Columbia Provincial Museum
- Edition
- [1st ed]
- Call Number
- 06.1 B79l
- Author
- Laing, Hamilton M
- Edition
- [1st ed]
- Publisher
- Victoria : British Columbia Provincial Museum
- Published Date
- 1979
- Physical Description
- 249p. : ill., ports
- Notes
- Bibliography
- ISBN
- 0-7718-8110-X
- Accession Number
- 18000
- Call Number
- 06.1 B79l
- Collection
- Archives Library
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An alternative interpretation of the historical evidence relating to the abundance of wolves in the Yellowstone ecosystem in Ecology and Conservation of Wolves in a Changing World
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue14529
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1995
- Author
- Kay, Charles E.
- Publisher
- Canadian Circumpolar Institute, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta
- Call Number
- 04 K18an Pam
- Author
- Kay, Charles E.
- Publisher
- Canadian Circumpolar Institute, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta
- Published Date
- 1995
- Physical Description
- 10 pages and illustrations and figures
- Notes
- Photocopy from a monograph of selected papers presented at the Second North American Symposium on Wolves, held in Edmonton in August 1992 - includes historical observations of past explorers to Yellowstone National Park in regards to game (including wolves) between 1835-76 - includes "Aboriginal Overkill" hypothesis
- Call Number
- 04 K18an Pam
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Animals my adventure
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue6803
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1955
- 1954
- 1952
- Author
- Heck, Lutz
- Publisher
- London : Scientific Book Club
- Call Number
- 04.2 H35
- Author
- Heck, Lutz
- Responsibility
- translated by E.W. Dickes
- Publisher
- London : Scientific Book Club
- Published Date
- 1955
- 1954
- 1952
- Physical Description
- x, 170p. : ill
- Accession Number
- 11000
- Call Number
- 04.2 H35
- Collection
- Archives Library
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- Date
- 1910 – 1950
- Material
- wood; metal; plastic; feather; paint
- Catalogue Number
- 104.05.0003 a-z, aa
- Description
- A set of twenty-seven arrows: - Four handmade wooden arrows with three feathers at one notched end. The other end of each arrow is sharpened to a point. There are coloured bands painted under the feathers. - Ten very thin wooden arrows with pointed metal tips. The notched end of each arrow has s…
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- Title
- Arrow
- Date
- 1910 – 1950
- Material
- wood; metal; plastic; feather; paint
- Dimensions
- 72.0 (average) cm
- Description
- A set of twenty-seven arrows: - Four handmade wooden arrows with three feathers at one notched end. The other end of each arrow is sharpened to a point. There are coloured bands painted under the feathers. - Ten very thin wooden arrows with pointed metal tips. The notched end of each arrow has small feathers and painted coloured bands. Four of these arrows are marked “South Bend Quality Tackle Bait Co.”. Two of these arrows are marked “The Oreno Pat. Pending”.- Five wooden arrows with pointed metal tips. These arrows have red, yellow and white bands at the feathered end. One of these arrows has a pointed spike projecting from the tip. These arrows are marked “made in U.S.A. Rounsville-Pohm, Hazel Crest, Ill. 29”. - Two wooden arrows with pointed metal tips at one end, and plastic notches at the other. There are red, white, blue and yellow bands at the notched end of each arrow. - Two arrows with blue and white bands at the notched feathered end. These arrows have a darker harder wood piece, with a metal tip, scarfed to the other end.- One handmade arrow, in the manner of Indigenous arrows, that is painted blue at the notched end. The opposite end is sharpened to a point. - Three odd arrows: one arrow with a plastic tip and faded blue bands at the notched, feathered end; one arrow with a red and yellow band at the notched feathered end and metal tip; one arrow that was once painted completely red with plastic notch and metal tip (no feathers).
- Subject
- Indigenous
- hunting
- households
- sports, archery
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.05.0003 a-z, aa
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- Date
- 1900 – 1930
- Material
- wood; feather; sinew
- Catalogue Number
- 104.05.0038 a,b,c
- Description
- Three handmade arrows carved from wooden twigs, each with three split and trimmed shaft feathers bound to a notched end. All three arrows have sharpened tips and are painted with coloured bands: a) An arrow with red, green and yellow bands under feathers. Long pieces of down have been left at the…
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- Title
- Arrow
- Date
- 1900 – 1930
- Material
- wood; feather; sinew
- Dimensions
- 69.5 (a); 72.7 (b); 58.0 (c) cm
- Description
- Three handmade arrows carved from wooden twigs, each with three split and trimmed shaft feathers bound to a notched end. All three arrows have sharpened tips and are painted with coloured bands: a) An arrow with red, green and yellow bands under feathers. Long pieces of down have been left at the bottom of the featers. b) An arrow with bands of red, blue, and red under the feathers. c) An arrow with bands of blue, red, blue,yellow, blue, red, and blue under the feathers, and with a red band at the tip.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- hunting
- sports, archery
- crafts
- carving
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.05.0038 a,b,c
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- Date
- n.d.
