Christianity

Information on traditional Inuit culture and present day Nunavut. Links include: A Journey into Inuit Traditional Knowledge, Development of Government Services in the Arctic and The Creation of Nunavut. Each section includes oral histories and Elders' personal narratives.

Authors engage the 1994 article “Missionization among the Costal Chumash of Central California: A Study of Risk Minimization Strategies;” critically considering how the article emphasizes environmental factors as a motivator of the Chumash people and minimizes the influence of missionary and military factors of colonization.

Describes the staff and activities of the school from its opening in 1923. Prepared from the notes and writings of Reverend Canon Edward Ahenakew; includes editorial notes. Entire issue on one pdf file, scroll to page 55.

Book review of Living with Animals by Michael Pomedli.

She was born on the Little Pine Reserve, the first girl from that reserve to attend high school. She tells of some childhood memories; naming ceremonies; significance of Indian names; the training of children, especially girls; menarche seclusion; women: influence of, in religion and ceremonialism, pregnancy; her education: traditional; experiences in Anglican boarding school (integrated) in Saskatoon; training for roles as wife and mother.

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.

Findings suggest that attendance at a residential school improved economic and educational outcomes but also reflected a decrease in participation in traditional activities and Aboriginal language use.

Examines the role of religion in the stereotyping of Native Americans, and looks at the representations of Native American religion in theater through an analysis of visual images including John White's drawings, Theodor de Bry's engravings, and Paul Green's outdoor drama.

Revised edition.

Includes a letter written by Riel while he was imprisoned in Regina in 1885 following the North-West Resistance, and commentary by the article’s author. The letter, addressed to Monseigneur Taché, articulates a number of Riel's beliefs and hopes for the French-Catholic peoples in Canada and the larger Catholic Church. Entire issue on one pdf file, scroll to page 15.

This file contains correspondence and speeches, some of which are scanned for this database. This first letter scanned describes her understanding of Aboriginal customs and spirituality. The second is a speech she gave about the history of the Mission and its founder, Reverend James Nisbet.

This file contains an original copy of Lucy Margaret Baker: A Memoir, compiled by Elizabeth A. Byers and published by Women's Missionary Society of the Presbyterian Church in Canada, 1920. It discusses her work with the Cree near Prince Albert, Sask. (Mistawasis Reserve), her teaching at Nisbet Academy, her work during North-West Rebellion, and her efforts to help an "outcast band of Sioux."

Discusses two schools that share a common name, but are located in different regions of Manitoba and under different Anglican Dioceses.

Book review of The Voyages of Arthur Wellington Clah by Peggy Brock. Entire book review section on one pdf. To access this review, scroll to p. 225.

English Thesis (M.A.)--Humboldt State University, 2013.

Three elders from Goodfish Lake Reserve talk about problems of defining accurate boundaries, their rights to a timber berth, and hay meadows which they believe are part of their reserve.

Mark Wolfleg talks about the Blackfoot interpretation of the terms of Treaty #7; also the roles of the Crowfoot and a group of Metis in taking Treaty #7. He also talks about his overseas experiences during World War II.

English Thesis (Ph.D.)--Loyola University Chicago, 2001.

The interview is an account of Maurice Boyer's life.

Consists of an interview where he gives accounts of storytelling amongst the Oneida; accounts of the educational system and its abuses.

Essay argues that Henry Neufeld did not expect the Ojibwa to reject all of their cultural traditions and religious practices when they accepted Christianity.

A linguist and an educator reflect on their work and lives.

Comments on the service program that established new and different relations between Mennonites and the Aboriginal and Metis people.

Looks at how Indigenous women in Mexico's Indigenous worlds are actively recapturing ancestral spiritualities as they struggle for social justice.

Study of four schools and their role in cultural assimilation.

Book reviews of: The Métis in the Canadian West by Marcel Giraud ; translated by George Woodcock. Guide to the Holdings of the Archives of the Ecclesiastical Province and Dioceses of Rupert's Land by Wilma Macdonald.

Discusses example of how Mennonites have played a role in oppressing Manitoba's Native people even though they may be perceived as the spokespeople for the oppressed.

Discusses the traditional spiritual beliefs of the Métis, which include influences from both their First Nation and the European ancestral roots.

Consists of an interview where she tells of one of her ancestors, captured during the War of 1812, married into the tribe. Early organizer of native groups in Toronto.

A photograph in a scrap book (A-792-2) on page 19 that shows, left to right, Miss J. M. Morton, unknown, Edwin Awasis, unknown and Charlie Beattie as Santa, taken at North Battleford Indian Hospital on 25 December 1953.

Looks at slides used by a missionary to illustrate his lectures on missions of the Canadian Northwest in the late nineteenth century.

Presents the history and milestones of the oldest Anglican residential school in Canada.

Discusses what the Prophet's spiritual teachings may have meant to his Kickapoo followers.

History Thesis (M.A.)--San Diego State University, 2011.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Arizona State University, 2010.