From card: "Illus.: The Spirit Sings catalogue, Glenbow-Alberta Inst., 1987, #W7, p. 39."Illus., with female doll E90036-0, in Fig. 1, p. 56, and discussed p. 62, in Oberholtzer, Cath, 2011, "Made for Trade: Souvenirs from the Eastern Subarctic," American Indian Art Magazine, 36(2). Identified there as male and female dolls, collected between 1882 and 1884 from Kuujjuaq (formerly Fort Chimo), Ungava Bay region, Quebec, by Lucien Turner, who identified the female doll as Nenenot (Naskapi). Oberholtzer identifies the dolls as Cree, and notes that "While Turner was there [at Fort Chimo], a number of Cree families from Fort George and Little Whale River traveled there to hunt ... . Turner's extended stay in the area and the Cree presence gave him an opportunity to collection Cree items, including dolls. ... Their cloth bodies are stuffed, perhaps with caribou hair, and their heads are carved wood. Only the male of the pair has bead eyes. He wears a fitted, painted caribou-hide coat, wool cloth leggings (which lack the pointed ankle projection) and a pillbox hat with a head scarf tied beneath it. The female's dress is of painted fetal caribou skin, sewn with the fur inside; it is cinched at the waist by a cotton sloth belt fastened at the front with sinew. The separate sleeves, straight-cut leggings and hood are navy wool cloth. The hood is lined with green tartan and is worn over a tartan shawl tied over the head and around the shoulders. Both dolls have hide mittens trimmed with cloth and high-cut hide moccasins. Worthy of note are the male's two bags: a round-bottomed cartridge bag is hung over his left shoulder and rests on his right hip; and a drawstring gathered panel bag is tied to the belt on his left side. The fur-lined dress and additional layers - a scarf for the man and a shawl for the woman worn beneath their headgear - may be indicative of winter wear."Illus. Fig. 43 p. 167 in Willmott, Cory. (2021). Decolonizing the Museum to Reclaim and Revitalize the Anishinaabe Strap Dress. Winterthur Portfolio. 55. 121-185. 10.1086/719710.

From card: "These are the skin with the hair of the underside of the lower jaw (chin) of the bear. Some have the tongue bone bound inside, and are folded over. All are decorated on the edge with cloth binding or a string of seed beads. Some have both and a small wool tassel. They are kept out of religious respect and reverence for the bear."

From card: "Has porcupine quill embroidery decoration on either side and at ends."Written on the artifact itself in old handwriting: "Chicoutimi, Chateau Saguenay, made by Montagnais Indians"; there also appears to be a price marked of "25." Chicoutimi is a town name, which is now part of Saguenay, Quebec. Chateau Saguenay was the name of a tourist hotel, built in 1898.

From card: "Gift of Harriet Whiskeychan, 1934. Round stick frame completely filled with open mesh looped silk netting, concentric circles of red and white around a blue center. Doubled purple ribbon attached to one side. Used to ward off colds from a baby."Illus. p. 50 in Oberholtzer, Cath. 2012. Dream catchers: legend, lore and artifacts. Richmond Hill, Ont: Firefly Books.

From card: "Gift of Harriet Whiskeychan. 1934. Feathered skin from beneath lower bill of loon, black with white markings, has 2 short strings red beads attached. Kept until next season to honor "Supreme Being" for the loon as food."

From card: "Gift of Mathew Cowboy, 1934. Brown and black feathered heads of green-winged teal, decorated with tassel of printed blue cloth. First of the seasons kill kept until next season for luck."