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Recording of lectures by Francois Paulette, a hunter and trapper from Fort Smith and Chief of the Fort Smith Dene Band, on "Dene Culture and Spirituality." Mary Firth on her life experiences and those of her parents.

In December 1979, George Calef, part of the Government of the Northwest Territories Game Branch lectured ["Science History and All That" series] on the topic of caribou. 1:12:07

In February 1980, Dr. Walter O. Kupsh lectured ["Science History and All That" series] on the topic of "Discovery and Mining of Uranium." Dr. Kupsh, a member of the Carruthers Commission from 1965-1966, also served as a member of the Science Advisory Board. 1:22:50

In September 1980, Constable M.J. (Joe) Olsen lectured ["Science History and All That" series] on the topic of the "St. Roch." Joe Olsen was a crewmember of the "St. Roch" in the 1920s. 1:05:19

Photographer and historian Richard Finnie lectured ["Science History and All That" series] on "The Truth about the Canol Project". Richard Finnie was employed as the northern advisor and historian to the United States Army Engineers constructing the Canol Project from 1940-1942. 1:05:17

In January 1981, Doug Heard of the NWT Wildlife Services lectured ["Science History and All That" series] on "Caribou: Sex and Death Where the Nights are Long". 1:05:24

In February of 1981, Dr. Otto Schaefer lectured ["Science History and All That" series] on "Native Food Resources and Traditional Dietary Habits: Their Value from a Nutritional and Medical Viewpoint and the Effect on the Health Picture of Native Populations Observed Consequent to Rapid Change of their Traditional Dietary Habits." Dr. Schaefer was a physician in Aklavik, Pangnirtung and the Yukon prior to founding the Northern Medical Research Unit in Edmonton. 1:05:33

In April 1981, Anne Gunn lectured ["Science History and All That" series] on "Men and Musk ox". Anne Gunn, a member of the Canada Wildlife Service from 1973 to 1978, joined the NWT Wildlife Service in 1978. 00:39:47

A Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre interview with Mabel Braathen conducted on June 26, 1979. Mabel (nee Loutitt) Braathen was born at Fort Resolution in 1919 and was a long time resident of Yellowknife.

A lecture given by former bush pilot Punch Dickins at the Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre in September 1979. (See also N-1992-120.)

A Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre interview with Dr. A.W. Jolliffe conducted on December 5, 1979. Dr. Fred Jolliffe was a geologist involved in the geological surveys of the 1930s, during which time gold was discovered in the Yellowknife area.

The audio cassette consists of a "recorded Christmas card" from the Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre, researched and written by Erica Tesar and produced by the Department of Information with technical production by Pat Monahan of the Native Communications Society. The first story on this tape is a dramatic reading from James McKenzie's journal of New Year's Eve 1799 and New Year's Day 1800 at the North West Company post at Fort Chipewyan. The journal describes the festivities, food, and expenses. The second story on this tape is a dramatic recounting of the Royal North West Mounted Police's Bathurst Inlet patrol in the barrenlands. The tape describes how the patrol departed March 21, 1917, their activities, how their scheduled pick-up by a Hudson's Bay Company supply boat did not occur, their near starvation north of the Thelon River, their sighting of muskox and resultant feast, and finally their arrival at the Baker Lake detachment on January 29, 1918.

The audio cassette consists of a "recorded Christmas card" from the Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre, researched and written by Erica Tesar and produced by the Department of Information with technical production by Pat Monahan of the Native Communications Society. The stories on this tape are dramatic readings from the journals of Captains William Parry and George Lyon on their attempted voyage of the Northwest Passage in 1821-23 on ships HMS Hecla and Fury. The first reading describes the Christmas of 1821 frozen in near Winter Island, including Christmas Eve activities, the menu on Christmas Day, Boxing Day entertainment, and a present given by the men of the ship's school. The second reading describes the Christmas of 1822, while the ships are still frozen in, including the menu and information on produce grown on board.

