Hudson Bay Watershed: A Photographic Memoir of the Ojibway, Cree, and Oji-Cree
By John Macfie
5/5
()
About this ebook
At the midpoint of the twentieth century, the First Nations people of Ontario’s underdeveloped hinterland lived primarily from the land. They congregated in summer in defined communities but in early autumn dispersed to winter camps to hunt, fish, and trap. Increasingly, however, they found they had to adapt to a different way of life, one closer to the Canadian mainstream. While lifestyles and expectations were clearly changing, the native people’s desire to maintain their rich and distinctive cultural traditions remained strong.
John Macfie, then an employee with the Ontario Department of Lands and Forests, captured in photographs this turning-point in the lives of the Ojibway, Cre, and Oji-Cree, when their traditional culture still flourished but change was fast approaching.
John Macfie
John Macfie, born in 1925 on a farm near Dunchurch, Ontario, spent many years in northern Ontario with the Fish and Wildlife Branch of the province's Department of Lands and Forests. During that time, he successfully combined his government work with a more personal interest, photography. Since his retirement, he has studied the history of Parry Sound District, publishing three books and writing a weekly newspaper column.
Related to Hudson Bay Watershed
Related ebooks
The Yukon: Life Between the Gold Rush and the Alaska Highway Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsEarly Mendocino Coast Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Nastawgan: The Canadian North by Canoe & Snowshoe Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Hard Road West: History and Geology along the Gold Rush Trail Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Fire Canoe: Prairie Steamboat Days Revisited Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsPaddling the Boreal Forest: Rediscovering A.P. Low Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsBlack Range Tales: Chronicling Sixty Years of Life and Adventure in the Southwest Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Barren Ground of Northern Canada Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Discover Ontario: Stories of the Province's Unique People and Places Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsShining Big Sea Water: The Story of Lake Superior Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The Arctic Prairies - A Canoe-Journey of 2000 Miles in Search of the Caribou Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Bastard of Fort Stikine: The Hudson's Bay Company and the Murder of John McLoughlin, Jr. Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsOx Cart Angel Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5History of the Ottawa and Chippewa Indians of Michigan Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Fur-Trade Fleet: Shipwrecks of the Hudson’s Bay Company Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Voyageur Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsFrederick Weyerhaeuser and the American West Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Under A Comanche Moon Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsPeople's History of Quebec, A Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The Forts of Maine: Silent Sentinels of the Pine Tree State Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsFly Fishing the Sam: A Guidebook to Exploring the Creeks, Rivers, and Bayous of the Sam Houston National Forest Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsPerspectives on Northern Northwest Coast Prehistory Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsBlack Sun: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Pisgah National Forest: A History Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Voyageur's Highway: Minnesota's Border Lake Land Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Old Santa Fe Trail: The Story of a Great Highway Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The Scandinavian Riviera, or Hovland, Minnesota Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Guide to the American Revolutionary War in New Jersey: Battles, Raids and Skirmishes Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsNorthwest Passage Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5At the End of the Shift: Mines and Single-Industry Towns in Northern Ontario Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings
Native American History For You
NATIVE AMERICAN MYTHS: collected 1636–1919 Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Becoming Kin: An Indigenous Call to Unforgetting the Past and Reimagining Our Future Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Element Encyclopedia of Native Americans: An A to Z of Tribes, Culture, and History Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe State of North Carolina with Native American Ancestry: The Formation of the Eastern and Coastal Counties in North Carolina Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe History Of Navajo Culture Guide to the Correct utilization and Loss of Sacred Items of Navajo People Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThey Called Me Number One Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Captivity of the Oatman Girls: Being an Interesting Narrative of Life among the Apache and Mohave Indians Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Soul of an Indian: And Other Writings from Ohiyesa (Charles Alexander Eastman) Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Summary of Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI By David Grann Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsTrail of Tears: by Alexander Cooper - An Epic History On the Removal of Seminoles, Creek, Choctaw, and Cherokees Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Captivity of the Oatman Girls Among the Apache and Mohave Indians Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Walking in the Sacred Manner: Healers, Dreamers, and Pipe Carriers--Medicine Wom Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Killers of the Flower Moon - Summarized for Busy People: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings365 Days Of Walking The Red Road: The Native American Path to Leading a Spiritual Life Every Day Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The North-West Is Our Mother: The Story of Louis Riel's People, the Métis Nation Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Killing Crazy Horse: The Merciless Indian Wars in America Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Bad Indians Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Black Elk: The Life of an American Visionary Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Other Slavery: The Uncovered Story of Indian Enslavement in America Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5White Savage: William Johnson and the Invention of America Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Life Among the Piutes: Their Wrongs and Claims Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Everything You Wanted to Know About Indians But Were Afraid to Ask Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Comanche Empire Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Island of the Blue Dolphins: The Complete Reader's Edition Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Crazy Horse: The Lakota Warrior's Life & Legacy Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The First Frontier: The Forgotten History of Struggle, Savagery, & Endurance in Early America Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Related categories
Reviews for Hudson Bay Watershed
2 ratings0 reviews