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Hudson Bay Watershed

A Photographic Memoir of the Ojibway, Cree, and Oji-Cree

by (author) John Macfie

Publisher
Dundurn Press
Initial publish date
Jan 1991
Category
Native American, General, General
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9781459713802
    Publish Date
    Jan 1991
    List Price
    $7.99

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Description

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.

About the author

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.

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Editorial Reviews

The old ways are disappearing so quickly that this visual record of traditional native ways is invaluable.

Thunder Bay Chronicle