Voices from Hudson Bay : Cree stories from York Factory /

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Bibliographic Details
Edition:	Second edition.
Imprint:	Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2017.
Description:	1 online resource.
Language:	English
Series:	Rupert's Land Record Society series ; 5 Rupert's Land Record Society series ; 5.
Subject:	Hudson's Bay Company -- History. Hudson's Bay Company. Cree Indians -- Manitoba -- York Factory -- Social life and customs. Cree Indians -- Manitoba -- York Factory -- Social conditions. Cree Indians -- Manitoba -- York Factory -- Interviews. Cree Indians -- Manitoba -- York Factory -- Biography. Cree Indians. Cree Indians -- Social conditions. Cree Indians -- Social life and customs. Manners and customs. Social conditions. York Factory (Man.) -- Social life and customs. York Factory (Man.) -- Social conditions. Manitoba -- York Factory. Electronic books. Biographies. History. Interviews.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12482998

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Other authors / contributors:	Coutts, Robert, editor. Beardy, Flora, 1946- editor.
ISBN:	9780773551695 0773551697 9780773551749 0773551743 9780773551749 9780773551435 0773551433
Digital file characteristics:	data file
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Text in English.
Summary:	"In Voices from Hudson Bay, Cree elders recall the daily lives and experiences of the men and women who lived and worked at the Hudson's Bay Company post at York Factory in Manitoba. Their stories, their memories of family, community, and daily life, define their past and provide insights into a way of life that has largely disappeared in northern Canada. The era the elders describe, from the end of World War I to the closing of York Factory in 1957, saw dramatic changes--both positive and negative--to Indigenous life in the North. The extension of Treaty 5 in 1910 to include members of the York Factory band, the arrival of police and government agents, and the shifting economy of the fur trade are all discussed. Despite these upheavals, the elders' accounts demonstrate the continuity of northern life in the twentieth century, from the persistence of traditional ways to the ongoing role of community and kinship ties. Perceptions of Cree life have been shaped largely by non-Native accounts that offered limited views of Indigenous history and recorded little beyond the social and economic interaction that was part of life in the fur trade. The stories in this collection provide Cree perspectives on northern life and history, and represent a legacy bequeathed to a younger generation of Indigenous people. This second edition includes updates to the original text and a new preface."--
Other form:	Voices from Hudson Bay.: Second edition. Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2017] ©2017 Rupert's Land Record Society series Rupert's Land Record Society series ;

Table of Contents:

Voices from Hudson Bay. Traders, Trippers, and Trappers
Work and Wages
York Boats, Coast Boats, and Steamers
Company and Community
Recreation and Social Events
Food, Clothing, and Shelter
Women's Lives and Activities
Growing up at York Factory
Churches and Ministers.
Education. Sickness and Medical Care
Descriptions of York Factory
Stories and Local Events
Ancient Legends and Traditions
Seasonal Life in the York Factory Area
Treaties and Treaty Days
Grandfathers and Grandmothers
Leaving York Factory.
Biography. David Massan
Catherine Anderson
Alex Ouscan
Joseph and Amelia Saunders
Abel Chapman
Archelaus Beardy
Fred Beardy
Richard Beardy
Albert and Amy Hill
Elizabeth Oman
Mary Redhead
John Neepin.

Voices from Hudson Bay : Cree stories from York Factory /

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