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A birchbark handbag with braided sweetgrass handles, made from the rough outer bark according to a fashion current in the late 19th and early 20th century. Almost certainly collected at Perth in Eastern Ontario, by Royal Ontario Museum ethnologist Thomas McIlwraith and attributable to the

Provisional surrender of 200 acres land by the Chippewa Indians to the Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society, to be used in conjunction with the land given for the Industrial School. See IT 143.

Chippewa surrender four acres of land located in Caradoc Township, in order to establish an industrial school by the Wesleyan Methodist Conference, for the use and benefit of supporting tribes.

This is a lithograph by John Richard Coke Smyth, depicting a Huron-Wendat family bartering with a trader for trade cloth. It was done in 1840. Coke Smyth accompanied Lord Durham to the Canadas in 1838 and was the drawing teacher to Lord Durham's daughters.

Map indicating lands ceded to the Crown by the Chippewa Tribe of Indians in Western Manitoba. Southern Manitoba to the "Frontier Line" [International border] west to the Moose Mountains, east to Lake of the Woods. See IT263 - Treaty No. 2

The ancestor is a pwaagan, calumet with a stone bowl likely belonging to the Anishinaabe. The camulet consists of a long wooden stem carved from a single piece of wood and is tapered at one end.  The pipe bowl is "L" shaped and made out

This is a black and white photograph of a man and woman paddling a canoe near the shore, on the Madawaska River. It is from the Princess Louise Album, and dates from between 1878-1883.

This colored lithograph print depicts a scene from the War of 1812, the death of Shawnee leader Tecumseh during the Battle of the Thames, 1813. This print is part of the W.H.Coverdale Collection of Canadiana.

Woven prisoner tie made from dyed moosehair that creates a complex geometric pattern. Also has quill work and beadwork edging. Possibly Huron-Wendat or Haudenosaunee.

The Chiefs, Warriors, women and children of the Six Nations residing in the District of Tyendinaga, have surrendered approximately 26 acres of reserve land to be held in trust by George Vardon, Thomas Anderson, and Joseph B. Clench.

Red stroud chief's coat ornamented with gold braid and brass buttons, given by the British to Chief Oshawana, Tecumseh's aide de camp, during the war of 1812. Oshawana was Anishinaabe from Walpole Island. Dr. Oronhyatekha Ethnology collection.

Bone awl fragment. Dr. Oronhyatekha Archeology collection.

The Wyandot Indians residing in the Township of Anderdon have surrendered unto Her Majesty Queen Victoria, a tract of land adjoining the Township of Sandwich, and measuring approximately sixty acres and one-quarter; a portion of the lands granted to them by George III in 1790

Manuscript: Rectangular paper, red wax seals along far right hand side, imprinted with thumb prints. Accompanied by typewritten transcript of deed, corrected by hand. In the Burton Historical Collections.

This ancestor is a case featuring floral motifs. This ancestor has a natural birch bark base and dark brown handle, with braided sweetgrass bordering the floral designs on each side. One side has two large flowers, one blue and the other one orange, with four

Chippewa surrender to the Crown, of Peach Island, in the Detroit River. Land to be sold for the benefit of the Indians. See IT216 - Surrender & IT218 Copy of Order in Council

Pah ma duk - Ke ne bood
Kah we ne ne bod owh Meses wah ge wing ke e shah ape o ge ejovn owh Nases Enah ka ke enah be Ishpe sni[n?]g (ink splot)
Life - and Death
When the days of Moses [inserted

This is a nineteenth century aquatint print of the Huron-Wendat (Huron) community of Wendake (Lorette), by George Heriot.