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XIVTHE LADIES, THE GWICH'IN, AND THE RATPeake; Sean Peake; Sherwood, Austin, and Stephen Platt; Gwen Rempel,Northern Life Museum, Fort Smith; John Ritter, Yukon Native LanguageCentre, Whitehorse; Sylvie D, Savage, Rasmuson Library, University of Alaska,Fairbanks; Sarah Simon; Shirleen Smith; Kristina Southwell, Research andPublic Services, The Archives of the Episcopal Church;Jonathan Stover; MarieSwanson; Fay Tangermann, Yukon Archives; D. Richard Valpy, NorthwestTerritories Archives; Michele Wellck, California Academy of Sciences; and theRev Don Wootten.Particular thanks are extended to Lady Elizabeth Bourne, Mrs Susan Lea, andMr Fred E. Koe, who played indispensable roles in making much unpublishedmaterial by and about Clara Vyvyan, Gwendolen Dorrien Smith, LazarusSittichinli, and Jim Koe available. We wish, as well, to thank Sherwood, Austin,and Stephen Platt, Sherry Schellenbach, Milo McLoed, and Alden C. Hayes formaking available a copy of Sherwood Platt's field notes, and Edward Zealley,whose efforts in the I970s to republish Vyvyan's book were renewed and channelledwith alacrity into the present edition.Because it grew clear during the course of research for this volume that theholdings of the Circumpolar Library at the University of Alberta were indispensable,we wish to express our gratitude to Robin Minion and Elaine Simpson and,before them, Anita Cook, who built the fine collection of northern monographsand "grey matter" over the years. The editors gratefully acknowledge the assistanceof research grants from the University of Alberta's Central Research Fundand the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, and apublication grant from the Alberta Historical Resources Foundation.Finally, the colour reproduction of Gwendolen Dorrien Smith's watercoloursketches, and other aspects of this publication would not have been possiblewithout the generous additional support of the following benefactors: WarrenBaker, Lady Elizabeth Bourne, Copper Cliff Chiropractic Centre, Linda andMerrill Distad, Frontec Corporation, J .W.L. and S.H.M. Goering, Bob andKathleen Henderson, Hide Away Canoe Club, Lois and Ted Hole and Family ofSt Albert, Stuart and Mary Houston, Grant and Kathleen Kennedy, George andLinda Luste, Hon.J.W. McClung, the Minsos Family (Derrick Motor Inn),Northern Books, Lawrence Osgood, Herb Pohl, Provincial Council of theSisters of Charity (Grey Nuns) of Alberta, Fred Vermeulen, Marjorie and MaxWard, and the Wilderness Canoe Symposium.