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The image is a portrait of Jonas and Cecilia Sanderson of Fort Simpson, parents of Sara Norwegian. Jonas is wearing a fringed moosehide jacket with silk embroidery, trimmed with ermine. Photographer unknown. The photograph was collected by Sara Norwegian.

This accession consists of 1 colour photograph of Chief Alexis Arrowmaker at the "Treaty Days" celebration in Rae-Edzo, in 1975. His jacket, made by Francis (Erasmus) Richardson, was patterned after Tlicho (Dogrib) jackets from the 1880s.

The video documents Rosalie Causa of Fort Providence, making traditional hare skin clothing. It was written and produced by Joyce Ronald Smith, sponsored by the Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology, Brown University, Rhode Island.

Photographs depict Yvette L. Park (nee Boileau). A sergeant in the Women's Army Corps in WWII, Mrs. Park visited her sister Leona Kirk in Aklavik in the late summer of 1946 after returning from overseas. While in Aklavik, Mrs. Park had a parka and mukluks made which have since been donated to the Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre. Mrs. Park was in Aklavik only 3 weeks and had the clothing sent to her in Timmins, Ontario. Three of the eight photographs are of the donor in Timmins in 1947 modeling the clothing.