Looks at inclusive educational programs that serve the needs of Aboriginal students and non-Aboriginal students. To access article scroll to p. 53.

Report shows increased trend of asthma hospitalizations among Aboriginal children and adult females even though asthma was rare among Aboriginal people prior to 1975.

Discusses Aboriginal populations who are at greater risk in Saskatchewan and Manitoba.

Columnist comments on the political interference by the Board of Governors, consisting mostly of chiefs, in the affairs of the FNUC.

Searchable database.

Act will now conform to the Charter of Rights and Freedoms giving many individuals standing as First Nation and designation of "Status Indians," allowing access to federal programs operating on and off-reserve.

Field test draft.

Identifies and examines two main discrepancies in the federal government's Indian band governance policy during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

File containing notes and correspondence regarding self-government, citizenship, civil rights and the Indian Act (and amendments to). Includes correspondence from E. D. Fulton discussing the feasibility of Indians electing their own MPs; correspondence to Diefenbaker from J. B. Tootoosis regarding the appointment of an Aboriginal to the Senate; correspondence from Andre Renaud supporting Diefenbaker's call for a Royal Commission on Indian affairs. Notes on Hansard.

Speculation on the economic and political ramifications of a rumoured move by all or part of the Federal Department of Indian Affairs.

Historical overview of the destructive policies of Hayter Reed, who spent much of his career in Indian Affairs was deputy superintendent of Indian Affairs in 1893-1897.

Looks at parent involvement in the school system and the positive outcomes that come from this participation.

Guidelines concerning development and delivery of programs in Saskatchewan.

Discussion of the Key Lake Inquiry in light of treaty rights and Aboriginal title.

Sarain Stump developed a course for Indian Art Instructors at the Saskatchewan Indian Cultural College in Saskatoon.

Describes opening of the Indian Art Gallery at the Saskatchewan Indian Cultural College.

Describes career of a Regina artist who graduated from the Art Program at the Saskatchewan Indian Cultural College (SICC).

Describes and illustrates work of many artists.

This booklet lists Aboriginal boulder effigy sites in North America, with emphasis on Saskatchewan. Sites included are Minton, Onion Lake and Ogema, all in Saskatchewan, and Steveville and Cluny, in Alberta. It also lists other stone configurations made on the soil.

Image shows a camp set up with racks (made from poles bound together) and tent and wagon in background.

A photograph of an Aboriginal camp in Prince Albert District, NWT [1901]. There are several teepees and some wagons. There is a corral in the background, and they also appear to be building log houses.

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A photograph of an Aboriginal camp in Prince Albert District, NWT [1901]. There are several army style white tents with chimneys in background and a teepee in foreground. A man sits outside the teepee.

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Contextualizes Chief Pasqua's recently rediscovered pictographs, that add to our knowledge about the western numbered treaty process.

Examines the removal of children from reserves in Saskatchewan by the Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development.

Includes reports for Athabasca Denesuline Inquiry, the Fond du Lac claim, Black Lake and Hatchet Lake First Nations; Lax Kw'alaams Indian Band Inquiry and claim, Young Chipeewayan Inquiry, claim regarding Stoney Knoll Indian Reserve No. 107, Micmacs of Gesgapegiag Inquiry, claim to Horse Island, Chippewas of the Thames Inquiry, Muney Land Claim.

Report includes inquiries and responses regarding: Gamblers First Nation Treaty Land Entitlement Inquiry; Nekaneet First Nation Agricultural and Other Benefit Under Treaty 4 Inquiry; Moose Deer Point First Nation, Pottawatomi Rights Inquiry. Commissioners include: Daniel J. Bellegarde, P. E. James Prentice, Roger J. Augustine, Carole T. Corcoran, Elijah Harper, and Sheila G. Purdy. [This file has been saved and made available online with permission from the Indian Claims Commission website before it closed down in March 2009.]

Reports include the Esketemc First Nation Inquiry, the Fishing Lake First Nation, Chippewas of the Thames First Nation Inquiry and the Mistawasis First Nation Inquiry. [This file has been saved and made available online with permission from the Indian Claims Commission website before it closed down in March 2009.]

