People and Personal Stories

This is the category for life stories or biographies of individuals.

Martha Everatt: Life on the Trap Line

Story
Community
Edmonton Aboriginal Seniors Centre
Category
People and Personal Stories, Skills and Teachings
Summary
92 year old Metis , Martha Everatt speaks about her childhood memories.
Our Buffalo Hunts

Our Buffalo Hunts

Story
Community
Voices of Amiskwaciy
Category
History and Resistance, People and Personal Stories, Skills and Teachings, Place, Land and Territory
Summary
A first hand account of one of the Métis people's last great buffalo hunts on the Alberta prairie
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Joanne Arnott, Author, Advocate

Story
Community
Richard Van Camp
Category
People and Personal Stories
Summary
Joanne Arnott, Author, Advocate
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A portrait of my aunty Rosa Washie: champion moccasin maker and champion everything maker. :)

Story
Community
Richard Van Camp
Category
People and Personal Stories
Summary
A portrait of my aunty Rosa Washie in Behchoko, NWT.
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"The Moon is Our Night Clock." Traditional Knowledge about the moon, stars, northern lights from our Fort Smith Elders: with Archie Smith (Chipewyan), Rosalie Bourke, Dorothy "Dot" Desjarlais...

Story
Community
Richard Van Camp
Category
People and Personal Stories, Skills and Teachings
Summary
A collection of traditional knowledge about watching the sky with Archie Smith (Chipewyan), Rosalie Bourke, Dorothy "Dot" Desjarlais, Mary Cardianal (Cree), Fred Bealieu
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Louise Bernice Halfe and Marilyn Dumont: Literary Rock Stars! :)

Story
Community
Richard Van Camp
Category
People and Personal Stories
Summary
The best photo I ever took of my two literary heroes together. Yippee!
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Bea and Reg Campbell from Fort Smith, NWT

Story
Community
Richard Van Camp
Category
People and Personal Stories, History and Resistance, Skills and Teachings
Summary
An interview with Bea and Reg Campbell in Fort Smith, NWT
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Archie Smith, Chipewyan Elder, Fort Smith, NWT

Story
Community
Richard Van Camp
Category
People and Personal Stories, Skills and Teachings
Summary
An interview with Archie Smith: Fort Smith trapper and hunter. Chipeywan Elder.
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The late Dorothy "Dot" Desjarlais from Fort Smith, NWT

Story
Community
Richard Van Camp
Category
People and Personal Stories, Language, Skills and Teachings
Summary
An interview with the late Dorothy "Dot" Desjarlais from Fort Smith, NWT
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Bernice Kamano, Kwakuitl Nation, from Victoria, BC

Story
Community
Richard Van Camp
Category
People and Personal Stories, History and Resistance
Summary
Bernice Kamano, Kwakuitl Nation, from Victoria, BC

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