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Making the Carry

Book Review: This book chronicles the lives of John and Tchi-Ki-Wis Linklater, a legendary Indigenous couple, at the turn of the 20th century.

Confederation or Bust

Was P.E.I. railroaded into joining Canada? 

Crooked Knives

Crooked knife blades were some of the earliest trade goods brought to North America from Europe by the Hudson’s Bay Company.


Cree Moccasin

Hudson’s Bay Company employee George Simpson McTavish Jr., the son of a Scottish fur trader, brought back a pair of moccasins from Fort Churchill around 1887.


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Scenes from "Hudson’s Bay Company" — The Movie

An historical film from Hollywood's golden age — about fur trading?


Black and Indigenous

Many Canadians have stories that wind back to families with Indigenous heritage in both Africa and what is now Canada.

As Sharp As Ever

An ulu with a slate cutting edge might have been used to scrape animal skins, to chop meat, and to make clothing.

The Geography of Memory

Book Review: Eileen Delehanty Pearkes draws on a variety of sources to document the past and present of the Sinixt First People residing along the Upper Columbia River.

October-November 2025

Cover story: Remembrance Revitalized: How grassroots groups are bringing veteran's stories to life. Plus: Treasures of the fur trade, landmark auto strike, border business and archaeological reckoning.