Saskatchewan

Creating a Space for Decolonization: Health through Theatre with Indigenous Youth

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Linda Goulet
Warren Linds
Jo-Ann Episkenew
Karen Schmidt
Native Studies Review, vol. 20, no. 1, 2011, pp. 89-116
Description
Reports on research project based on a three day workshop adapted from David Diamond and Augusto Boal's Theatre of the Oppressed. Involved youth from the File Hills Qu'Appelle Tribal Council area.
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Creating Collaborative Visions with Aboriginal Women: A Photovoice Project

Alternate Title
Social Indicators Research Series
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Jennifer Poudrier
Carolyn Brooks
Roanne Thomas-MacLean
Social Indicators Research Series
Description
Focuses on the methodological challenges and accomplishments associated with project entitled Visualizing Breast Cancer. Chapter 13 in the book Doing Cross-Cultural Research: Ethical and Methodological Perspectives edited by Pranee Liamputtong.
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Creation of Indian Reserves on the Canadian Prairies 1870-1885

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
D. Aidan McQuillan
Geographical Review, vol. 70, no. 4, October 1980, pp. 379-396
Description
Examines government policy in the period 1870-1885 which forced both geographic redistribution and curtailed the traditional Aboriginal ways of life in the midst of rapidly changing ecological and economic conditions.
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Credit Union Continues Aboriginal Mandate

Articles » General
Author/Creator
David Shield
Eagle Feather News, vol. 10, no. 1, January 2007, p. 7
Description
Short report on how the merger of two, rural credit unions with Saskatoon Credit Union won't lessen their commitment to Aboriginal people. To access article, scroll down to page 7.
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Cree Chiefs from Crooked Lake

Images » Photographs
Description
Image of four Aboriginal male chiefs and an non-Aboriginal man posing for the camera; [indoor scene]. Note with photo: "Cree Chiefs from Crooked Lake. Seated - Flying in a Circle, Big Child Star Blanket. Standing - O'Soup a Blackfoot, P. Hourie an interpreter. Taken at Brantford, Ontario, at unveiling of Brant memorial Oct. 13, 1886. O'Soup Chippewa Chief / P. Hourie Interpreter / Front: Flying in a Circle / Big Child Mistawasis / Star Blanket Ahtahkakoop / names according to two of Rev.
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Cree Council on Sweetgrass Reserve

Alternate Title
Loyal till Death: Indians and the North-west Rebellion
Images » Photographs
Description
Photograph of council held near Battleford. People; horses and terrain in foreground; buildings on extreme left and right of image. Caption "The Battleford-bound Cree held a council on the Sweetgrass reserve in late March 1885; the meeting was interrupted by two Metis messengers who wanted the Indians to capture the fort." From the book Loyal till Death: Indians and the North-west Rebellion by Blair Stonechild and Bill Waiser.
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[Cree Cultural Teachings, pt. 1]

Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Sylvia McAdam
Description
Looks at creator's laws and human birth story. Lecture to the Intercultural Leadership Program, First Nations University of Canada. Duration: 59: 08.
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Cree Indians in North-Eastern Saskatchewan

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Jean Cutt Thompson
Saskatchewan History, vol. 11, no. 2, Spring, 1958, pp. 41-58
Description
An account of the social and cultural characteristics of the Cree or Nehiyawak people, and the effects of colonization thereon as described by an Indian Health Services Nurse stationed with the Carlton Agency. Entire issue on one pdf file, scroll to page 41.
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[Cree Language] Activities

Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
[Lac La Ronge N-12 Education Program?]
Description
Developed for the Lac La Ronge N-12 Education Program. Each of the 24 vocabulary activities shows Cree and English words, with audio of Cree pronunciation.
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Cree Language Resources: An Annotated Bibliography

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Lawrence Barkwell
Norman Fleury
Description
Material on: culture, history, mythology and language as well as separate sections for scholarly articles and theses.children's books, films, internet resources, music, recordings, curriculum materials, and textbooks.
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Cree Man Standing by the Montreal River

Images » Photographs
Description
A photo of a Cree man standing by the Montreal River near La Ronge. Taken during the journey of Christina Bateman and Annie McKay from Prince Albert to La Ronge, SK in 1919.
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Cree Mother Loses Organ Harvest Fight

Alternate Title
Cree Mother Loses Organ Harvest Fight [Kelly Hastings case]
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Paul Barnsley
Windspeaker, vol. 18, no. 1, May 2000, p. 1
Description

Relates how a non-Aboriginal parent's right to harvest organs and cremate an adoptive son superseded a Cree biological mother's right to bury her adult son according to First Nation spiritual and cultural beliefs.

Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.1.

