First Nations & Reserves

Norman McLeod talks about his family's history in the fur trade and with fur trade companies. Transcribed by Heather Yaworski.

Digitized version of entire twenty volume set and photogravure images published between 1907 and 1930.

Section from Report of the Parliamentary Select Committee on Aboriginal Tribes, British Settlements by the Aborigines Protection Society. Relevant materials found on pages 5-8.

"Appointed to investigate the physical characteristics, languages, and industrial and social conditions of the people of British Columbia."

Explores the early history of the fur trade and the provisions trading system in the Northern Great Plains.

Law Thesis (D.Jur.)--York University, 2001.

History Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of California, Berkeley, 2015.

History Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Oklahoma, 1998.

Transactions of the Canadian Institute, session 1892-93; includes, index and bibliography.

Indian Agent's notes on the Blackfoot (Siksika) reserve in southern Alberta. Includes comments about day schools, prairie fires, doctors and medical care, cattle, the Sun Dance, and the timber reserve at Castle Mountain.

Forms part of Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History, v.20 (p.185-324).

Commentary on historical references used in Dr. John M. Cooper's articleIs the Algonquian Family Hunting Ground System Pre-Columbian? evidence suggests band hunting system in the 17th century.

Reprinted from The Journal of American Folklore, vol. 1, no. 2, July-September, 1888.

Includes three 19th century Hudson Bay Company employees' descriptive narratives about the Loucheux, Kutchin and eastern Dene Nations.

Studies the history of timber contractor Charlie Cox and his access to and use of First Nations' woodlands in Ontario.

Linguistics Thesis (M.A.)--Université du Québec à Chicoutimi, 2004.

Describes the origin, culture, and survival of Sahnish, or Arikara people, and their early encounters with Euro-Americans including the Lewis and Clark expedition of 1804.

Argues that outpost clinics delivered standard nursing care but that the Federal government did not want to live up to its health care responsibilities.

Book review of: Nuu-chah-nulth Voices, Histories, Objects & Journeys edited by Alan L. Hoover. To access this review, scroll to page 123.

Presents an Australian Aboriginal view of the creation of the human species.

Indigenous Studies (M.A.)--First Nations University of Canada, University of Regina, 2009.

Book review of: Ogimaag Cary Miller.

Presents the Esselen Nation's struggle to regain federal acknowledgment.

History Thesis (M.A.)--University of Waterloo, 1978

Narrative set in letter format by Joseph Kingsmill, a Chaplain of the Pentonville Prison, in London.

Presentation of a religious debate between two Ojibwa leaders and a Jesuit missionary that was recorded in a letter.

Overview of the three phases in the 66 year history of Heiltsuk coastal village, known as Qelc, Old Town, or Old Bella Bella.

Consists of an interview that discusses the changes occurring in Haida culture. NOTE: Lavina Lightbrown probably Lavina Lightbown

Geography Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Toronto, 2013.

Native Studies Thesis (M.A.)--The University of Manitoba, 2002.

Archaeology Thesis (M.A.)--Simon Fraser University, 2012.

Publication contains both articles.

Includes links to: on-line game, galleries (elders video collection, Doug Ellis Collection of audio recordings of legends, personal stories, memories and conversations gathered between 1955 and 1965; Deschâtelets Archive of photographs taken around the time of Treaty 9), history, and teacher's guides for grades 4-10.

Cites and discusses the political discourse of Throne Speeches made in what is now Saskatchewan, their evolution over 130 years, and implications thereof. The “status of Indians in the North-West” is a notable element of these speeches and is frequently included. Entire Issue on one .pdf, scroll to page 2.

Book review of: One Century Later: Western Canadian Reserve Indians Since Treaty 7 edited by Ian A. L. Getty and Donald B. Smith.

Book review of: One River by Paula Wild. Entire book review section on one pdf. To access this review, scroll to p. 123.

History Thesis (M.A.)--University of Victoria, 2006.

Book review of: One West, Two Myths edited by Carol Higham and Robert Thacker; book deals with the impact of the 49th parallel on the relations between and among First Nations and governments.