while restoring an older home near cemetery hill I found a newspaper used as insulation behind a wall. The Eaton's ad featured had a pair of shoes for $18 while a buffet hutch and dining room table/chairs was $6.
My friends father was the first white person adopted by a first nations family, his (the father/adoptee) adopted grandfather was Chief One Gun. Their house was an easy competitor to historical items kept at the Glenbow museum. When over for dinner nobody left the table when my friends father told stories about Alberta, not because we couldn't but because we didn't want to! For me being a new immigrant to Canada this was my first introductions to first nations history and the consolidation of the west. He passed away 30+ years ago but a day doesn't pass - when I'm fishing - reminiscing on his stories.
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