First Nations

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  • Individuals and communities of native ancestry
  • North American indigenous peoples, Metis and Inuit
  • Records pertaining to and created by First Nations individuals, families, bands, agencies
  • Government agencies and treaties
  • First Nations organizations and businesses
  • First Nations schools and education
  • Issues pertaining to First Nations peoples or history

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          1320 Archival description results for First Nations

          1320 results directly related Exclude narrower terms
          2008.3.1.16.6 · Item · 12 November 1988
          Part of Bridget Moran fonds

          Photograph depicts Mary John seated to left of Bridget Moran at book signing table. Copies of 'STONE CREEK WOMAN' displayed in foreground, plants and bookshelves in background. Accompanying photo caption reads: "First Autographing Nov 12/88".

          2008.3.1.16.1 · Item · May 1989
          Part of Bridget Moran fonds

          Photograph depicts Mary John seated to left of Bridget Moran at book signing table. Copies of 'STONE CREEK WOMAN' displayed in foreground. Three unidentified individuals stand gathered around table. Bookshelves and computer in background. Accompanying photo caption reads: "Autographing - Woodward's - May 27/89. Taken by David Mah."

          2008.3.3.3.36 · Item · 26 May 1995
          Part of Bridget Moran fonds

          Photograph depicts Moran wearing regalia and linking arms with Mary John. Stone steps in background. The pair stands in the Agora courtyard at the University of Northern British Columbia in Prince George, B.C. Photo taken on the day Bridget Moran received an Honourary Law Degree.

          2008.3.3.1.3 · Item · 26 May 1995
          Part of Bridget Moran fonds

          Photograph depicts Moran wearing regalia and linking arms with Mary John. Stone steps in background. The pair stands in the Agora courtyard at the University of Northern British Columbia in Prince George, B.C. Photo taken on the day Bridget Moran received an Honourary Law Degree.

          2008.3.1.16.7 · Item · 12 November 1988
          Part of Bridget Moran fonds

          Handwritten annotation on recto: "Bridget Moran receives a Certificate of Merit from Don Sale and Naomi Miller of the B.C. Historical Federation Writing Competition Committee. May 13/89". Moran stands behind microphone, holding award, Don Sale and Naomi Miller on either side.

          2008.3.1.22.15 · Item · [ca. 1995]
          Part of Bridget Moran fonds

          Moran stands on sidewalk in front of building with signs reading "LEARNING CENTRE" and "ST. PAUL'S ANGLICAN CHURCH". Large iron bell sits in grass in foreground, forest in background. Photo believed to have been taken near Metlakatla Lake, B.C.

          2008.3.1.22.12 · Item · [ca. 1995]
          Part of Bridget Moran fonds

          Bridget Moran stands on road, unidentified buildings behind on either side. Lake and hills on opposite shore in background. Photo believed to be taken at Metlakatla Lake, B.C. Building on left speculated to be the St. Paul's Anglican Church Learning Centre.

          2008.3.1.102.7 · Item · 1995
          Part of Bridget Moran fonds

          Photograph depicts Moran seated amongst standing group of unidentified women. Overhead machine and chalkboard in background. Photograph was taken at session of Aboriginal Women's Training Program at the Cowichan Campus, Malaspina University College, in Duncan B.C.

          Bridget Moran fonds
          2008.3 · Fonds · 1935 - 1999, predominate 1954 - 1996

          This fonds illustrates Bridget Moran’s careers as a writer, a social worker and a social activist primarily within the Prince George region of British Columbia. This fonds also contains records pertaining to her personal relationships with family and friends and her receipt of various honours and awards.

          Types of records reflective of her career as a writer include: published articles and unpublished manuscripts, drafts and front cover mock-ups, correspondence with editors from Arsenal Pulp Press, grant applications, notebooks, background material, writer’s workshop invitations and overviews, photographs, oral history interviews and transcripts, and VHS recordings of classroom talks given by Bridget Moran, Mary John and Justa Monk re: her publications.

          Types of records reflective of her career as a social worker and social activist include: annual reports, work journals, correspondence and published newspaper articles re: social policy, photographs, and general background material. Correspondence, photographs and newspaper clippings highlight her personal relationships, while her receipt of honours and awards is demonstrated through copies of letters of recommendation, newspaper clippings, photographs, VHS recordings of award ceremonies, event itineraries, congratulatory correspondence, and invitations.

          The Bridget Moran fonds has been divided into the following four series:

          1. Published and Unpublished Materials
          2. Career Related Materials
          3. Personal Papers and Correspondence
          4. Honours and Awards.
          Moran, Bridget
          2008.3.1.102.9 · Item · 1995
          Part of Bridget Moran fonds

          Photograph depicts Moran seated on far left, in circle of women in classroom. Desk and chalkboard in background. Photograph was taken at session of Aboriginal Women's Training Program at the Cowichan Campus, Malaspina University College, in Duncan B.C.