- Material
- wood; metal; feathers
- Catalogue Number
- 104.05.0075 a-aaaao
- Description
- a-h: 8 arrows with red and blue bands, wood shafts, metal tips. 66.0 cm in length. i: 1 arrow with a teal band, wood shaft, metal tip. 71.0 cm in length. j-n: 5 arrows with red, white and yellow bands, metal tips with thin points. “Made in U.S.A. ROUNSEVELLE [ROHM] Inc. Hazel Crest Illinois 29 in.”…
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- Title
- Arrow
- Date
- n.d.
- Material
- wood; metal; feathers
- Dimensions
- 66.0 cm
- Description
- a-h: 8 arrows with red and blue bands, wood shafts, metal tips. 66.0 cm in length. i: 1 arrow with a teal band, wood shaft, metal tip. 71.0 cm in length. j-n: 5 arrows with red, white and yellow bands, metal tips with thin points. “Made in U.S.A. ROUNSEVELLE [ROHM] Inc. Hazel Crest Illinois 29 in.” stamped on shaft. 75.0 cm in length m-aa: 13 arrows with red, white and yellow bands, brass metal tips. “Made in U.S.A. ROUNSEVELLE ROHM Inc. Hazel Crest Illinois 29 in.” stamped on shaft. 75.0 cm in length ab: 1 arrow with red, yellow, white, and black bands. brass metal tip. 77.5 cm in lengthac: 1 arrow with red and blue separated bands, small feathers, black dots between feathers, brass tip. 74.0 cm in length ad-al: 9 arrows surf red band silver bands, small feathers, silver metal tips. “The Oreno Pat Pending” written on shaft on either side of a logo that reads “South Bend Quality Tackle Bait Company”. 63.0 - 76.0 cm in length. am-au: 9 arrows, 2 with orange and blue bands, 4 with orange and green bands, and 3 with red and yellow bands. All have an illegible stamp on shaft [STA?]. Brass tips. 66.0 - 72.0 cm in length. av- aaa: 6 arrows, red and blue bands, small feathers, silver metal tips. 71.0 cm in length. aab-aac: 2 arrows, red, black, and orange bands, small feathers, silver metal tips. 71.0 cm in length aad-aae: 2 arrows, black and gold bands, small feathers, brass metal tips. One is broken at the notch. 76.0 cm in length aaf-aav: 17 arrows, red, white, metallic blue, and yellow bands. One missing a notch. each marked with individual number “[1-17]- 455 G”. 74.0 cm in length. aaw-aaz: 4 arrows, white, black, and metallic burgundy bands. Each marked with individual number “[1-4] -410/440/455 G”. 71.5 cm in length aaaa-aaag: 7 arrows, black and white bands. Stripes down length of shaft. Metal tips. 71.5 cm in length. aaah-aaao: 8 arrows; 4 with separated blue bands and 4 with separated orange bands. Brass tips. 66 cm in length. aaap-aaas: 4 arrows with yellow, burgundy, and black bands. Metal tips. Shafts marked with “WEST MADE”. 70.0 cm in length. aaat-aaau: 2 arrows with separated blue and orange bands, small feathers, flat brass tips. 71.0 cm in length. aaav-aaax: 3 arrows, blue and metallic silver bands. logo that reads “South Bend Quality Tackle Bait Company” on shaft, silver tips. 71.0 cm in length. aaay - aaaae: 7 arrows, red and metallic silver bands, each marked with number from 1-3, 7, 10-12. logo that reads “South Bend Quality Tackle Bait Company” on shaft. Silver tips. 70.0 cm in length. aaaaf-aaaai: 4 arrows, orange, metallic gold, black bands. Shafts marked with “WEST MADE”. Silver tips. 66.0 cm in length. aaaaj-aaaao: 6 arrows, blue, white and red bands darker wood near point. Silver tips. 69.5 cm in length.
- Subject
- Moore home
- sports
- hunting
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.05.0075 a-aaaao
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