The Native peoples of North America have always had two important instruments of survival: the environment and amazing creativity. A Native American Thought of It explores how that indigenous ingenuity made the most of local landscapes from woodlands to prairies, from deserts to ocean coasts. Some items, like tipis and totem poles, remain iconic parts of Native culture. Other innovations, like birch bark megaphones and syringes made from bird bone, have since been replaced by modern technology.

Discover more than 70 items and ideas that were crucial to Native survival and celebrate the resourcefulness of North America’s original inhabitants.
48 Pages, Softcover 2008

On a bitterly cold January afternoon in 1944, George Campbell and his cousin Colin Campbell, staked three mining claims on the south shore of Balmer Lake, near what is now the townsite of Balmertown. Five years later the Campbell Red Lake Mines went into production, and for many years, was known as Canada's richest gold mine. This book documents both the personal life and mining activities of George Campbell, from his childhood in Massey, Ontario, to his marriage to Gene, and their flamboyant lifestyle following the discovery. 128 Pages, Hardcover 1995

A book was published featuring recollections by 30 individuals, ranging from the crew leader who conducted the initial attack on the fire to a young mother who was terrified of being separated from her four children during the airlift. Reproductions of news articles, a timeline of the fire, and detailed coloured maps showing the day by day progress of the fire, are included in the publication.
100 Pages, Coil Bound 2010

A documentary DVD featuring archival images and interviews with people who worked on the fire and others who lived in Red Lake at the time.
DVD

This is a story of enterprise, hard work, and perseverance. Mining success is predicted on the long haul. Prospectors keep on mine finding; major entrepreneurs and even small investors maintain faith in the careful and sustainable exploitation of resources over the long term. Follow the exploits of the people who ensure the success of this vast nationwide undertaking and ensure Canada’s place as a world leader in mining - finding fortunes in the ground.
185 Pages, Softcover 2010

Red Lake is a Golden Treasure Chest, as since 1930, gold mines there have produced the precious yellow metal without pause, and today the municipality is home to the largest gold mine in Canada. This is the story of the people who stayed and made a pleasant community centred in the still unspoiled wilderness. The first prospectors are portrayed as well as memorable people, some well known, all worth remembering.
140 Pages, Softcover 2008

This book yields a wealth of fascinating details about the people who came in search of gold, and the economic contribution the Red Lake mines have made to the Canadian economy. It also illustrates the links between Red Lake and the other major Canadian gold rushes, such as the Klondike and the Porcupine. North for Gold is easy to read, entertaining, and very informative. It is the only book still in print about the Red Lake Gold Rush of 1926.
210 Pages, hardcover 1987

This book was published by the Red Lake Regional Heritage Centre as a special project to celebrate the Red Lake Woodland Arts Festival: A Tribute to Norval Morrisseau and the Woodland Artists, an event that took place from July 4th - 6th, 2008. This book covers Morrisseau’s Red Lake years, the Triple K Cooperative and artist Carl Ray.
155 Pages, Coil Bound 2008