01-144: Mr. & Mrs. Philip Davis

Interview by Lee J. Phillips [March 21, 1973] Philip Davis was born 78 years ago at Lake Saskatoon and belonged to the Beaver Band but was transferred later to the Saulteau and was eighteen years old when he came to live in this area. So that is 60 years ago. He must have been in this… Read More

01-145: Mr. & Mrs. Willie McLean of Chetwynd

Interviewed by Lee Phillips [March 15, 1973] Mr. McLean is now 73 years old. His birthday is in August and he was born at Sturgeon Lake, Alberta with a Scotch father and Cree mother. Mrs. McLean is 83 and was born at Lac St. Anne. Her father was a Calliou and her native tongue is Cree…. Read More

01-146: Mrs. Marcelena Desjarlais of Chetwynd

Interview by Lee J. Phillips [March 15, 1973] Cross-posted: 18-019: Marcelena Desjarlais Mrs. Desjarlais was born in the Grande Prairie area sixty-nine years ago [1904]. Her native tongue is Cree, although she is not treaty Indian. Her father and older brothers were well known by the first trappers or peoples of this area. Her father was a… Read More

01-147: John Dokkie of Moberly Lake

 Interviewed by Lee J. Phillips [April 6, 1973] Cross-posted: 18-020: John Dokkie (Interviews with Old Timers) John Dokkie is the grandson of Chief Dokkie and was raised by the Chief at Moberly Lake. Mrs. Parker has a very good picture of the old Grandmother Dokkie taken on her one hundred and sixth birthday. Mary Ann Cameron… Read More

01-148: Mi-He-Gan, The Wolf

 By Dorthea Calverley Who was the most notorious Indian in the Peace River Country? Probably only one would be nominated, a local Beaver named Mi-he-gan, “The Wolf”. The Beaver people did not have chiefs, hereditary or otherwise, until after they signed Treaty. A headman won his position of leadership by his wisdom, prowess and character, and… Read More

01-150: Trade Goods

By Dorthea CalverleyFor his second great trip Mackenzie brought back things that experience had shown him were need to trade. For trading purposes he had acquired: Coarse woolen blankets of various sizes Small arms Muskets Ammunition Gunpowder *Tobacco Cotton goods made in Manchester and brought with him across the Atlantic Linens and coarse sheetings *Thread… Read More

BN01-02: Metis Welcome Ontario Hunting Rights Court Ruling

Recent History – 1998 By Mark Nielsen, Daily News Staff, Dec. 22, 1998 Local Metis leader Fred House is welcoming as good news an Ontario judge’s ruling that the province’s Metis have hunting and fishing rights under the Constitution. “Finally the Metis are being recognized as they are in the Constitution, as aboriginal people,” he… Read More

BN01-03: Metis Plan All-Native Radio Station

Recent History – 1998 By Mark Nielsen, Daily News Staff, Dec 29, 1998 Now that the Mile Zero Metis Society has an office, some much bigger plans are on the way, and one of these plans is to open an all-native radio station. Society president Bill Sandberg says the radio station could be filled with… Read More

BN01-04: Learning Cree Helps Strengthen Family Ties

Recent History – 1999 March 2, 1999 By Mike Leschart, Daily News Staff A pilot project offered through the city’s Child Development Centre (CDC) is offering courses that can strengthen families and help parents rear children more effectively. Through the Building Blocks program, young parents learn a host of parenting techniques, along with discovering more… Read More

BN01-05: Aboriginal Business Registry Launched

Recent History – 1999 Sept. 15, 1999,By Daily News Staff The Northeast B.C. Aboriginal Business Association begins operation Wednesday. The B.C. Oil and Gas Commission and the Northern Development Commission will present $50,000 in funding at an official opening Wednesday at the Ramada Hotel in Fort St. John. Launched as part of B.C.’s oil and… Read More