Saskatoon

Describes the findings of the Sisters in Spirit initiative and work with grieving families. Chapter from From Truth to Reconciliation: Transforming the Legacy of Residential Schools edited by Marlene Brant Castellano.

Book review of: The Legacy of School for Aboriginal People by Bernard Schissel and Terry Wotherspoon.

Delves into the challenges surrounding community school based participatory action research and the issues in negotiating informed consent.

Reports on the grand opening of a new library in Saskatoon that will service the needs of the community of Riversdale. Article found by scrolling to page 12.

The story behind Wapos Bay, an animated television series based on a Northern Saskatchewan Community which is voiced in both English and Cree.

Looks at the first Aboriginal person to win the CIS National Basketball Championship. Article found by scrolling to page 3.

Kinesiology Thesis (M.Sc.)--University of Saskatchewan, 2010.

Review of the video Bridges which is set against the backdrop of the Stonechild Inquiry.

Looks at the ethnic misrepresentation of sex trade workers by the media.

An exterior photograph of Long Walk participants in front of the Saskatoon Correctional Centre on 16 August 1983. The man in the centre is Jake Badger (died in the mid-1980s) and the man in the wheelchair is elder Philip Nicotine.

Investigative report on the life of a child in foster care from the age of five months till his death at age 2. Includes reports on services provided to family by the Ministry of Social Services and the Saskatoon Health Region.

79 images (11 scanned here) of the Louis Riel Day festivities in Saskatoon on July 9, 1978. They show people eating, racing canoes, running, firing guns and enjoying live music.

Images of the 10 July 1977 Louis Riel Days horse and running race in Saskatoon. Four negatives were scanned for this database.

There are 28 photographs of the Louis Riel Race in Saskatoon. Pictures of people running, canoeing and doing various other activities in July, 1970. fifteen of these pictures were selected and scanned for the database.

Looks at changing the teaching model and renewing the program in an effort to modernize the Native Studies department. Article located by scrolling to page 11.

Comments on the 18th Annual Fall Conference that brought together Indigenous law students from across Canada to speak with Elders, leaders, academics and lawyers on a variety of relevant topics.

Reports on the course, Sustainability of Ecosystems taught at Brightsands Science and Environment Centre with a Traditional Knowledge Keeper in a tipi or on the open prairie.

An Aboriginal man on horseback in traditional dress. Pion-Era, Saskatoon, SK.

A photograph of a man standing beside a pile of Buffalo bones possibly stacked along 1st Avenue in Saskatoon near the train station where Midtown Plaza now stands. Train tracks in background.

Discusses aspects of the program such as recruitment, placement, profiles of participants and outcomes. Report forms part of the Bridges and Foundations Project on Urban Aboriginal Housing.

A photograph of a map of the Temperance Colony as printed in publicity brochure in 1883, with inset maps of Canada and proposed City of Saskatoon. Indian reservations, railway lines, trails and physical features drawn in. (Black and white version of coloured original is misleading)

Art History Thesis (M.A.)--Concordia University, 2008.

Seven images (two scanned here) of First Nations court worker Marge La Framboise sitting in court. Taken March 3, 1979.

Addresses the causes and implications of, and possible solutions to, the "education gap" between Aboriginal people and the general population in Canada. The paper highlights Joe Duquette High School and Princess Alexandria Community School, which are located in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Excerpt from Report on the Pan-Canadian Education Research Agenda Symposium.

Performance by students from the wîcêhtowin Aboriginal Theatre Program at the University of Saskatchewan. "Explores the challenges of balancing Indigenous cultural identities in the 21st century." Duration: 59:08.

Investigates experiences of students in four institutions in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan: Saskatchewan Indian Institute of Technologies, Saskatchewan Polytechnic, First Nations University of Canada, and the University of Saskatchewan. Eight factors are discussed: socio-political and cultural, programming and support services, educational infrastructure, financial, and family and community support. Data collected through nine focus groups and 13 one-on-one semi-structured interviews.

