canoes 1920–33. Consultant on Wolastoqiyik (Maliseet) Culture In 1946 Peter Lewis Paul, friend of Tappan Adney and member of the Wolastoqiyik First Nation, was convicted of the theft of ash saplings. Tappan Adney had previously advocated MP John MacNicol, who was resolved to push a re-examination of the Indian Act, that such activity by a First Nation member was a right guaranteed by treaty. This was the beginning of a long legal debate that was only resolved in 1999 when the Supreme Court of Canada accepted that the Maritime Aboriginals had ancient treaty rights that predated the formation of Canada. Tappan Adney's close association with Peter Paul resulted in a linguistic study of the Maliseet language. Muralist The lobby of the Hudson's Bay Company store on the corner of Portage Avenue and Memorial Boulevard in Winnipeg, Manitoba was decorated with two immense murals, 52′ long by 10′ wide, depicting scenes of the Company's early history by Edward Tappan Adney and Adam Sheriff Scott. Although the mural entitled Nonsuch at Fort Charles was removed in 1948 to allow the refurbishment of an escalator, The Pioneer at Fort Garry (1861) remained on display until 2014. Both murals have been donated to the Manitoba Museum. Fort Garry and Fort Charles were two important trading posts of the Hudson Bay Company. The Nonsuch was the first trading vessel that sailed into Hudson Bay in 1668–1669 and The Pioneer was the first steamboat on the Red River. His photos of rural Ontario are available online via the McCord Museum. He then moved to Montreal, Quebec 1920–33 where he created heraldic art, worked for the Museum of McGill University as a consultant on aboriginal lore, and consulted to McCord Museum on canoes. He is buried in the Upper Woodstock Cemetery, Woodstock, New Brunswick with his wife. Bibliography Bark Canoes, The Art and Obsession of Tappan Adney Jennings, John. A Firefly Book, 2004. The Klondike Stampede, by Tappan Adney, Special Correspondent of Harper's Weekly in the Klondike (New York: Harpers, 1900). The Sharp Family, 1908 The Bark Canoes and Skin Boats of North America, Edwin Adney Tappan and Howard I. Chapelle, Smithsoman Institution, Washington D.C, 1964 References External links Edwin Tappan Adney and Howard I. Chapelle (1964) The Papers of Edwin Tappan Adney at Dartmouth College Library 1868 births 1950 deaths People of the Klondike Gold Rush American photojournalists People from Athens, Ohio Art Students League of