A photograph of various Aboriginal artifacts including a bow and quiver with arrows, a flintlock pistol, an axe head, and a pipe. On the back is inscribed "This bow is half wood and half sinew There is no other like it in Canada. The Two long painted arrows were used on Buffalo. The gun is a flint lock." Presumably from a private collection in Medicine Hat, Alberta. On the back is typed "The Pender Agencies . . . Medicine Hat Canada".
Interview includes stories about the power of the medicine man and the abilities to foretell the future. It also includes information regarding traditional attitudes toward education, marriage and lifestyle.
Current Anthropology, vol. 53, no. S5, The Biological Anthropology of Living Human Populations, April 2012, pp. S210-S221
Description
Examines the social, cultural and political issues surrounding the repatriation of historical materials, sacred and significant objects, and human remains.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 16, no. 2, 1992, pp. 37-56
Description
Chronicles the complex relationship between archaeologists and Native Americans. The author argues that changes have only occured because of law, not ethics.
Discusses a pictograph site on the Churchill River; article includes maps, photos and an entry from Alexander Mackenzie’s journal describing the rock painting and its location.
Entire issue on one pdf file, scroll to page 30.
BC Studies, no. 184, Winter, 2014/2015, pp. 144-146
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Book review of Chinookan Peoples of the Lower Columbia edited by Robert T. Boyd, Kenneth M. Ames, and Tony A. Johnson.
Entire book review section on one PDF. To access this review scroll to p. 144.
A photograph of First Nations dancers in traditional garb at a ceremony to celebrate the giving of a totem pole to the City of Prince Albert, 1975. The pole was carved by a First Nations man originally from British Columbia, and currently stands along the North Saskatchewan River near the Prince Albert Historical Museum.
University of the Fraser Valley Research Review, vol. 2, no. 2, Through Students Eyes: Selected Papers From the Stó:lō Ethnohistory Field School, Spring, 2009, pp. 119-136
Description
Discusses the manner in which the Coast Salish attitude towards death and burial has been reflected in their cultural practices and oral traditions.
Report includes the following papers:
Report of the Director by J. W. Powell
Stone Implements of the Potomac-Chesapeake Tidewater Province by William Henry Holmes
The Siouan Indians: A Preliminary Sketch by W. J. McGee
Siouan Sociology: A Posthumus Paper by James Owen Dorsey
Tusayan Katcinas by Jesse Walter Fewkes
The Repair of Casa Grande Ruin, Arizona, in 1891 by Cosmos Mindeleff
A photograph of two First Nations men in traditional garb at a ceremony to celebrate the giving of a totem pole to the City of Prince Albert, 1975. The pole was carved by a First Nations man originally from British Columbia, and currently stands along the North Saskatchewan River near the Prince Albert Historical Museum.
Report includes the following papers:
Report of the Chief by J. Walter Fewkes
Exploration of the Burton Mound at Santa Barbara, California by John P. Harrington
Social and Religious Beliefs and Usages of the Chickasaw Indians by John R. Swanton
Uses of Plants by the Chippewa Indians by Frances Densmore
Archeological Investigations-II by Gerard Fowke
Report includes the following papers:
Report of the Chief by M. W. Stirling
Anthropological Survey in Alaska by Aleš Hrdlička
Indian Tribes of the Upper Missouri by Edwin Thompson Denig, edited by J. N. B. Hewitt
Interview includes a discussion of the role of spirit powers in the traditional lifestyle. Also included is a description of inter-tribal interaction involving feats of bravery.