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

          2009.7.1.086 · Item · [1898?]
          Part of Archdeacon W. H. Collison fonds

          Photograph depicts an unidentified individual leaning against a large overturned dugout canoe; barrel, bucket, and wood planks in foreground. Houses and other buildings can be seen on shore above beach, and two unidentified individuals stand in distance on far right.

          Handwritten annotations on verso read: “Haida canoe on beach at Masset / ? 1898”; “No. 4 Page 5. Haida Canoe ready for steaming to [widen?] out and finish.”

          An original negative of this photograph is held by the Canadian Museum of Civilization, no. 26664.

          Hagwilget Village
          2011.3.1.25 · Item · [ca. 1901-1910]
          Part of North Coast & Central BC Postcard Collection

          Photograph of the dirt road leading to Hagwilget Village. Residential buildings and a church are visible in the background. Printed annotation on recto reads: "W.W.W. Hagwilget Village."

          2004.2.1.80 · Item · 1898-1920
          Part of Reverend R.W. Large fonds

          Photograph depicts the wooden Hagwilget Bridge spanning a rocky gorge over the Bulkley River. Forested area visible in the background. Annotation on recto of photograph states: "W.W.W. Old Indian Bridge, Bulkley River"

          2009.5.1.70 · Item · [ca. 1900]
          Part of Taylor-Baxter Family Photograph Collection

          Close view of bridge built with wooden planks, poles, and wires, braced from below, with triangles built into its frame. The bridge crosses Hagwilget Canyon on the Bulkley River, five kilometres from its confluence with the Skeena River. This is one of the many bridge structures that have crossed this location since at least 1859. Photograph was taken from one side of canyon, near bridge. Opposite canyon wall in background. Typed annotation glued to verso of photograph: "HAGWILGET - 'the gentle or quiet people'."

          2009.5.1.71 · Item · [ca. 1900]
          Part of Taylor-Baxter Family Photograph Collection

          Photograph depicts two men and a horse on a bridge built with wooden planks, poles, and wires, braced from below, with triangles built into its frame. The bridge crosses Hagwilget Canyon on the Bulkley River, five kilometres from its confluence with the Skeena River. This is one of the many bridge structures that have crossed this location since at least 1859. Photograph was taken from a distance. Rocky riverbank in foreground, opposite shore in background behind bridge. Typed annotation in red ink on verso of photograph: "INDIAN BRIDGE, NEAR HAZELTON, B.C."

          2009.5.1.69 · Item · [ca. 1900]
          Part of Taylor-Baxter Family Photograph Collection

          Photograph depicts bridge built with wooden planks and poles, braced from below, with triangles built into its frame. The bridge crosses Hagwilget Canyon on the Bulkley River, five kilometres from its confluence with the Skeena River. This is one of the many bridge structures that have crossed this location since at least 1859.

          Handwritten annotation on recto of photograph: "old bridge at the Bulkley River."

          "Hagaga : Special Edition"
          2009.7.4.11 · Item · April 1895
          Part of Archdeacon W. H. Collison fonds

          Newspaper consists of the recto and verso of 2 pages (p. 1-4). It was published in Aiyansh on the Nass River in British Columbia in April 1895 and presents a missionary's perspective of regional First Nations traditions and current affairs of the day.

          2009.7.1.153 · Item · [ca. 1880 - ca. 1915]
          Part of Archdeacon W. H. Collison fonds

          Group of eight men and seven children stand in front of crest pole on unidentified building.

          Handwritten annotation below image reads: "[..?] Alaska. Indian Totem Pole, Eagle Crest South Eastern Alaska."; on verso: "Chapter XXI Illustrations No. 2. [Kinnanook?] Section of Indian Village showing Totem pole of Eagle crest."

          Grant and other material
          2002.14.4.30 · File · 1992-2003
          Part of Marianne (Marika) Ainley fonds

          File consists of versions and components of Ainley's Social Science and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) grant, "Re-explorations: science and environment in 19th and 20th century Canada and Australia"; conference proceedings from a presentation of "Tracking Life Course Changes. Canadian Women in Science"; and Ainley's book chapter, "Gendered Careers: Women Science Educators at Anglo-Canadian Universities, 1920-1980."

          2012.13.2.05.01 · File · 1987-2001
          Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

          File consists of clippings, notes, and reproductions relating to the women Margaret Seymour (Granny Seymour), Six Mile Mary (Mary Quaw), and Margaret Gagnon. Includes: "Interview by University Women's Club" transcript of an interview of Marguerite Marie Gagnon (4 May 1987).

          Gitlakdamix Village Council
          2009.7.1.117 · Item · 1923
          Part of Archdeacon W. H. Collison fonds

          Photograph depicts 8 men posing in suits and ties, and a young girl, Ruth Adams, holding trophy seated in foreground. The group is gathered in open field, large building and hills visible in distance. Man on far right stands in uniform.

