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Cree Elder Henry Beaver sharing with us how to stop a storm using traditional knowledge in Fort Smith, NWT. :)

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Richard Van Camp, Voices of Amiskwaciy
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Henry Beaver showing us how to stop a storm in Fort Smith, 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...

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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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Tlicho Elder Rosa Mantla showing us all how to name parts of the body in Tlicho using our baby boy as a model, Edzazii Van Camp :)

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Tlicho Elder Rosa Mantla showing us in Tlicho how to name each part of the body in Tlicho
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Archie Smith from Fort Smith, Chipewyan Elder, teaching us how to read the moon (or Kalazaa) :)

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Archie Smith teaches us how to read the moon or "Kalazaa" in Chipewyan
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Mike Beaver from Fort Smith singing us a love song :)

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My portrait of Mike Beaver
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Annie Maniapik lighting her qulliq in Pangnirtung, Nunavut.

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My adopted aunty in Pangnirtung lighting her lamp with seal oil
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The words of Maria Brown, Chipewyan Elder, from Fort Smith, NWT.

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The words of Chipewyan Elder Maria Brown from Fort Smith, NWT. Photo by Gladys Rehm
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Dear friends: Niigaanwewidam James Sinclair and Sam McKegney and Me

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Dear friends: Niigaanwewidam James Sinclair and Sam McKegney
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Cree Elder James Grandjambe of Fort MacKay, AB

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A great shot of a great man: James Grandjambe
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Rosalie Bourke, Cree Elder, and her daughter, Gladys Macpherson from Fort Smith, NWT

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Mary Cardinal on the Stars
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An interview with my late Uncle Isadore "Happy" Wah-shee

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An interview with my late Uncle Isadore Wah-Shee of the Tlicho Dene
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Julie Flett and I

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A great shot of Julie Flett and I

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