This file contains several papers that refer to Ebierbing and Tookoolito, also referred to as Joe and Hannah, an Inuit couple who are best known for assisting British and American Arctic expeditions between 1860 and 1880. The first document is a paper that serves as a biography for the two. The second document is a series of excerpts from Under The Northern Lights by J.A. MacGahan, and Life with the Esquimaux by Captain Charles Francis Hall, that all reference Ebierbing in some way. Next is an interview carried out with Ebierbing from Under The Northern Lights. The next few documents are transcripts of interviews with either Ebierbing or Tookoolito, recounting the voyage of the Polaris: the documents seem to be court examinations of witnesses. Also newspaper articles discussing the two. Biography of Ebierbing, as well as several handwritten notes.
Three photocopied documents recounting a voyage to Baffin Island that resulted in the death of explorer Bernhard Hantzsch. Documents are especially relating to the Inuit people who accompanied him on this voyage and assisted him and his men in surviving in the north and brought his diary back to Blacklead Island after his death. Also a photocopy of a document from Public Archives Canada that is written in syllabics. File also contains three note cards.
Contains photocopied excerpts from Hans Hendrick's memoir, Memoirs of Hans Hendrik: the Arctic traveller. He was an Inuit man who was a part of several northern expeditions and apparently the first Inuit man to write his own memoirs. There are also photocopied excerpts from a book that is written in the style of a memoir by Hans entitled Hans the Eskimo but which was actually written by an Edwin Gile Rich. Also ,a large image that is an illustration of Hans with his family and several notecards.
Contains a photocopied newspaper article about James Houston as well as a magazine article sent to Penny by an M O Nelson. The article is about glass blowing sculptures and features work by Houston. There is also a letter written to Penny by Houston which authorizes her use of his work "Grass tussocks turned into men" in the book she was working on. The envelopes are dated to April 1989
Contains a photocopied article written by Idlout in syllabics, next to the translation into English. The article is about his life and experiences working with the RCMP as a special constable. There are also copies of two letters written by Idlout.
Contains two note cards with handwritten notes.
Contains a newspaper page from the Thursday, Sept 6th edition of The Globe and Mail. The article is titled "Exploring an African-Inuit Connection," and is about similarities between Inuit and Shona sculpture.
This file contains an excerpt from Eskimos and Explorers titled "The 'Perfect Craze.'" This file also contains an excerpt from a book (name unknown) with chapters titled "Four Winds of Change" "Caught in a Net" "Schools and Snowmobiles" and "Snowgeese Among Mosquitoes." Also another excerpt from Eskimos and Explorers titled "Polar Eskimos." Also an excerpt from Harper: Caribou Eskimos of Upper Kazan River, Keewatin published by the University of Kansas + Museum of Natural History. Also an excerpt from The Polar Record, Vol 15, No 97, 1971 titled "The Road to Cathay and The Hudson's Bay Company by E.E. Rich. Also an article titled "19th Century Arctic Publicity" by Maurice Hodgson. Also an article by A. Stevenson titled "British Polar Commemorative Stamp Set." Also a Globe and Mail article titled "How the Inuit saved explorers." Also a booklet titled The Heritage of the Northwest Territories; Arctic Exploration published by The Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre. This file also contains handwritten notes on the topic. [Originally Titled: Eskimos and Exploration]
