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Ellen McLeod tells Hannah Loon how she left home to catch up to her brothers who were going to the settlement for Christmas. Her father, who didn't want to go, actually met them there
Xavier, the narrator, used to have an otter as a pet. He slept at night and was up early in the morning but returned to bed in the afternoon. In winter, his family would cut two holes in the ice and ...
When Xavier, the narrator, was a child, his family had a beaver for a pet. During the day he slept but during the night he worked hard at cutting willow sticks until there was a pile blocking the door. ...
Xavier, the narrator, used to have hawks in his family's care from when they didn't even have feathers yet. They ate a lot of fish, once a day and when they grew bigger they didn't want to leave. Also, ...
Hannah Loon recalls several childhood memories and traumas. For example, while taking care of her older sister's children, she witnessed her friend's mother set herself on fire and had to protect the ...
Memishoosh the conjuror adopts young orphan boys, raises them to be his sons-in-law, and then routinely kills them off. One of them, however, was also a conjuror and saves himself from Memishoosh's ...
Mistaganash awoke from the dead and returned home to the delight of his mother. He returned to hunting and excelled at it, but someone tried to kill him again over a woman. Thankfully, Mistaganash's ...
Hannah Loon recalls hearing a bushman making noise in the forest as she and her sister and friend were in her father's canoe
In this story, there is an old man who doesn't treat his wife properly and his son, Ayas, disapproves. One day, the father tricks his son into coming with him and leaves him on a faraway island with ...
... floor. Here three babies in traditional tikinagans take part in a church service.
Tags Winter, Tikinagans, Family, Girl, European, Missionaries & Children, Modern Houses, Church, Christmas, Moosonee ...
Description: The Cree gathering and dwelling place for trappers and their families located in Moose Factory. The dwellings are summer wigwams made of bent over willow trees lashed together with tree roots, ...
Description: Unidentified Cree couple sitting in front of traditional winter dwelling known as an Askiigan. The walls were made out birch or spruce logs and filled with moss to keep in the warmth. The ...
Description: An important mode of transportation using huskies and sleighs in Moose Factory, ON that is largely forgotten.
Tags Winter, Woman, Man, Children, Groups of People, Family, European, DogSleigh, ...
Description: A summer scene near the hospital in Moose Factory. The building in the back was one of a number of residences for hospital personnel such as doctors and nurses who came from southern cities ...
Description: A Cree woman in traditional shawl leaves the teepee with a child during the winter.
Tags Winter, Woman, Family, Boy, Shawls, Traditional, Teepees, Everyday Life, Moose Factory