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Cree Narrative Memory

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Neal McLeod
Oral History Forum, vol. 19-20, Indigenous Voices from the Great Plains, 1999-2000, pp. [37]-61
Description
Authors interpretation of Nêhiyâwiwin (Creeness), memory held in stories and relationships.
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Cree Native Woman Fashioning a Basket from Birch Bark

Images » Photographs
Author/Creator
Henry Garman
Description
A coloured postcard of Cree Native woman fashioning a basket from birch bark. She may be Flora Netmaker as identified by Norman Lalonde who had this same postcard. Photo was taken at Whitefish Reserve (North of Sasny Lake reserve, near Debden)
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[Cree Traditional Cultural Teachings]

Alternate Title
A Sacred Lodge of Learning: First Nations University of Canada
Breaking the Laws
Human Birth
Land Prophecy
Mossbag and Women's Teachings
Our Treaty Relatives
Pipe Laws
Protocol and Smudging
Spiritkeepers
Suicide
The Sound of the Universe and the Creation of Mother Earth
Treaties
Uncle's Four Laws
Wesakechak
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Sylvia McAdam
Description
Series of 15 short videos (approx. 5 min. each) on a variety of topics.
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Cree Trickster Tales

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
E. Ahenakew
Journal of American Folklore, vol. 42, no. 166, October-December 1929, pp. 309-353
Description
Series of Wesakaychak stories about the creation of humans, animals and nature.
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Creepy White Gaze: Rethinking the Diorama as a Pedagogical Activity

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Andrea Sterzuk
Valerie Mulholland
Alberta Journal of Educational Research, vol. 57, no. 1, Spring, 2011, pp. 16-27
Description
Analysis of a photograph of a white settler child and white settler teachers around a fair entry called "Great Plains Indians".
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Crime in Aboriginal Communities: Saskatchewan, 1989

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Lee Wolff
Description
Summarizes findings from a prototype study of the feasibility of obtaining crime statistics for reserves policed by the RCMP and converting those statistics into Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) format and discusses the difficulty in studying crime within the context of socio-economic conditions.
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[Crime Report re Little Pine Reserve Indians ... Alleged Sun Dance]; [Re: Indian Sundance, Rocky Mountain House District, Alberta]

Alternate Title
[Selected RCMP Documents Regarding the Sun Dance]
Archival » Archival Items
Author/Creator
W. Kingston
A. H. McCormack
Native Studies Review, vol. 1, no. 1, pp. 93-95
Description

First document is a report written by Kingston, dated July 6, 1928, asks for instructions regarding whether or not participants should be charged given the fact that the event did not appear to violate the Indian Act. Second document is a letter by McCormack, describing ceremonies which took place at Rocky Mountain House and Hobbema, Alberta.

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Crooked Lake Agency - Pay Lists 1914

Documents & Presentations
Description
An Indian Affairs book containing the annuity pay lists for the reserves of the Crooked Lake Agency for the year 1914. The book is signed by Indian Agent Arthur Boyer of Broadview, Saskatchewan. The Crooked Lake Agency was composed of four reserves: Sakimay Indian Reserve #74, Cowessess Indian Reserve #73, Kahkewistahaw Indian Reserve #72, and Ochapowace Indian Reserve #71. Included in the book are annuity figures for the Cowessess, Kahkewistahaw, and Sakimary First Nations for the year 1914.

Historical note:

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A Crop of Broken Promises

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Boyce Richardson
The Beaver, vol. 71, no. 5, October/November 1991, pp. 53-[?]
Description
Book review of: Lost Harvests: Prairie Indian Reserve Farmers and Government Policy by Sarah Carter
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Crowe Loved the Land

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Doug Cuthand
Leader Post, December 13, 2004, p. B1
Description
Elder Ernest Crowe, from the Piapot First Nation, is fondly remembered.
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The Cry of the Chickadee

Alternate Title
[Gift of Language and Culture Project: Stories, Legends and Chants]
E-Books
Author/Creator
James Ratt
Ida Ratt
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Crystal Meth Problem Crosses Race, Class Lines

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Doug Cuthand
StarPhoenix, February 4, 2005, p. A11
Description
Author compares the crystal meth drug epidemic to smallpox and advocates that the FSIN must address drug addiction problems that impact Aboriginal communities.
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CSCI Joe Doupe Lecture: End Stage Renal Disease Among Aboriginal People

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Brenda R. Hemmelgarn
Clinical and Investigative Medicine, vol. 29, no. 6, December 2006, pp. 383-387
Description
Suggests two areas that need further research for Aboriginal people with end stage renal disease to increase their health outcomes and quality of life.
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Cultural Awareness Training Handbook

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Saskatchewan Indian Cultural Centre (SICC)
Description
Provides overview of First Nation history, cultures, values, and basic teachings, and promotes further discussions of contemporary issues.
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Cultural College

Articles » General
Saskatchewan Indian, vol. 3, no. 8, Supplement, September 1972, p. 7
Description
Reviews 1969 proposal from Federation of Saskatchewan Indians to Department of Indian Affairs.
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Cultural Concepts of Care among Aboriginal People Living with HIV and AIDS: A Study by the Canadian Aboriginal AIDS Network

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Charlotte Reading
Ryan Brennan
Renée Masching
Canadian Journal of Aboriginal Community-Based HIV/AIDS Research, vol. 5, Winter, 2013, pp. 24-37
Description
Discusses results of three-year study involving people from Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and the Atlantic region. Information gathered through 35 semi-structured interviews, 11 focus groups, and interviews with eight medical and support professionals.
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