86 Tracks - 160:33
1918 I was 16 yrs of age and worked for $6 a day. Hard labour
Norbert Merasty
Uploaded August 29, 2023
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Exchanging Baked Bread for Furs
Nancy Grey
6399 -
2
Cost of Living and Food Costs
Pete Martell
1500 -
3
Making a Living: Sawmill, Forestry, Logging
Pete Martell
1704 -
4
Living on Wild Meat & No Welfare / Old Age Pension / Child Tax
Pete Martell
1486 -
5
Working Hard for Little Pay
Pete Martell
1552 -
6
Need for formal education
Marie Horse
1541 -
7
Urban living & working
Marie Horse
1444 -
8
Driving the tractor #2
Laura Burnouf
1978 -
9
Hay making when it was dry weather
Laura Burnouf
1519 -
10
Traveling up to the meadows
Laura Burnouf
1588 -
11
Age - 84 years old
Gabe Morris
1168 -
12
Childhood
Eugene Iron
1219 -
13
Comparing today to yesteryears
Eugene Iron
1198 -
14
Farming
Eugene Iron
1167 -
15
Traditional lifestyle
Eugene Iron
1147 -
16
Early work experience
Bill Carriere
1143 -
17
We all worked hard but now no jobs causes hardships
Bill Carriere
1218 -
18
Despite being sick, still helping youth & leadership
Madelaine
1980 -
19
Life Story
Melinda Naytowhow
400 -
20
Food
Melinda Naytowhow
378 -
21
History - Livelihood
Debbie Bird
389 -
22
Building the highway from Ile a la Crosse to Beauval with horses
Gilbert McCallum
382 -
23
No help from the government; we had to work - was a good life
Gilbert McCallum
360 -
24
Payday - got paid $6 for 2 weeks work
Gilbert McCallum
380 -
25
Harsh working conditions
Gilbert McCallum
370 -
26
Joined the army with friends
Gilbert McCallum
373 -
27
No welfare just relief work
Gilbert McCallum
365 -
28
Understanding getting paid & pension
Gilbert McCallum
343 -
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Cost of goods cheaper
Gilbert McCallum
375 -
30
Price of goods higher now
Gilbert McCallum
368 -
31
We had fun working
Gilbert McCallum
389 -
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Government doesn't look after First Nation's best interest
Bill Carriere
365 -
33
Living expenses being high in their area
Bill Carriere
364 -
34
Meeting about compensation
Bill Carriere
355 -
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My friend moved away to BC to work
Nap Johnson
373 -
36
Big Bear stayed all winter
Jimmy Chief
369 -
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Being given responsibility to take care of the storekeeper
Fred Horse
346 -
38
Indians to decide how treaties are dealt with
Fred Horse
377 -
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Storekeeper and his wife arrived amidst potential of conflicts
Fred Horse
373 -
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Independence and being self sufficient
Fred Horse
346 -
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No reations - government help
Joe Iron
361 -
42
Hudson bay store and workers - furniture store
Amelia Sanderson
350 -
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No more traditional tents, living in modern housing
Glecia Bear
367 -
44
Young generations' dependency on socla assistance
Glecia Bear
352 -
45
Today's lifestyle easier than in the past
Larry Clarke
367 -
46
Floating logs was not much income
Larry Clarke
374 -
47
How they travelled in the past
Larry Clarke
349 -
48
Long ago living expenses were affordable
Larry Clarke
363 -
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Floating logs
Larry Clarke
353 -
50
Benefits of this power dam project
Horace Sewap
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1918 I was 16 yrs of age and worked for $6 a day. Hard labour
Norbert Merasty
345 -
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Used to travel by horses in the past
Norbert Merasty
357 -
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Non-native men worked hard
Norbert Merasty
344 -
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Dog sledding
Harry Brabant
337 -
55
Speakling to teachers
Harry Brabant
365 -
56
Taking care of sled dogs
Harry Brabant
369 -
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Dad hauled mail by canoe
Annie Johnstone
362 -
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Reliance on cash economy
Harry Brabant
368 -
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Worked for Ukrainians & Saturday was a sabbath day
Harry Brabant
354 -
60
Strength was a young man
Harry Brabant
376 -
61
Prayer books & livelihood of people
Albert Ross
366 -
62
Views life experience - life changing & values
Albert Ross
364 -
63
Use of technology a gift of Creator
Albert Ross
363 -
64
Gambling & effects on community
Albert Ross
366 -
65
Provides guidance of behavior
Albert Ross
361 -
66
Loss of traditional values
Albert Ross
364 -
67
Effects of alcohol - Return to the traditions
Maria Linklater
349 -
68
Growing Old & Living by Traditions - Reaching Old Age
Maria Linklater
335 -
69
Nehiyaw Beliefs - living by the traditions
Maria Linklater
350 -
70
Growing up with kohkom, learning traditions
Maria Linklater
321 -
71
Growing up after the War
Maria Linklater
336 -
72
Returning to traditional medicines
Maria Linklater
336 -
73
Introduces self, work, raising & values
Mary Lee
348 -
74
Livelihood
Austin Kay
339 -
75
Self reliance - food preservation and growing own food
Dexter Asapace
363 -
76
We worked to feed ourselves, shared values
Dexter Asapace
354 -
77
Moved away froim home. Worked. Went back to school
Linda Bird
341 -
78
Came back to Canada to work & live
Linda Bird
319 -
79
Worked and taught all over SK & North Dakota
Linda Bird
345 -
80
Band office, school, health clinic
Gilbert Halkett
331 -
81
Population of our reserve locations
Gilbert Halkett
340 -
82
Two reserve locations
Gilbert Halkett
345 -
83
Cold mornings - dressing warm
Hilda Bird
331 -
84
Youth need elder advice
Hilda Bird
335 -
85
Robert Mooswa - intro & supports for nehiyawewin
Robert Mooswa
304 -
86
Livelihood
Francis Roberts
300
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