Report includes background documents, articles, comments and responses regarding the following cases: Standing Buffalo Dakota Nation, Flooding Negotiations (Mediation); Peepeekisis First Nation Inquiry, Fire Hills Colony Claim; Moosomin First Nation ,1909 Reserve Land Surrender (Mediation); Thunderchild First Nation, 1908 Surrender Claim (Mediation); and the Betsiamites Band, Highway 138 and Rivière Betsiamites Bridge Inquires. Commissioners include: Renée Dupuis, Daniel J. Bellegarde, Jane Dickson-Gilmore, Alan C. Holman, and Sheila G. Purdy.

Historical overview of philosophy behind control over Indian education pioneered by Saskatchewan Native leaders.

Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations and the Province of Saskatchewan have an agreement to establish the Saskatchewan Indian Gaming Commission (SIGA).

Describes the Canadian Native Pavilion's first appearance at Mosaic'79 in Regina, Sask.

Victor Thunderchild from Thunderchild First Nation and Joe Roan of Hobbema, living at Smallboy's Camp, are researching traditions for the Saskatchewan Indian Cultural College (SICC).

The program of the Indian Diamond Jubilee celebration commemorating the signing of Treaty no. 6 at Carlton, Saskatchewan, August 11 - 12, 1936. The ceremony was attended by Baron and Lady Tweedsmuir from England. There were hymns, songs by local bands, and several presentations to and by First Nations leaders. There was also a dramatic re-enactment of part of the treaty negotiations in which Chief Sam Swimmer, Chief Joseph Dreaver, Joseph Johnson, Norman Johnson, George Bird and Harry Dreaver all took part.

Discusses how the Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations (FSIN) institutions are involved in various aspects of business and economic development.

Reviews the economic development challenges facing First Nations; provides general comparative information.

Noel Starblanket describes the benefits of the Saskatchewan program and explains why the Agreement is not yet signed by the Federal government.

Book review of: Indian-European Trade Relations in the Lower Saskatchewan River Region to 1840 by Paul C. Thistle.

Book review of: Indian-European Trade Relations in the Lower Saskatchewan River Region to 1840 by Paul C. Thistle.

Book review of: Indian Fall: The Last Great Days of the Plains Cree and Blackfoot Confederacy by D'Arcy Jenish.

A photograph of an Aboriginal family in front of their teepee wearing western clothing. Taken in Prince Albert District, NWT [1901].

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Theodore Henry James Charmbury or T. H. J. as he was known, was an assistant to photographer Samuel Gray in Prince Albert for two years before starting his own studio there in 1902. He moved to Saskatoon in 1918, and was mainly a portrait photographer there until he retired in 1938. He photographed several Native leaders including Fine Day and Kahneepotaytayo. Two fires (1931, 1942) destroyed a huge portion of his negative collection.

Two unidentified men, talking.

Describes the formation of the Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations; a federated organization of First Nation governments.

Education Thesis (M.Ed.)--University of Saskatchewan, 1971.

This ribbon, commemorating Indian celebrations at Carlton, Saskatchewan, is small and red-coloured with black lettering.

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Excerpt from the Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations (FSIN) Strategic Plan for Indian Justice; advocates a system that restores traditions, is community driven and promotes healing. Note: This is a sample article from the publication. Subscriptions are available from the Native Law Centre.

Discusses the Soldier Settlement Act of 1917 and its impact on First Nations lands.

Call for a Federal policy to recognize the cultural importance of Indian languages and to expand the teaching of them beyond the current situation where only those people of Indian ancestry in Saskatchewan Provincial schools are funded for instruction.

Commentary on the continuing staff turnover, inner turmoil, and backroom politics by the FSIN over the First Nations University of Canada (FNUC).

Chiefs Policy Conference in Regina rejects Indians Affairs education policy.

A photograph of an Indian man in ceremonial dress with sash and head dress posing with non-Native girl. Tipi and red ensign in background. Probably taken in Carlton at a Treaty celebration.