          2008.3.1.102.3 · Item · [1995 or 1996]
          Part of Bridget Moran fonds

          Photograph depicts Moran reading excerpt from her book while seated beside table in classroom. Unidentified man and woman can be seen sitting in chairs against wall in background.

          2008.3.1.22.63 · Item · [ca. 1995]
          Part of Bridget Moran fonds

          Photograph depicts Moran seated in chair at unknown location. Red and black button blanket features traditional thunderbird, wolf, and killer whale designs. Television, armchair, and window visible in background.

          2008.3.1.22.54 · Item · [ca. 1995]
          Part of Bridget Moran fonds

          Photograph depicts Moran seated in chair at unknown location. Red and black button blanket features traditional thunderbird and killer whale designs. Television against wall in background.

          2008.3.1.22.55 · Item · [ca. 1995]
          Part of Bridget Moran fonds

          Photograph depicts Moran seated in chair at unknown location. Red and black button blanket features traditional thunderbird and killer whale designs. Television, armchair, and window visible in background.

          2008.3.1.102.6 · Item · 1995
          Part of Bridget Moran fonds

          Photograph depicts a young boy and group of fourteen women posed for photograph in classroom, chalkboard in background. Handwritten annotation on recto of photograph: "Aboriginal Women's Training Program, Cowichan Campus, Malaspina University College, Duncan BC".

          Bruno Randt
          2003.11.1.39 · File · 1999-2000
          Part of Island Cache Recovery Project Collection

          File consists of an oral history given by Bruno Randt, which was gathered as part of Dr. Mike Evan's Island Cache Recovery Project. Includes consent forms, transcripts, and the recorded oral history on the original media.

          Cabinet members in canoe
          2000.13.1.115 · Item · 1958.
          Part of Ray Williston fonds

          Item is a photograph of Ray Williston and other cabinet ministers paddling a birch bark canoe in the grass during BC Centennial celebrations in Prince George.

          Originally mounted on poster with photographs 115.1, 115.2, 115.3.

          "Canada and Oceania"
          2001.8.2.2.109 · File · 2000
          Part of Geoffrey R. Weller fonds

          File consists of a paper titled "Canada and Oceania" presented by Weller at the 2000 Western Social Science Association conference. This file was originally numbered to correspond with conference paper number 109 listed in Weller's CV.

          2001.8.2.2.040 · File · 1985
          Part of Geoffrey R. Weller fonds

          File consists of a paper titled "Canada and South Africa: Policy Options" presented by Weller at the 1985 Association for Canadian Studies in the United States conference. This file was originally numbered to correspond with conference paper number 40 listed in Weller's CV.

          2001.8.2.2.056 · File · 1988
          Part of Geoffrey R. Weller fonds

          File consists of a conference paper by Weller titled "Canada as a Circumpolar Power." This file was originally numbered to correspond with conference paper number 56 listed in Weller's CV.

          Canada: Indian Treaties
          2009.6.13.45.17 · Item · [between 1974 and 1979]
          Part of The Honourable Iona Campagnolo fonds

          Map depicts the jurisdictions of the various Indian treaties in existence in 1966, including the boundaries of: no surrenders, exempted-royal proclamation, no valid surrenders, land and hunting rights surrenders, and land surrender only. The whole of Canada is depicted in this map.

          Canada research material
          2002.14.4.33 · File · 2002
          Part of Marianne (Marika) Ainley fonds

          File contains material, based on research done in Canada, for Ainley's research project, "Re-explorations: science and environment in 19th and 20th century Canada and Australia." It consists of correspondence, lists of participants, coding sheets, thematic analyses and transcripts from interviews.

          2004.2.1.2 · Item · [ca. 1910]
          Part of Reverend R.W. Large fonds

          Photograph depicts several houses and headstones built on a rocky shoreline with water in the foreground. Annotation on verso of photograph states: "Canada, B.C. Bella Bella - Indian Missions. Indian Grave houses and monuments"

          2009.7.1.161 · Item · [ca. 1880 - ca. 1915]
          Part of Archdeacon W. H. Collison fonds

          Canoes sit on shore in foreground beside village buildings. A dock is visible above water in background.

          Handwritten annotation on verso reads: "Alert Bay Indian Ranch No. 14 Alert Bay. To be shown on page 69 or 70, re Alert Bay Mission."

          Carmella Canino
          2003.11.1.03 · File · 1999-2000
          Part of Island Cache Recovery Project Collection

          File consists of an oral history given by Carmella Canino, which was gathered as part of Dr. Mike Evan's Island Cache Recovery Project. Includes consent forms, transcripts, and the recorded oral history on the original media.