The CDs contain a recording of an interview with Henry G. Cook, conducted by David Leonard, Archivist, Northwest Territories Archives. The interview, recorded in 1979, details Mr. Cook's life and experiences in the north. The audio reel was copied to DAT in February 1996.
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
The material has been divided into three series. Series A (sound recordings) has been subdivided into 3 sub-series. Series A, Sub-series 1 - consists of eight recordings (:0001 to :0008) of an alcohol workshop conducted by the Dene Nation at Snowdrift in 1980. Series A, Sub-series 2 - consists of three sound recordings (:0009 to :0011) of Dene fiddle, drum dance and hand game music recorded in Snowdrift in 1980. Series A, Sub-series 3 - consists of seventeen interviews conducted in 1980 (:0012 to :0028). Series B (text) consists one of administrative file on the Oral History Compendium and one file with summaries of three interviews. Series C (photographic) is a colour print (:0029) of Frank Tetcho and his wife Madelaine at Trout Lake.
Northwest Territories. Department of Justice and Public Services. Museums and Heritage division. NWT ArchivesRecording made in Tulita on December 15, 1982 of traditional drum dance songs.
Recording made in Deline on December 20, 1982 of traditional drum dance songs. Includes traditional songs sung unaccompanied by drums.
Recording made in Behchoko on December 31, 1982 of traditional drum and tea dance songs.
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 sound recordings consist of seven scripts of Christmas stories from the Northwest Territories and Nunavut researched and written by Erica Tesar (PWNHC) and produced by the Department of Information with technical production by Pat Monahan of the Native Communications Society. Performers included Bob MacQuarrie, Clive Tesar, Barbara Dillon, Val LeBlanc, Candice [Candace] Savage, Cathy MacQuarrie, Pat Monahan, Fred Norwegian, Margaret Mackenzie, Leonie Kannuk, and the Gumboots. The stories include dramatizations of New Year's 1799-1800 at Fort Chipewyan, a 1917 RNWMP patrol on the barrenlands, Christmas 1821 and 1822 on the ships Fury and Hecla, Christmas 1872 on an ice floe during the Polaris expedition, Dene Christmas celebrations, the opening of Kativik Community Hall in Iqaluit in 1974,Inuit Christmas celebrations, and Christmas in Yellowknife 1938.
Northwest Territories. Department of Justice and Public Services. Museums and Heritage division