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Katie Sanderson picking berries

Katie Sanderson picking some berries rampant in the boreal forest.

Katie Sanderson drying hides

One of the great skills Katie Sanderson demonstrated was trapping and preparing the fur for drying. She has sustained these skills for a considerable amount of time even […]

Teepees at Willow Lake

Teepees at Willow Lake, which became Gregoire Lake in 1940. This area is the traditional land for the Dene and Cree people of Woodland Cree and Chipewyan First […]

The Northern Tip of Fort McMurray

Local trading posts were once along the Athabasca River with buildings on the far right-hand side belonging to the Hudson’s Bay Company, and on the far left was […]

Map of Treaty 8 in 1899

Map of Cree and Chipewyan groups during the signing of Treaty 8 in 1899. Fort McMurray and much of northern Alberta fall under the jurisdiction of Treaty 8. […]

Jenny Flett at the 2009 Aboriginal Awareness Day

Jenny Flett at Keyano College for the 2009 Aboriginal Awareness Day. Jenny was a guest speaker at the event, which had the theme of honouring Elders. She was […]

Jenny Flett at the 2009 Aboriginal Awareness Day

Jenny Flett at Keyano for the 2009 Aboriginal Awareness Day. Jenny was a guest speaker at the event, which had the theme of honouring elders. She was 100 […]

Portrait of Cecile Calliou

The painting of a traditional Indigenous woman, Cecile Calliou, was submitted by Lina Gallup.

Lina Gallup in her Living Room in Fort McKay

Lina Gallup at her living room in her house in Fort McKay posing in one of her favorite painting.

Meensa Products Cooperative Plant in Anzac

Meensa Products Cooperative plant in Anzac, where three women were preparing jam. On the left, Nancy Woodward was stirring the boiling jelly. In the center, Arlene Walter was […]

An Aboriginal Family in Front of a Log Cabin

A postcard of an unidentified Aboriginal family with four children sitting in front of a log cabin. The photograph was taken by Albert Riedel, one of the earliest citizens […]

Chief Dorothy McDonald

Dorothy McDonald, first female Chief of Fort McKay, and first female Chief in Alberta.