The audio cassette consists of a "recorded Christmas card" from the Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre, researched and written by Erica Tesar and produced by the Department of Information with technical production by Pat Monahan of the Native Communications Society. The story on this tape is a dramatic recounting of the Polaris expedition under Charles Hall, including mention of Hall's death in November 1871, heading toward home in August 1872, and weathering a storm in October 1872. During the storm, the Polaris was anchored to an ice floe and supplies and 19 people, including Captain George Tyson and two Inuit men, Ipirvik and Hendrik, and their families, offloaded. When the ship broke away, they were stranded and spent several months on the floe before being picked up off of Labrador. The tape features a dramatic reading from Captain Tyson's journal entries of December 22-25, 1872 while on the ice floe, with his descriptions of the darkest night, aurora, and the Christmas day menu.

The audio cassette consists of a "recorded Christmas card" from the Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre, researched and written by Erica Tesar and produced by the Department of Information with technical production by Pat Monahan of the Native Communications Society. The story on this tape is a dramatic reading from "The Interpreter" newspaper's December 7, 1975 issue, which describes Dene Christmases. Mike Sikyea (Ndilo) reflects on life before miners arrived in Yellowknife, describing coming in from the bush, singing, all joining together in one house, doing their own church, having a big feast, sharing with the community, food eaten at feasts, and having to go to Fort Resolution for store-bought goods. Another narrator describes how people in the olden days around 1910 would come in from the bush. This recording is a duplicate of G-2003-501: 0002A.

The audio cassette consists of a "recorded Christmas card" from the Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre, researched and written by Erica Tesar and produced by the Department of Information with technical production by Pat Monahan of the Native Communications Society. The story on this tape is a dramatic reading from "The Interpreter" newspaper's December 7, 1975 issue, which describes Dene Christmases. Mike Sikyea (Ndilo) reflects on life before miners arrived in Yellowknife, describing coming in from the bush, singing, all joining together in one house, doing their own church, having a big feast, sharing with the community, food eaten at feasts, and having to go to Fort Resolution for store-bought goods. Another narrator describes how people in the olden days around 1910 would come in from the bush. This recording is a duplicate of G-2003-501: 0001D.

The audio cassette consists of a "recorded Christmas card" from the Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre, researched and written by Erica Tesar and produced by the Department of Information with technical production by Pat Monahan of the Native Communications Society. The first story on this tape is a dramatic reading from 'The Inukshuk" newspaper's December 1974 edition about the opening of Kativik Hall in Iqaluit (Frobisher Bay). Celebrations including feasting, dancing, and indoor and outdoor games are described. The second story on the tape comes from the same newspaper and is a memory of an Inuit Christmas past in hunting camps with descriptions of waiting up early, greeting one another, exchanging gifts, and receiving donated items from churches and biscuits from the RCMP.

The audio cassette consists of a "recorded Christmas card" from the Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre, researched and written by Erica Tesar and produced by the Department of Information with technical production by Pat Monahan of the Native Communications Society. The recording features a dramatic reading from "The Prospector" newspaper from Christmas 1938. One article describes the differences seen in Yellowknife over a year, describing the buildings there in 1937 and the ones built since, the population increase, the staking of claims, the building boom, and looking ahead to 1939. Then several advertisements, many with Christmas greetings, are read from the same paper.

The audio cassette consists of a "recorded Christmas card" from the Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre, researched and written by Erica Tesar and produced by the Department of Information with technical production by Pat Monahan of the Native Communications Society. The first part of the recording features the dramatic reading of a poem "Beans for Christmas, a Northern tragedy in very blank verse" from "The Prospector" newspaper, Christmas 1938. Next, several speakers relate remembrances of Christmas past, including being amused by the song "I'm Dreaming of a White Christmas", not ever seeing the sun on Christmas day, and celebrating Christmas at Gran's old cabin with new moccasins, visiting relatives, tea, dried meat and sweetened bannock, and father playing the fiddle, dressing up in new clothes and going to church for Christmas mass, visiting house to house, playing games and telling stories, and finally falling asleep on a heap of clothes. The recording concludes with the credits for the series of recorded Christmas cards.