This file contains a photocopy of "Janus in Baffinland" by Joel Noel Chandler from artscanada Vol. 27 No. 6 December-January 1972 pp. 104-107. This file also contains a photocopy of "Ancient fine art is found in the High Arctic" by Robert McGhee from Canadian Geographic April-May 1980 pp. 8-23. Copy of the Thunder Bay Art Gallery's newsletter Imprint December 1987/January/February 1988. Several pages from a magazine with the articles "The Stone Carvings of an Unknown People" by Thomas H. Ainsworth, The Casual Kogmoliks by W. G. Crisp., and a review by W. L. Morton of Lord Selkirk of Red River by John Morgan Gray. This file also contains a brochure of Sanaugasi Takujaksat: A Travelling Celebration of Inuit Sculpture, containing pictures of several Inuit sculptures and a large print. [Originally titled: Eskimo Carving]
This file contains two handwritten notes regarding research into Inuit dance. [Originally titled: Eskimo dance]
This file contains two photocopies of the article "The first Inuit depiction by Europeans" by W.C. Sturtevant from ÉTUDES/INUIT/STUDIES Vol. 4, nos 1-2, 1980, pp. 47-49. Photocopy of the article "On est toujours l'Esquimau de quelqu' un" by J. Mailhot, J. -P. Simard, and S. Vincent from ÉTUDES/INUIT/STUDIES Vol. 4, nos 1-2, 1980, pp. 59-60. Photocopy of the article "Classic photos of Indians and Eskimos, 1902-04" by David Maclellan from Canadian Geographic August-September 1980. Photocopy of the article "Esquimaux en visite en Hollande au XVIe siècle: Représentation et dessins" by Béatrice Wenger from INTER-NORD No. 13-14, December 1974, pp. 217-222. Photocopy from Arctic Experiences by George E. Tyson p. 118. Photocopy of "The Earliest Eskimo Portraits" by Kaj Birket-Smith from Folk Vol. 1 1959 pp. 4-13. Newspaper clipping of an article titled "A fascinating treasure found in an attic", a book review by Thomas York of A Fur Trader's Photograph by William C. James. Three handwritten notes regarding research into depictions of Inuit. [Originally titled: Eskimo Depictions]
Contains photocopies of three pages of the ITC Annual Report, date unrecorded. The pages are the Directory of Inuit and Related Organizations, the ITC executives and Board of Directors, and the ITC's aims declaration as well as their Regional Affiliates.
This file contains four handwritten notes regarding research into early encounters with Inuit by European explorers. Photocopy of "Early Eskimo Visitors to Britain" by Ann Savours from The Geographical Magazine October 1963 Vol. 36, No. 6, pp. 336-343. Photocopy of the article "Eskimos of 1746" by Henry Ellis from The Beaver June 1946. Photocopy from an unknown book regarding early encounters between Inuit and arctic explorers. Photocopy of an article called "The Eskimo People: The Earliest Accounts" by Wendell H. Oswalt from The Beaver Autumn 1977. Photocopy of "The "Esquimaux" in the 17th and 18th century cartography of the Gulf of St. Lawrence: A preliminary discussion" by C. A. Martijn from ÉTUDES/INUIT/STUDIES Vol. 4, nos 1-2, 1980, pp. 77-85. Photocopy of "Eskimo Communities then and now" by David Damas from People of Light and Dark. [Originally titled: Eskimo, Early]
A 1984 calendar featuring photographs of Inuit elders for each month.
Contains a newspaper clipping titled " Inuit community gets first look at new film" about the early release of the film Coppermine produced by the National Film Board. It was shown to the people of Coppermine N.W.T. as it was a documentary about their community. There is also a photocopy of a review of the film Qallunaani, a documentary about Inuit people living in the city that was made by the Association for Native Development in the Performing and Visual Arts.
