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The Yellowknife settlement is considered to have been founded in 1934, [2] after gold was found in the area, although commercial activity in the present-day waterfront area did not begin until 1936. Yellowknife quickly became the centre of economic activity in the NWT, and was named the capital of the Northwest Territories in 1967.
The historic Yellowknive tribe lived north and northeast of the Great Slave Lake (Tinde'e - "Great Lake") around the Yellowknife River and Yellowknife Bay (Wíílíídeh cho - "Inconnu River") and northward along the Coppermine River, northeast to the Back River (Thlewechodyeth or Thlew-ee-choh-desseth - "Great Fish River") [2] and east to the Thelon River. [3]
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Yellowknife,_1932_-_N-1986-015-0013.jpg (500 × 313 pixels, file size: ... W Bruce Hunter has had historic photos collected by the NWT archives: Authority file: Q65553610
The photograph depicts Martin Luther King Jr. waving to supporters during the March on Washington, where he gave his "I Have a Dream" speech, considered the most famous American oration of the twentieth century. [57] [s 4]
Yellowknife municipality Q19876356: More images: Hudsons Bay Warehouse: 3501 Wiley Road Yellowknife NT Yellowknife municipality Q19874424: More images: Weaver & Devore Trading: 3535 Wiley Road Yellowknife NT
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Located in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada, the PWNHC acquires and manages objects and archival materials that represent the cultures and history of the Northwest Territories (NWT), plays a primary role in documenting and providing information about the cultures and history of the NWT, and provides a professional museum, archives and ...