Elders discuss a variety of matters relating to Indian culture and traditions and what can be done to retain or regain these. Most topics are touched on only briefly
Loss of Indianism through white education.Founding of White Fish Lake Reserve. Problems on reserves as a result of electing 'young' chiefs. Loss of Indian ceremonies and healing.
BC Studies, no. 124, Politics and Planning, Winter, 1999, pp. 111-113
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Book review of: First Fish, First People edited by Judith Roche and Meg McHutchison.
River of the Angry Moon by Mark Hume with Harvey Thommasen.
Scroll to page 111 to read review.
Discusses taking of Treaty #6 and the promises made by the government as well as changes in diet and trade resulting from initial contact with non-Indians.
An interview with the grandson of Misihew and great-grandson of Seekaskootch, Mr. Lloyd Chief. During the interview, Mr. Chief discusses a variety of subjects including: leadership qualities; intertribal wars of the Cree and Blackfoot; the power of dreams; the significance of the Northern Lights; and the powers of Cannibals.
An interview that includes stories of hunting, trading and food gathering. Also included are stories about the Frog Lake massacre and Wihtiko (cannibal monster)
File contains 4 negatives, and 2 black and white photos of Rhoda Ahenakew, Indian Princess at the Prince Albert Annual Pow Wow held on June 25, 1973, at Prince Albert, Saskatchewan. Scanned images include two negatives of Ahenakew standing, and one black and white photograph of Ahenakew's face.
Several speakers voice concerns about changes that have crept in to the ceremonies. Recall how things were done in former times and stress need to return to old ways.
How WWII veterans told of their deeds like traditional warriors in the Sundance tent.The Sundance and how the strict rituals of the past have begun to change. No date given, but this workshop possibly took place during November 1973.
Discussion of the problem of alcohol abuse among native peoples. Raising children: comparison with earlier days. Establishment of the Shesheep, Sakimay and MuscowpetungReserves. Many lectures about their histories and their hopes for the future of their people.