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A First Nations women cares for her children within the family's tent at Fort Norman, Northwest Territories. A newborn baby sleeps in a makeshift hammock hanging from the roof support. This image is also represented among Miriam Green Ellis'…

Two First Nations women, one of whom holds the hand of a toddler, pose next to a number of skins drying on racks at Fort Norman (now Norman Wells), Northwest Territories.

Tobacco, hung to dry over a stovepipe in the First Nations camp at Fort Norman (now Norman Wells), Northwest Territories.

A portrait of a Fort Norman man, McCleary. Originally from Pittsburg, McCleary suffered from gangrene during a particularly long, hard and isolated winter and was forced to amputate his own toes with a jackknife. He survived alone for over four…

Tents belonging to the Slavie First Nation at Fort Norman (now Norman Wells), Northwest Territories.

Oil well at Fort Norman (now Norman Wells), Northwest Territories.

The Northern Trading Co's steamwheeler "Trader", photographed on the Mackenzie River below Fort Norman (now Norman Wells), Northwest Territories, under the Midnight Sun at 11:30pm. This image is also represented among Miriam Green Ellis'…

The oil refinery at the Discovery Well in Fort Norman (now Norman Wells), Northwest Territories.

A First Nations man poses with a pipe in Fort Norman (now Norman Wells), Northwest Territories.

The Discovery Well at Fort Norman (now Norman Wells), Northwest Territories. This view shows the well, affiliated building and flagpole.