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Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Bill Rogoza and Alanna Downey-Baxter, Northern Ontario Native Tourism Outfitters

Documents & Presentations
Description
File contains a presentation by Bill Rogoza and Alanna Downey-Baxter relating to tourism in northern Ontario. The corporation is a non-profit organization formed in 1987 to represent First Nations in the tourism industry. He states that tourism can be a part of an economic development base in northern Ontario, and it is a land-based activity which is culturally appropriate for Aboriginal peoples. Following the presentation is a question-and-answer session with the Commissioners.
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Sioux Indians: Return to an Address to the Honourable the House of Commons, Dated 6 May 1864

Alternate Title
Parliamentary papers / Great Britain. Parliament (1859-1865). House of Commons
E-Books
Author/Creator
Great Britain
Colonial Office
Governor General of Canada
Description
Correspondence between the commanding officers of the United States troops in Minnesota and the governor of the Hudson's Bay Company at Red River regarding the Sioux refugees in the British territory (which would become Canada).
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State Court Update February 2006-February 2007

Alternate Title
[Indigenous Law & Policy Center Occasional Paper Series]
[Indigenous Law & Policy Center Working Paper ; 2011-01]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Hannah N. Bobee
Description
Provides case updates from various states.
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Stories That Nourish: Minnesota Anishinaabe Wild Rice Narratives

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Amelia V. Katanski
American Indian Culture and Research Journal , vol. 41, no. 3, Indigenous Food Sovereignty, 2017, pp. 71-91
Description
Looks at how works by writers such as Jim Northrup, Heid Erdrich, Linda LeGarde Grover, and Gerald Vizenor illustrate the connection between story, culture, and knowledge.
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Tell Your Children

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Anonymous
American Indian Quarterly , vol. 28, no. 1/2, Special Issue: Empowerment Through Literature, Winter-Spring, 2004, pp. 349-350
Description
Poem that deals with the 1862 removal of the Dakota, Nakota, and Lakota from their lands, their forced march to a concentration camp at Fort Snelling, and the execution of 38 men by the United States government following the “Sioux Uprising of 1862.”
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Ties That Bind: Remembering, Mourning, and Healing Historical Trauma

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Mary Beth Faimon
American Indian Quarterly , vol. 28, no. 1/2, Special Issue: Empowerment Through Literature, Winter-Spring, 2004, pp. 238-251
Description
Author offers a settler-ally perspective on the Commemorative Walk, and on the historical events which it remembers. Discusses the history of colonization and of genocide through the lens of trauma, healing, and social justice.
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The Tomahawk

Web Sites » Governmental
Description
Weekly newspaper published in White Earth, Minnesota which proclaimed itself the official organ of the Minnesota Ojibwe. Newspapers date from 1903 to 1922.
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Traill Papers

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Willie Traill
Description
Papers of Willie Traill. Includes accounts of bison hunting during the nineteenth century, observations on Dakota culture, and the fur trade. Much of the account seems to take place in Minnesota and North Dakota as well as Manitoba and Saskatchewan.
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Unifying the College and the Community Through Literature

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Ryan Winn
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 22, no. 3, Food Sovereignty, Spring, 2011, pp. 50-51
Description
Looks at the creation of a campus-wide book club with the the intent of encouraging reading, writing and conversation among students, faculty, administration and members of the community.
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Walking the Line: Do Heroes Help us Choose the Red Road?

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Dorreen Yellow Bird
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 17, no. 3, Heroes of Today, Spring, 2006
Description
Comments on the need for Native American heroes and role models for youth to look up to and follow in their footsteps.
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Wascana Creek and the “Pile o’ Bones”

Articles » General
Author/Creator
[J. Hillyer
J. W. Powers
G. W. Brown
A. E. Porter
Mata-Win]
Saskatchewan History, vol. 19, no. 3, Autumn, 1966, pp. 111-118
Description
Discusses the significance of and stories surrounding the Wascana Creek and the origins of its name. Entire issue on one pdf file, scroll to page 111.
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Where Truth Telling and White Public Pedagogy Collide: Educative Barriers to Restorative Justice in Dakota Homeland

Alternate Title
Native Ground: Protecting and Preserving History, Culture, and Customs
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Rick Lybeck
Description
Comments on the sesquicentennial of the United States-Dakota War in 2012. Presented at the Tenth Native American Symposium, November 14-15, 2013. Chapter from Native Ground: Protecting and Preserving History, Culture, and Customs edited by Mark B. Spencer.
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Wicozani Wakan Ota Akupi (Bringing Back Many Sacred Healings)

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
George Blue Bird
American Indian Quarterly , vol. 28, no. 1/2, Special Issue: Empowerment Through Literature, Winter-Spring, 2004, pp. 252-257
Description
Author offers some perspective on the process of colonization in the period between 1849 and 1890 and on everything that was lost in in that time to the Sioux peoples; also discusses the current moves towards healing, resurgence and cultural reclamation.
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Wild Food Summit: Anishinaabe Relearning Traditional Gathering Practices

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Barbara Ellen Sorensen
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 22, no. 3, Food Sovereignty, Spring, 2011, pp. 32-34
Description
Comments on a summit developed to give knowledge about edible plants and discusses the advantages of including traditional foods in a healthy diet.
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Wild Rice And Ethics

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Winona LaDuke
Cultural Survival Quarterly, vol. 28, no. 3, The International Decade of the Worlds Indigenous People, Fall, 2004, p. [?]
Description
Looks at the Minnesota Anishinaabeg community's objections to genetic research on the plant.
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Women’s Jingle Dress Dance

Articles » General
Saskatchewan Indian, vol. 27, no. 2, Special Powwow Issue, June 1997, p. 29
Description
Describes the regalia and the origin of the dance.
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Wounded Hearts

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Gabrielle Tateyuskanskan
American Indian Quarterly , vol. 28, no. 1/2, Special Issue: Empowerment Through Literature, Winter-Spring, 2004, p. 351
Description
Poem that deals with the 1862 removal of the Dakota, Nakota, and Lakota from their lands, their forced march to a concentration camp at Fort Snelling, and the execution of 38 men by the United States government following the “Sioux Uprising of 1862.”
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A Written Response from Canada

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Leo J. Omani
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 28, no. 1/2, Winter/Spring, 2004, pp. 283-288
Description
Discusses the commemorative march of 2002, and recounts the 1862 forced removal of the Dakota people from their Minnesota homeland.
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