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The interior of the chapel of the Roman Catholic mission at Fort Good Hope, Northwest Territories, showing the friezes and extensive decoration by Father Emile Petitot, OMI.

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…

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'.

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.

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

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

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

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

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…

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…