People & Culture
Sacred returns: the repatriation of Indigenous heritage
The uncertain future of thousands of artifacts as the Hudson’s Bay Company winds down
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Explore presents the Hudson’s Bay Company – Part 4(3): Treasures of the fur trade
Episode 19
As a way of illustrating the importance of company fur traders to the 100-year-old HBC collection, curator Amelia Fay pulls out three items donated by Julian Camsell, HBC Chief Factor for the MacKenzie District in Canada’s Arctic
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History
Explore presents the Hudson’s Bay Company – Part 4(2): Blankets and moccasins
Episode 18
Continuing our deep dive into the Hudson’s Bay Company archives at the Manitoba Museum, this week we look at some of the items that figured prominently in trade, including the iconic point blanket
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History
Explore presents the Hudson’s Bay Company – Part 4(1): The Royal Charter
Episode 17
Written on animal skin 350 years ago, the Royal Charter that created the Hudson’s Bay Company is both an incredible and problematic document
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History
Explore presents the Hudson’s Bay Company – BONUS EPISODE: Life at Fort Simpson
Episode 16
In a 1938 radio recording, Charles Camsell, the founding president of the Royal Canadian Geographical Society, details what it was like growing up at an HBC fur trading post
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L’histoire inédite de la Compagnie de la Baie d’Hudson
Une rétrospective des débuts de l’institution fondée il y a 350 ans, qui revendiquait autrefois une part importante du globe
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History
The untold story of the Hudson’s Bay Company
A look back at the early years of the 350-year-old institution that once claimed a vast portion of the globe
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L’homme qui a défié la Compagnie de la Baie d’Hudson
L’histoire étonnante de Renatus Tuglavina, un héros populaire du nord du Labrador
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The man who challenged the Hudson’s Bay Company
The amazing story of Renatus Tuglavina, remembered in northern Labrador as a folk hero
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