This file contains a handwritten note regarding research into the influence of European and American contact on the Inuit. [Originally titled: Eskimo, first contact]
This file contains several handwritten notes regarding research into Inuit languages. Also a photocopy of the article "Inuktitut: Surviving in the Arctic's New Age!" by Bernadette K. Immaroitok and Peter Jull from from the Inuit Circumpolar Conference's (now named Inuit Circumpolar Council) newsletter. A photocopy of the document Labrador Inuktut 250 Years Ago by Louis-Jacques Dorais. Photocopy of the "News Items and Short Notes" section of an unknown publication with the section "Notes on Thinking Processes Facilitated by the Eskimo and English Languages" by J. Peter Denny. Photocopy of the journal article "Inuktitut - English Bilingualism in the Northwest Territories of Canada" by J. Iain Prattis and Jean-Philippe Chartrand from Anthropologica New Series, Vol. 25, No. 1, Journalistes amérindiens: études sur le travail d'une minorité professionnelle / Native North Americans and the Media: Studies in Minority Journalism (1983), pp. 85-105. Photocopy of the article "The Early Development of Inuktitut Syllabic Orthography" by Kenn Harper from ÉTUDES/INUIT/STUDIES Vol. 9, No. 1, 1985, pp. 141-162. Typewritten copy of the article "Eskimo Psychology: Regarding Lying and Stealing" by The Oblate Fathers of the Hudson Bay Vicariate from Eskimo December 1948 Vol. 2. Photocopy of the journal article "Towards a Canadian Eskimo orthography and literature (II)" by Raymond C. Gagné from Canadian Journal of Linguistics/Revue canadienne de linguistique 1962. Photocopy of "Esquimau or Eskimo: The Origin and Evolution of the Word "Eskimo"" by Dr. Jacques Rousseau. Photocopy of a document called "'Eskimo' or 'Inuit'". [Originally titled: Eskimo language]
Contains a text titled A Bibliography of Inuit (Eskimo) Linguistics in Collections of the Metropolitan Toronto Library, Compiled by Barry Edwards in Collaboration with Mary Love. It is a list of items in or about Inuktitut meant to complement similar bibliographies for works in other Indigenous languages made by the Languages Centre of the Metropolitan Toronto Library.
This file contains printed notes about Netsilik Society by Asen Balikci in The Netsilik Eskimo published by The Natural History Press. Also a review of Asen Balikci's book The Netsilik Eskimo written by K.J. Crowe in "The North in Review". Two copies (with slight differences in wording) of an excerpt from Knud Rasmussen's The Netsilik Eskimos: Social Life and Spiritual Culture published by Gyldendalske Boghandel in 1931 covering a period from 1921-1924. Another excerpt from Knud Rasmussen's aforementioned book. Handwritten note on the Netsilik with possibly unrelated print on the back looking at linguistics. [Originally Titled: Eskimo Netsilik]
This file contains several handwritten notes regarding research into Inuit legends. Also a photocopy of several sections from Among Unknown Eskimo by Julian W. Bilby. Photocopy from Eskimo of Baffin Land and Hudson Bay by Franz Boas from Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History Vol. 15 1901 pp. 554-557. Photocopies from Across Arctic America: Narrative of the Fifth Thule Expedition by Knud Rasmussen pp. 394-403, 384-387. Typewritten copy of an unidentified story about the creation of the Earth. Typewritten copy of the legend of Papik from Eskimo Spring-Summer, 1985. Typewritten copy and a photocopy of the fables "The kanajuq and the arctic char" and "The raven and the two ducks" from the article "Two Eskimo Fables About Marriage" by Franz Van de Velde according to Bernard Iqugaqtuq from Eskimo magazine. Photocopy of Eskimo Point: Northwest Territories, a publication by the Eskimo Points Residents' Association. Photocopy of the legend How seals were made. Interlibrary loan request from Petrone dated August 1, 1984 for, and a photocopy of, "Bear and an Owl" by Marcel Akadlaka. Photocopy of the story "The North Shore Cree" by George Bauer from North Nord march/april, 1978, pp. 41-43. Typewritten copy of the story Ookpik and Lemming and of part of the song "My Breath" by Orpingalik. Photocopy of the article "Three Eskimo Legends of Ookpik", containing the legends "Ookpik who Married a Goose", "Ookpik