Review of Historical Publications Relating to Canada, vol. 1, no. 1, January 1897, pp. 140-142
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Book review of The Adventures of John Jewitt by John Jewitt. Edited, with introduction and notes, by Robert Brown.
Entire issue on one PDF. To access this review scroll to p. 140.
Antoine Lonesinger discusses different methods of earning a living that included making charcoal and lime. Also included is the story of a boy saved a camp from starvation with the help of the raven spirit.
Consists of an interview with Chief Martin Morigeau where he gives general reminiscences of his life, including an amusing prank that he played on a preacher.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 16, no. 4, Shamans and Preachers, Color Symbolism and Commercial Evangelism: Reflections on Early Mid-Atlantic , Autumn, 1992, pp. 521-532
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Author engages with the narrative surrounding Christopher Columbus and the sociocultural implications of that narrative in the USA.
BC Studies, no. 115/116, Native Peoples and Colonialism, Autumn/Winter, 1997/1998, pp. 105-148
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Diaries kept by Clah show the evolution of the colonial Tsimshian culture and his interactions with parts of the non-Native economy and the missionary promoters.
Mouse over images to link to: household life (includes clothing, cooking, preserving food, etc.), village information (homes), resource gathering, society (includes role of elders and chiefs, governance, naming), gatherings (includes dancing and singing, trade), stages of life, and games.
Film explores historical overivew of the Coppermine community beginning with arrival of the missionaries, the tuberculosis epidemic and Dr. Russel Martin's fight for medical supplies from Ottawa.
Duration: 57:07.
Consists of an interview with non-Indian employed at the Gabriel Dumont Institute in Regina. At the time of the interview he was writing a book on the history of the Metis nation.
Transactions of the Historical and Scientific Society of Manitoba, no. 11, Series 3, 1954-1955, p. [?]
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Argues that the "optimum period" for the Cree of James Bay was when limited contact kept their way of life intact and that this period ended in 1914 when the area become less isolated because of the railway and other economic interests.
Examines colonization of Canada, historical trauma, the criminal justice system and community healing programs.
Duration: 37:21.
Related material: Discussion Guide.
The Canadian Geographer, vol. 51, no. 2, Summer, 2007, pp. 186-201
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Author analyzes of two different legal cases involving Métis women: Foss v. Pelly and The Queen v. Corbett, examines the role that gender and race played in the culture of the Red River Colony, and in the fur trade.
Author tells the story of her people from the time of great flood, contact with Europeans and settlement of the treaties. Concludes with a phonetic and pictoral alphabet.