          Handwritten annotation on verso reads: "Gitlakdamix Village Council 1923. [Charlie Morven] Chairman. / Geo. Manase. / John Davis. / Dennis Woods. / Andrew Nass. / James Adams. Secretary. / Frank Blackwing. Chief Constable. / Walter McMillan (Nass). Constable."

          Gertie Ragan
          2001.58.19 · File · 1997-1998
          Part of Prince George Metis Elders Oral History Project Collection

          File consists of an oral history given by Gertie Ragan, which was gathered as part of Dr. Mike Evan's oral history project with the Prince George Metis Elders Society. Includes consent forms, transcripts, and the recorded oral history on the original cassettes.

          George Lamanes
          2003.11.1.21 · File · 1999-2000
          Part of Island Cache Recovery Project Collection

          File consists of an oral history given by George Lamanes, 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.

          2009.7.1.063 · Item · [ca. 1873 - ca. 1920]
          Part of Archdeacon W. H. Collison fonds

          Photograph depicts a group of men, women, and children walking across beach towards water. Buildings visible on shore in left background.

          Handwritten annotation on verso reads: "Funeral party - en route to boat Metlakatla BC (Taking body over to Grave Island".

          Funding applications
          2002.14.1.08 · Subseries · 1978-2000
          Part of Marianne (Marika) Ainley fonds

          Subseries consists of Dr. Ainley's requests for funding for a variety of projects throughout her career. Most of Ainley's research was funded through the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) grants but she also applied for funding from other sources. These research projects include "First Nations Women and Environmental Knowledge in Northern North America - A Preliminary Investigation," "Biographical Research on Women Scientists in Canada," "Women and Scientific Work in Canada, 1890-1960," "Engendering Science: Twelve Biographies," "Women and Scientific Work in Canada. III. "Women's Work in Government and Industry, 1890-1990," "Engendering Canadian Scientists," and her research on Mabel McIntosh. Not all of these projects were accepted and funded. Subseries predominately consists of grant application forms and correspondence with granting agencies.

          Full Page - 4 Books
          2008.3.1.124 · File · [199-?]
          Part of Bridget Moran fonds

          File consists of one draft and one original copy of a full page advertisement featuring four books written by Bridget Moran: Stoney Creek Woman, Judgement at Stoney Creek, A Little Rebellion, and Justa: A First Nations Leader.

          2001.8.2.2.091 · File · 1996
          Part of Geoffrey R. Weller fonds

          File consists of a paper titled "Frontier Politics: The Case of Northern British Columbia" presented by Geoffrey Weller at the Western Regional Science Association conference, Napa. California, 25-29 February 1996. This file was originally numbered to correspond with conference paper number 91 listed in Weller's CV.

          2001.8.2.2.004 · File · 1976
          Part of Geoffrey R. Weller fonds

          File consists of a paper titled "From 'Pressure Group Politics to the 'Medical-Industrial Complex'" presented by Weller at the 1976 Southwestern Political Science Association conference and a form from the conference. This file was originally numbered to correspond with conference paper number 4 listed in Weller's CV.

          Freda Evans
          2003.11.1.10 · File · 1999-2000
          Part of Island Cache Recovery Project Collection

          File consists of an oral history given by Freda Evans, 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.

          2009.10 · Collection · 1921-1933

          The Fred Jeffery Collection consists of three photograph albums comprising a total of 303 b&w photographs all dating from ca.1924-1933. The subject matter of these images consist primarily of the fishing industry, river & landscapes, salmon cannery images (housing, people, workers, machinery, boats) on the Nass River and North Pacific Coast. Notable are the photographs depicting indigenous (Nisga'a) people and places and Chinese and Japanese cannery workers. Identified canneries featured in these photographs include: Mill Bay Cannery, Namu Cannery, Klemtu Cannery, Shushartie Bay Cannery, Balmoral Cannery, North Pacific Cannery, Nass Harbour Cannery, Port Essington Cannery, Kitwanga Cannery, Port Nelson Cannery, Alert Bay Cannery, Dominion Cannery and ABC Co. Cannery. Photographs also include images of the Canadian Pacific Railway in both Vancouver and Sicamous, BC., as well as, images of the Legislative Assembly buildings in Victoria, the 1924 Special Service Squadron ships in Vancouver, early construction of the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, and town overviews of Yokohama, Japan (pre WWII).

          Jeffery, Fred

          File consists of a copy of a Supreme Court of Canada appeal and judgement for the case Leo Tyler Francis v. Her Majesty the Queen. The case pertains to the enforcement of traffic and motor regulations between federal and reserve jurisdictions. The judgement was rendered on May 26th, 1988.

          2009.5.3.28 · Item · [ca. 1912]
          Part of Taylor-Baxter Family Photograph Collection

          Photograph depicts the early settlement of Fort George. The buildings to the left of the fence are believed to be owned by the Hudson's Bay Company. The land to the right of the fence belonged to the Fort George Reserve, the home of today's Lheidli T'enneh Band who relocated to a reserve at Shelley when this reserve was sold in 1912. Handwritten annotation on verso and recto of this photograph reads: "Fort George from opposite side of Fraser River".