Collection search - Inuit from Read Island with their catch of caribou on raised qamutiik (sled)

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Inuit from Read Island with their catch of caribou on raised qamutiik (sled)

Hierarchical level:

Component

Date:

1950

Reference:

R216-3793-X-E, Volume number: 14980

Item no. (creator):

68

Type of material:

Photographs

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

5034193

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Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development fonds

Northern Affairs Program sous-fonds

Northwest Territories and Yukon Branch

Northwest Territories and Yukon Branch: Photographs

Departmental library albums

Album 37, Eastern Arctic Patrol

Settlement; Hudson's Bay trading post; Inuit with qamutik laden with frozen caribou; The "Nigalik"; Inuuk women in "Mother Hubbard"-type dresses; View of Read Island

Inuit from Read Island with their catch of caribou on raised qamutiik (sled)
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Record information – Details
Date(s):

1950

Place:

Read Island, Northwest Territories [Nunavut]

Place of creation:

Nunavut

Extent:

1 photograph : b&w.

Language of material:

English

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Photographer: Bailey, S. J

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Signatures and inscriptions note:

Typed caption on white paper below photograph, "At Read Island the Eskimos traveled far distances in the spring of 1950 to obtain caribou that had migrated to the coast near Coppermine. Here one can see a komotik laden with frozen caribou set high on barrels to keep the meat away from the dogs."

Series added entry:

Album 37
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Inuit

Portraits
Source:

Government

Other accession no.:

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1974-366 NPC
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Graphic (photo)

[Consultation90 Open]

Volume [R216]

[Consultation 90 Open]

14980 Page 78

[Consultation 90 Open]

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Credit: S.J. Bailey / Dept. Indian and Northern Affairs / Library and Archives Canada / e006609965 ; Restrictions on use: Nil ; Copyright: Library and Archives Canada.

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