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 |