Brief interview with the principal of a new school in a core neighborhood and her pride of her Métis roots. Article located by scrolling to page 17 and 22.

Archaeology and Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--University of Saskatchewan, 2009.

Barbara Anderson was an early settler at Saskatoon, and a child at the time of the Resistance. These memoirs include her memories of the Northwest Resistance and the period preceding it. Contains information on Metis scouts (Charlie Ross) surveilling the settlement, White Cap and the Dakota's friendship with the settlers at Saskatoon and reluctance to join the Metis, discussion by settlers of abandoning the settlement for Moose Jaw, the captive Riel's transfer at Saskatoon from the steamer Northcote to wagon, and the care of wounded soldiers in Saskatoon.

Analyzes an inquiry into the death of an aboriginal man in police custody.

Study gathered background information on the current situation in the city, examined successful projects and made recommendations to improve housing after consultations with elders. Report forms part of the Bridges and Foundations Project on Urban Aboriginal Housing.

Eight images (2 scanned here) of wooden crosses and a cement monument, marking a Metis Homestead Historical Site. Photographs were taken September 3, 1974.

Eight images of a group of Aboriginal people demonstrating in Saskatoon on July 31, 1976. One sign reads: Political Asylum for Leonard Peltier.

17 images (6 shown here) of a conference on Metis land claims held in Saskatoon on May 26, 1981.

A brochure describing the contents of a Metis Museum located at 111 Avenue B South in Saskatoon. The museum no longer exists. There is no date, but probably ca. 1980s? Museum was ran by Saskatoon Metis Society, Local 11.

31 images (four scanned here) of people involved in a Metis/Native work program in Saskatoon. Some photos of people working in a tire store. May 5, 1980.

Psychology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Saskatchewan, 2015.

Survey conducted to assess the gap between what is now available and what is required by this sector of the population. Report forms part of the Bridges and Foundations Project on Urban Aboriginal Housing.

Information gathered to determine causes and dynamics of movement between the reserve and Saskatoon, as well as to assess the needs of urban band members. Report forms part of the Bridges and Foundations Project on Urban Aboriginal Housing.

Brief interview with Mike Linklater outlining his sports and leadership successes. Article found by scrolling to page 30.

Presents a music video titled, "The Guantlet" by Mils and Eekwol feat. Luckyiam.

One photograph taken at North Battleford Indian Hospital that appeared in the Saskatoon Star Phoenix, 22 December 1953. It is found on page 13 of the scrap book (A-792-2). The caption reads: "Chief Swimmer is shown here addressing the assembly before the initiation. Left to right are: Miss J. M. Morton, RN, head of the nursing staff; Edwin Wuttunee, Red Pheasant reserve, interpreter; Chief Sam Swimmer; Dr. P. W. Head, superintendent of the Indian hospital; Archdeacon H. E. Hives, Bishop-elect of Keewatin."

Host speaks with one of the founders of Walk 4 Justice, author of Just Another Indian, RCMP officer in charge of Project E-Pana, which is investigating disappearances and murders along the "Highway of Tears", and the founder of the Institute for the Advancement of Aboriginal Women. Duration: 27:30

Provides information used to assess the practicality of developing and implementing standardized police policies, protocols, and practices across Saskatchewan.

Introduces a service that will take health care to core areas, with a mobile health unit, and give primary care to patients who otherwise may not receive it, including those without health cards. Article found by scrolling to page 20.

Introduces new Saskatoon police Chief Weighill and his common sense approach to policing. Article located by scrolling to page 12.

Comments on the annual Aboriginal Music Festival, hosted by the Indigenous Peoples Program at the University of Saskatchewan, which combines culture and education through music and information booths. Article located on page 1.

Supports the Cree Nation's proposal of a wellness centre, which will include a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) clinic, on the urban reserve land in Saskatoon.

Evaluates the commonalities of 47 people who were given a 10% or less chance of survival beyond five years and sought out traditional healers for help with cancer.

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