and the Snow Bird", and "Ookpik and Lemming". Typewritten copy of a legend from North January-February, 1967, Vol. XIV No. 1, p. 16. Typewritten copy of a legend spoken by an Inuit woman named Arnaruluk from From the ends of the earth by Augustine Courtauld pp. 384-386. Typewritten copy of an unidentified legend about a grizzly bear and a hunter. Typewritten copies of three legends from Eskimo Year by George Miksch Sutton. Typewritten copy of "The Revenge of the Orphan Boy" By Leah Idlout from North, Vol. XIV, No. 4, July/August 1967, pp. 57-58. Typewritten copy of a song with a short foreward from The Eskimo: Their Environment and Folkways by Edward Moffat Weyer Jr. p. 360. Typewritten copy of "The Orphan Boy and the Moon Man" from The Labrador Eskimo by E.W. Hawkes, pp. 158-159. Typewritten copy of the legend of Kiviuq from Inuit Today, Vol. 9, September/October 1982, p. 28, 30, 32, 34. Typewritten copy and a photocopy of the story "The Women Who Went to the Moon" by Donald Kaglik. Photocopy from "Inuit Myths, Legends & Songs" by Bernadette Driscoll pp. 5-7. Photocopy of the article "The Blind Man & The Loon" by Drew Armour from The Beaver, Summer 1984, pp. 8-12. Interlibrary loan request by Petrone dated August 1, 1984 for, and a photocopy of, "The Half Fish" pp. 26-27 by Tavitialuk Alaasuaq from Inuit Today, Vol. IV, No. 7, July-August 1975. Photocopy of a legend about the creation of rivers and fog. Photocopy from Reports of the Fifth Thule Expedition 1921-1924: the Danish expedition to Arctic North America in charge of Knud Rasmussen, Vol. X, No. 2, by Knud Rasmussen pp. 60-77. Photocopy of an article called "The Snow Owl" by Father Rogatien Papion, containing the fables "The Owl and the Lemming", "The Owl, His Wife, and the Two Rabbits", and "The Owl, His Wife and Family". Photocopy of the article "Three Igloolik Legends: As told by William Okomâluk" by Guy Mary-Rousseliere containing the legends "Iblaurâluk: the Famous Whale Hunter", "Sikuliarsioyuitok: He who could not go hunting on new ice", and "Origin of the Sadlermiut". Photocopy of the legend "The Man Who Was Helped by a Polar Bear" by Matthew Innakatsik from Inuktitut, May 1982, pp. 85-88. Photocopy of the article "Battle of the Drums", a retelling of an Inuit legend by Brian Lewis, from The Beaver, Winter 1981, pp. 50-51. Photocopy of the document Eskimo Legends Gathered on the Coast of Labrador During the Summer of 1968 by J. Garth Taylor from the Department of Ethnology at the Royal Ontario Museum. Typewritten copy of a fable about a fox from Eskimo Year by George Miksch Sutton. Typewritten copy of a fable called The Story of the Fox-Wife. This file also contains a newspaper clipping of an article titled "Play will use Inuit legends to confront family violence" from Sunday Express p. 38, January 21 1990. [Originally Titled: Eskimo legends]
This file contains a handwritten note defining Oratory and appears to have been written in 1973. [Originally Titled: Eskimo oratory]
This file contains a hand-written document exploring the origins of Inuit. [Originally Titled: Eskimo origins]
This file contains an excerpt by Solomon Kajuatsiak from Nain talking about specific instances in his life and Christian beliefs. This file also contains the articles "Don't Finish Off Our Dogs" and "Sad Case" from the Midnight Sun Newsletter published in 1972. Also a typewritten note by Titus Joshua from Nain reflecting on his life starting in 1904 and ending the note in 1974. It was published in 1984. Another typewritten note with only the date Fall 1979 and the word "Eskimos" for bibliographic information. This file also contains "Stories by Titus Seeteenak". It is a series of stories passed down to him. Also a typewritten essay by Titus Allovlov published in The Native Perspective in 1978. This file also contains an article written by Walter Audla titled "Jobs I have had." Typewritten essay/script by Daniela Itanus (handwritten, could be a different name). [Originally Titled: Eskimo Remembrances]
Contains Penny's applications for funding for her second book on Inuit literature as well as responses from the Muttart Foundation. Also contains her research proposal for this project.
This file contains a handwritten note on shamans. [Originally Titled: Eskimo shamans]