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Three Inuit men take the photos of their photographers at Aklavik, Northwest Territories.

The tents and residents of Aklavik, Northwest Territories.

Mrs. Stefansson (far left) poses with her son Alex Stefansson (third from left), Old Mary (third from right) and three unidentified children at Akalvik, Northwest Territories. This image is also represented among Miriam Green Ellis' hand-coloured…

A portrait of a young Inuit boy from Aklavik, Northwest Territories. Alex Stefansson is the son of Mrs. Stefansson and famed Arctic explorer Vilhjalmur Stefansson.

Two priests and an Inuit man pose in the frame of the All Saints Anglican Church, under construction in Aklavik, Northwest Territories.

An Inuit couple, Billy Kemitsema and Mona Kemitsema, pose with two Anglican priests, Reverend E. Hester and Bishop Lucas. According to Miriam Green Ellis, Billy was Mr. Hester's assistant, and Mona was the niece of Mrs. Stefansson.

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.