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A fisherman would lash a barb to one arm of the hook and traditionally carved a “spirit helper” into the other arm to provide supernatural assistance.
Dr. Jamie Morton shows us two examples of indigenous clothing items from the Canadian prairies: A moose hide coat from the John Halkett collection and a beaded Cree hood, both made with HBC trade goods.
Both Aboriginal and European traders would carry these commonly used firearm accessories.
Dr. Jamie Morton, curator at the Manitoba Museum, explains the nature of the Company's organizational hierarchy and Simpson's role as governor through these extravagant artifacts: an elaborate silver candelabra and a ram's head snuff mull.
Employed in the hunting and trapping of birds, this Inuit weapon was an elegant form of slingshot used during the early twentieth century.
Dr. Jamie Morton, curator at the Manitoba Museum shows us three unique carvings made by indigenous people of Haida Gwaii and the Chukchi of Siberia. There's also a ghost ship.
This Iglulik Inuit-made qulittuq (man’s parka) was produced in the early twentieth-century from thick caribou skins to withstand the cold winters.
As bad as Manitoba's 1950 flood was, it pales in comparison to the Red River flood of 1826.
Frank Walker, a Winnipeg newspaper man, writes of the three most critical days of the city's 1950 flood, before the Army took command. Illustrations by Peter Kuch.
The sculptor Akeeaktashook is believed to be the artist of this piece entitled Inuk Fishing.
Dec 08, 2016 The Globe and Mail: Viola Desmond to be on Canada’s new $10 bill
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Dec 04, 2016 CBC News: Britain to get first major exhibition of Canada’s Franklin artifacts