The Caribou-Eaters

Database ID	27788
Institution	University of Saskatchewan Archives
Fonds/Collection	JWT Spinks fonds
Series	MG74-21A-Reference-General
File/Item Reference	MG74-21A-Reference-General-NWT-Childrens-5 (Reference-General Box 14)
Date of creation	1972
Physical description/extent	1 magazine; 19 pages of textual records
Number of images	1
Historical note	The rural municipality of Wood Buffalo, Alberta's most northern hamlet is Fort Fitzgerald. It was originally named Smith Landing, but changed in 1915 to honour Inspector Francis Joseph Fitzgerald (1867-1911) of the North West Mounted Police. Fort Fitzgerald is 25 kms from the Northwest Territories town of Fort Smith, and 200 kms north of Fort Chipewyan.
Scope and content	Excerpts from introduction: "The severe hardships encountered by Northern peoples are demonstrated vividly in the following story. The recollections of Mr. Johnny Nataway are centred on the Fort Fitzgerald area of northern Alberta. The people inhabiting this region primarily belonged to the Chipewyan nation, and were known as the "Caribou-Eaters." Map of Great Slave Lake area included.
Contributer	Johnny Nataway (author) Unka, Dora Curriculum Division, NWT Department of Education (author)
Copyright holder	Curriculum Division, NWT Department of Education
Copyright expiry date	Unknown
Other terms governing use and reproduction	Responsibility regarding questions of copyright that may arise in the use of any images is assumed by the researcher.
Type	Published
Primary Media	Textual documents
Specific document types	Magazines
Provenance Access Point	Spinks, John William Tranter, 1908-1997
Other notes	Front cover scanned.
Place	Fort Fitzgerald, Alberta, Canada
Treaty boundaries	No treaty
Cultural region	Subarctic
Names	Nataway, Johnny
Subject	Children Culture -- Folklore Hunting and Trapping Royal Canadian Mounted Police Survival Caribou Mortality
Date Range(s)	1920-1929 1930-1939
Permanent Link	https://digital.scaa.sk.ca/ourlegacy/permalink/27788