Artifacts and Items of Cultural Significance

The Manitoba Museum provided the project with a list of artifacts believed to have originated from the Eleven Nation areas. The list contains approximately 129 artifacts that are currently being preserved in the museums holdings, as other artifacts are showcased on display in exhibits and curated for public viewing. Below is a list includes items ranging between the time period of the early 1900's to late 1960's and include hand made bags, traditional dog blanket, vests, jackets and parkas, mittens, gauntlets, moccasins, mukluks, "yokes", dogwhip, hide scrapers and fleshing tools, dolls, hand drums, pin & cup game, wall pockets, carvings, pouches, awls, caribou snare, hunting decoys, tent, stocking, crossbow, hides, snowshoes, napkin ring, arm and head bands, cribbage board believed to be from Fort York.

Among the items includes a photo album compiled by Mrs. A. Stevensen, the wife of a Royal North West Mounted Police Constable stationed at Norway House. Her photos include pictures of Hudson Bay buildings, funerals, boats, sleds and general life in the Northern communities including Churchill, Split Lake, Berens River, York Factory, God's Lake Narrows, Norway House and Oxford House.

Note: The project staff are prohibited from viewing sacred items and special permissions must be requested and granted by the communities that they belong to and no such requests were made at this time.

Below is the number of artifacts and community areas they are believe to have originated from: