Origins to 1608 – The experience of the Indigenous peoples and the colonization attempts

Mi’kmaq hunter representation

April 30, 2024

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A modern, more ethnographically accurate 1920 update of an earlier 1796 rendition of the hunting, fishing, and gathering tools of Acadians, or what could have been the Mi'kmaq people. ...

Moccasin

April 30, 2024

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Moccasins from an Algonquian nation, 19th century. ...

Arrival of Jacques Cartier at Stadacona, 1535

April 30, 2024

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A Victorian-era watercolour illustration of Jacques Cartier's arrival in Stadacona, which was traditional Iroquoian territory in the 1500s. Note that the Iroquois had boats and were fishing in that area, but that they were known to fish even further...

Inuit group travelling with dogs and sled

April 24, 2024

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A photograph demonstrating the travel method of Inuit people, who are nomadic, during the winter months. ...

Inuit standing near snow houses

April 24, 2024

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A photograph demonstrating the dwelling of Inuit people who were nomadic. ...

Three Montagnais, Wigwams, Murray Bay

April 24, 2024

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A painting of an Algonquian dwelling called a Wigwam. ...

Smoking Pipe

April 24, 2024

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Pipe smoking in Iroquoian society. This pipe is from the Eastern Woodlands Aboriginal: St. Lawrence Iroquoian culture. ...

Iroquois women grinding corn or dried berries

April 24, 2024

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A 1664 European engraving that illustrates Iroquoian social roles. Iroquois women doing agricultural work: grinding corn or dried berries. ...

Part of a Palisaded Huron Iroquois Village

April 24, 2024

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Cartier and Sagard, in their narratives, gave us a good idea of the construction of a typical palisaded Huron-Iroquois village. This modern sketch by Charles W. Jefferys in 1942 illustrates what it was like. ...