From the Archives: A wolf pack hunts caribou in the North, plus more stories from the March 1952 issue of The Beaver magazine.
Clay tobacco pipes became part of European culture after explorers encountered Indigenous peoples in North America in the sixteenth century.
Built in 1883, St. Vital is the oldest Catholic church in Saskatchewan.
This game bag, used to carry pelts of small mammals, is made from woven rawhide, known as babiche, and smoked caribou hide
A family heirloom set people dancing for nearly two hundred years.
Archaeological digs reveal a wealth of treasures.
The two young British dandies seemed wildly out of place in the Columbia District of 1845. Seemingly on holiday, they were in fact preparing for war.
Neither European nor First Nations, but a distinctive blend of both, the Métis were beset on all sides. With the HBC and the government in London ignoring their claims, some Métis considered another alliance—with the Americans.
Open Book: The book Symbols of Canada presents stories about the pasts and possible futures of symbols.
Open Book: An excerpt from the adventures of David Thompson in the Northwest between 1807 and 1812.
