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An unidentified woman poses with a group of Inuit in Aklavik, Northwest Territories.

An elderly couple of the Loucheux First Nation sit watching the boats come in at Fort McPherson, Northwest Territories. They have come faithfully for years, despite his blindness. This image is also represented among Miriam Green Ellis' hand-coloured…

Portrait of a young Inuit man, Alikomiak. He was arrested, along with fellow Inuit hunter Tatimagana, for the murder of four Inuit at Coronation Gulf in 1921. Alikomiak shot and killed an RCMP officer, W.A. Doak, and an employee of the Hudson's Bay…

A man works with a massive wooden mechanism, used to press furs into bales for trade.

An Inuit toddler stands at his or her mother's feet, posed to show a finely crafted caribou leather coat.

A First Nations woman, photographed while preparing a caribou hide.

Two Loucheux women, pictured at Fort McPherson, Northwest Territories. This image is also represented among Miriam Green Ellis' hand-coloured magic lantern slides.

A group of Loucheux First Nations, pictured at Fort MacPherson, Northwest Territories. This image is also represented among Miriam Green Ellis' hand-coloured magic lantern slides.

The graves of Eliza Simon and Edouard Simon, in the graveyard at Fort Good Hope, Northwest Territories. Edouard's marker reads 'enfant de E. Simon et de Josephine Simon decede le sept novembre 1911 a l'age de deux ans'.

The grave of Marie Fischer, identified as the wife of Charles Gaudet, in the Gaudet plot in the Fort Good Hope cemetery, Northwest Territories. She lived from 1841-1914; Miriam Green Ellis' inclusion of her birth name could suggest she knew her prior…