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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    First Nations

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        First Nations

          1289 Archival description results for First Nations

          1289 results directly related Exclude narrower terms
          First Nations
          2002.9.4 · Series · 1967 - 2001
          Part of Walt Taylor fonds

          Series consists of posters, newsletters, maps, reports, articles, statements, conference proceedings, background papers, correspondence, newspaper clippings, pamphlets, declarations, brochures, memoranda, proposals, speeches, publications, court documents, and telexes related to Walt Taylor's direct involvement with, or indirect research into, the following First Nations groups, individuals and events: Gitksan-Wet'suwet'en Tribal Council; Gitksan-Carrier Tribal Council; Cariboo Tribal Council, Tahltan Nation, Nisga'a Tribal Council, Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs, Council of the Haida Nation, Cree Nation, Leonard Peltier (Anishinabe and Dakota/Lakota Nations) Iroquois Nations, Nazko Nation, Kluskus Band and the Delgamuukw et al v. The Queen court case.

          2002.14.1.09.063 · File · [after 1990]
          Part of Marianne (Marika) Ainley fonds

          File consists of unused post cards including one depicting St. Paul Anglican Church & School House in Fort Chipewyan, Alberta and the other depicting Fort Chipewyan Bicentennial Museum in Alberta.

          2009.6.9.01 · File · [ca. 1995]
          Part of The Honourable Iona Campagnolo fonds

          File consists of programs and correspondence relating to First Nations. Includes:

          • Theatre Program: Roots & Wings and the Teme-Augama Anishnabai (The Deep Water People)
          • Theatre Program: Roots & Wings Youth Theatre Company presents “N’Daki-Menan”
          • Letter to Iona Campagnolo from William Clancey re: elimination of First Nations compensation for land theft
          First Nations boom crews
          2012.05.01.01.31 · Item · [ca. 1967]
          Part of Columbia Cellulose Company, Ltd. fonds

          Crews of sure-footed boom men in the Nass area, largely composed of Indigenous locals, work throughout the year on logging operations of Twinriver Timber Limited. Their homes are located near Nass River in the towns of Aiyansh, New Aiyansh, Greenville, and Canyon City.

          First Nations Drums
          2012.13.1.84.26 · Item · 1994
          Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

          Image depicts several unidentified individuals standing outside a building, and holding intricately painted drums; the woman on the right is Sue Sedgwick. The location is uncertain.

          First Nations Drums
          2012.13.1.84.27 · Item · 1994
          Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

          Image depicts several unidentified individuals standing outside a building, and holding intricately painted drums; the woman on the right is Sue Sedgwick. The location is uncertain.

          First Nations Drums
          2012.13.1.84.28 · Item · 1994
          Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

          Image depicts several unidentified individuals standing outside a building, and holding intricately painted drums. The location is uncertain.

          First Nations Drums
          2012.13.1.84.29 · Item · 1994
          Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

          Image depicts several unidentified individuals standing outside a building and holding intricately painted drums; Kent Sedgwick is standing the middle of the group with Sue Sedgwick beside him. The location is uncertain.

          First Nations family
          2004.2.1.45 · Item · [ca. 1910]
          Part of Reverend R.W. Large fonds

          Photograph depicts a First Nations family with two older girls both holding young children, two young boys and one older boy all posed for the camera on a porch.

          2000.19.2.25 · Item · 29 Aug. 1927-26 Sept. 1927
          Part of Prentiss Gray Collection

          Photograph depicts a First Nations family consisting of a woman and four children standing underneath or next to a lean-to style tent. Meat is drying above the campfire and a horse's head is visible in the foreground.

          2000.19.2.23 · Item · 29 Aug. 1927-26 Sept. 1927
          Part of Prentiss Gray Collection

          Photograph depicts a family consists of a woman and four children standing underneath or next to a lean-to style tent. Meat is drying above the campfire and the head of a horse is visible in the foreground.

          2009.7.1.061 · Item · [ca. 1873 - ca. 1920]
          Part of Archdeacon W. H. Collison fonds

          Photograph depicts a man and woman standing on steps to a round tower in fenced area. Roofs of other buildings can be seen below on right; water and shore visible in background.

          Printed on image: "Indian Jail, Metlatkla".

          First Nations organizations
          2002.14.1.09.060 · File · [between 2003 and 2004]
          Part of Marianne (Marika) Ainley fonds

          File consists of information regarding a number of First Nations Organizations, including Canadian Aboriginal Science and Technology Society, First Nations University of Canada, and Building Environmental Aboriginal Human Resources.

          2002.14.1.09.055 · File · 2000-2003
          Part of Marianne (Marika) Ainley fonds

          File consists of UNBC publications on First Nations cooperation in forestry in BC and a thesis on the Nle?kepmx, or Thompson, First Nation fiber technology. File also includes a photograph of a kangaroo and a computer disk consisting of text files including backup and excerpts of "Complicated Lives" and interviews with Virginia Douglas, Elspeth Baugh, Glenda Prkachin, Sylvia Fedoruk, and Anne Underhill. Disk also includes work on Ikawa-Smith and Kartzmark.

          2009.7.1.177 · Item · [ca. 1920]
          Part of Archdeacon W. H. Collison fonds

          Rocky shoreline featuring a small dwelling, totem pole, net rack, canoes pulled up to shore, barrels and boxes and a tent.

          Handwritten annotation in pencil on verso reads: “Kunhalas [sic] at entrance to C--- Harbour”.

          2002.14.1.09.141 · File · 1995-1996
          Part of Marianne (Marika) Ainley fonds

          File consists of photocopied research materials, notes, and bibliography concerning Frist Nations in various regions of Canada. These include Micmac in Eastern Canada, Inuit in Canadian Arctic, Mohawk in Eastern Canada, Ojibwa in Northeastern Ontario, and Algonquin in Central Canada.