People of the Boreal Forest Photo Gallery
This gallery of photographs taken by Terry Garvin over a period of 50 years is a dynamic part of the People of the Boreal Forest Website, which is part of the Alberta Online Encyclopedia. The site was developed as an Aboriginal Centennial project by the Heritage Community Foundation in partnership with Terry Garvin and the Aseniwuche Winewak First Nation. Funding support was provided by Alberta Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development (now Alberta Aboriginal Relations).
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 at the trapline residence of Benjamine Marcel. This location is on the Chipewyan Indian Reserve, along the Athabasca River, South of Fort Chipewyan, Alberta. 1980.', 'Image copyright Terry Garvin', 'http://wayback.archive-it.org/2217/20101208181913/http://www.albertasource.ca/boreal/images/gallery/5121-17_det.jpg', 1);) |
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 Four wood products are used to create the traditional canoe: birch bark for the hull, spruce wood for the frame, spruce root rope to mend the material, ochre (a clay pigment) for painting markers (i.e. bow of the canoe) and spruce gum for waterproofing and glueing. Elise and William McDonald, Fort McKay, Alberta. 1966. Note: This is the outside view of the canoe. Ochre was used to apply the image of a star on the bow.', 'Image copyright Terry Garvin', 'http://wayback.archive-it.org/2217/20101208181913/http://www.albertasource.ca/boreal/images/gallery/5126-01_det.jpg', 1);) |
 Four wood products are used to create the traditional canoe: birch bark for the hull, spruce wood for the frame, spruce root rope to mend the material, ochre (a clay pigment) for painting markers (i.e. bow of the canoe) and spruce gum for waterproofing and glueing. Elise and William McDonald, Fort McKay, Alberta. 1966. Note: This is the outside view of the canoe. Ochre was used to apply the image of a star on the bow.', 'Image copyright Terry Garvin', 'http://wayback.archive-it.org/2217/20101208181913/http://www.albertasource.ca/boreal/images/gallery/5126-02_det.jpg', 1);) |
 Four wood products are used to create the traditional canoe: birch bark for the hull, spruce wood for the frame, spruce root rope to mend the material, ochre (a clay pigment) for painting markers (i.e. bow of the canoe) and spruce gum for waterproofing and glueing. Elise and William McDonald, Fort McKay, Alberta. 1966. Note: This is the outside view of the canoe. Ochre was used to apply the image of a star on the bow.', 'Image copyright Terry Garvin', 'http://wayback.archive-it.org/2217/20101208181913/http://www.albertasource.ca/boreal/images/gallery/5126-03_det.jpg', 1);) |
. Four wood products are used to create the traditional canoe: birch bark for the hull, spruce wood for the frame, spruce root rope to mend the material, ochre (a clay pigment) for painting markers (i.e. bow of the canoe) andspruce gum for waterproofing and glueing. Elise and William McDonald, Fort McKay, Alberta. 1966. Note: This is the outside view of the canoe. Ochre was used to apply the image of a star on the bow.', 'Image copyright Terry Garvin', 'http://wayback.archive-it.org/2217/20101208181913/http://www.albertasource.ca/boreal/images/gallery/5126-04_det.jpg', 1);) |
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 long decorated with dyed porcupine quill on a background of black satin. It was made circa 1890 by a family member - possibly the grandmother of Lucy Wanyandie of Grande Cache long before Lucy was born. Lucy Wanyandie, age 86 in 2005 of Grande Cache, has this belt. 2003', 'Image copyright Terry Garvin', 'http://wayback.archive-it.org/2217/20101208181913/http://www.albertasource.ca/boreal/images/gallery/1000-08_det.jpg', 1);) |
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 located in the region of the body of a beaver between the anus and scrotum. These sacs contain castor, a reddish-brown substance, which is the source of medicine and perfume. Canadian hunters are the suppliers of this product for the international perfume market. It is a traditional source of medicine.', 'Image copyright Terry Garvin', 'http://wayback.archive-it.org/2217/20101208181913/http://www.albertasource.ca/boreal/images/gallery/1000-19_det.jpg', 1);) |
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, who owns this belt, believes that it was made several years before she was born. It is possibly over 100 years old, she says. This belt is made by the daughter of Adelaide Gauthier (nee Moberly), possibly Lucy's aunt.', 'Image copyright Terry Garvin', 'http://wayback.archive-it.org/2217/20101208181913/http://www.albertasource.ca/boreal/images/gallery/5126-12_det.jpg', 1);) |
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 soaked in tree sap (resin).', 'Image copyright Terry Garvin', 'http://wayback.archive-it.org/2217/20101208181913/http://www.albertasource.ca/boreal/images/gallery/5126-23_det.jpg', 1);) |
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 pelts. A pelt is tanned or at the very least thoroughly cleaned and cut in four inch strips. The strips are folded, exposing fur on all sides. These strips are woven or knitted for a blanket. The blanket in this image fits a queen-sized bed. This blanket was given by Lina to Terry Garvin, who delievered it to the Provincial Museum in Edmonton as a gift from Lina.', 'Image copyright Terry Garvin', 'http://wayback.archive-it.org/2217/20101208181913/http://www.albertasource.ca/boreal/images/gallery/5126-35_det.jpg', 1);) |
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