89 Tracks - 164:53
No help from the government; we had to work - was a good life
Gilbert McCallum
Uploaded August 24, 2023
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Exchanging Baked Bread for Furs
Nancy Grey
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Cost of Living and Food Costs
Pete Martell
1732 -
3
Making a Living: Sawmill, Forestry, Logging
Pete Martell
1954 -
4
Living on Wild Meat & No Welfare / Old Age Pension / Child Tax
Pete Martell
1710 -
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Working Hard for Little Pay
Pete Martell
1781 -
6
Need for formal education
Marie Horse
1765 -
7
Urban living & working
Marie Horse
1645 -
8
Driving the tractor #2
Laura Burnouf
2229 -
9
Hay making when it was dry weather
Laura Burnouf
1744 -
10
Traveling up to the meadows
Laura Burnouf
1826 -
11
Age - 84 years old
Gabe Morris
1341 -
12
Childhood
Eugene Iron
1399 -
13
Comparing today to yesteryears
Eugene Iron
1380 -
14
Farming
Eugene Iron
1343 -
15
Traditional lifestyle
Eugene Iron
1318 -
16
Early work experience
Bill Carriere
1312 -
17
We all worked hard but now no jobs causes hardships
Bill Carriere
1401 -
18
Despite being sick, still helping youth & leadership
Madelaine
2270 -
19
Life Story
Melinda Naytowhow
588 -
20
Food
Melinda Naytowhow
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History - Livelihood
Debbie Bird
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Building the highway from Ile a la Crosse to Beauval with horses
Gilbert McCallum
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No help from the government; we had to work - was a good life
Gilbert McCallum
536 -
24
Payday - got paid $6 for 2 weeks work
Gilbert McCallum
561 -
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Harsh working conditions
Gilbert McCallum
555 -
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Joined the army with friends
Gilbert McCallum
555 -
27
No welfare just relief work
Gilbert McCallum
540 -
28
Understanding getting paid & pension
Gilbert McCallum
522 -
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Cost of goods cheaper
Gilbert McCallum
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30
Price of goods higher now
Gilbert McCallum
542 -
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We had fun working
Gilbert McCallum
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Government doesn't look after First Nation's best interest
Bill Carriere
546 -
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Living expenses being high in their area
Bill Carriere
547 -
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Meeting about compensation
Bill Carriere
533 -
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My friend moved away to BC to work
Nap Johnson
553 -
36
Big Bear stayed all winter
Jimmy Chief
545 -
37
Being given responsibility to take care of the storekeeper
Fred Horse
519 -
38
Indians to decide how treaties are dealt with
Fred Horse
556 -
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Storekeeper and his wife arrived amidst potential of conflicts
Fred Horse
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Independence and being self sufficient
Fred Horse
520 -
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No reations - government help
Joe Iron
531 -
42
Hudson bay store and workers - furniture store
Amelia Sanderson
524 -
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No more traditional tents, living in modern housing
Glecia Bear
537 -
44
Young generations' dependency on socla assistance
Glecia Bear
525 -
45
Today's lifestyle easier than in the past
Larry Clarke
544 -
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Floating logs was not much income
Larry Clarke
558 -
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How they travelled in the past
Larry Clarke
533 -
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Long ago living expenses were affordable
Larry Clarke
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Floating logs
Larry Clarke
539 -
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Benefits of this power dam project
Horace Sewap
560 -
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1918 I was 16 yrs of age and worked for $6 a day. Hard labour
Norbert Merasty
514 -
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Used to travel by horses in the past
Norbert Merasty
535 -
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Non-native men worked hard
Norbert Merasty
515 -
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Dog sledding
Harry Brabant
506 -
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Speakling to teachers
Harry Brabant
543 -
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Taking care of sled dogs
Harry Brabant
551 -
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Dad hauled mail by canoe
Annie Johnstone
544 -
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Reliance on cash economy
Harry Brabant
543 -
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Worked for Ukrainians & Saturday was a sabbath day
Harry Brabant
526 -
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Strength was a young man
Harry Brabant
557 -
61
Prayer books & livelihood of people
Albert Ross
541 -
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Views life experience - life changing & values
Albert Ross
540 -
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Use of technology a gift of Creator
Albert Ross
529 -
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Gambling & effects on community
Albert Ross
558 -
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Provides guidance of behavior
Albert Ross
533 -
66
Loss of traditional values
Albert Ross
540 -
67
Effects of alcohol - Return to the traditions
Maria Linklater
523 -
68
Growing Old & Living by Traditions - Reaching Old Age
Maria Linklater
511 -
69
Nehiyaw Beliefs - living by the traditions
Maria Linklater
531 -
70
Growing up with kohkom, learning traditions
Maria Linklater
503 -
71
Growing up after the War
Maria Linklater
516 -
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Returning to traditional medicines
Maria Linklater
507 -
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Introduces self, work, raising & values
Mary Lee
527 -
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Livelihood
Austin Kay
522 -
75
Self reliance - food preservation and growing own food
Dexter Asapace
547 -
76
We worked to feed ourselves, shared values
Dexter Asapace
537 -
77
Moved away froim home. Worked. Went back to school
Linda Bird
519 -
78
Came back to Canada to work & live
Linda Bird
492 -
79
Worked and taught all over SK & North Dakota
Linda Bird
527 -
80
Band office, school, health clinic
Gilbert Halkett
515 -
81
Population of our reserve locations
Gilbert Halkett
526 -
82
Two reserve locations
Gilbert Halkett
524 -
83
Cold mornings - dressing warm
Hilda Bird
507 -
84
Youth need elder advice
Hilda Bird
489 -
85
Robert Mooswa - intro & supports for nehiyawewin
Robert Mooswa
472 -
86
Livelihood
Francis Roberts
476 -
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Travel with friends
Henry Bird
99 -
88
Tree planting
Henry Bird
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89
Support community as adult
April Lavalee
98
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