First Nations & Reserves

Book reviews of: American Indians in U.S. History by Roger L. Nichols. Blanket Weaving in the Southwest by Joe Ben Wheat. Captors and Captives: The 1704 French and Indian Raid on Deerfield by Evan Haefeli and Kevin Sweeney. “The Cherokee Night” and Other Plays by Lynn Riggs. Creek Country: The Creek Indians and Their World by Robbie Ethridge. Enduring Legacies: Native American Treaties and Contemporary Controversies edited by Bruce E. Johansen. Hermanitos Comanchitos: Indo-Hispano Rituals of Captivity and Redemption by Enrique R.

Book reviews of: A Study of Pueblo Architecture in Tusayan and Cibola by Victor Mindeleff. The Faithful Hunter: Abnaki Stories by Joseph Bruchac. Navajo Coyote Tales by William Morgan. Secrets From the Center of the World by Joy Harjo and Stephen Strom. Kickapoo Vocabulary by Paul H. Voorhis. An Ojibwe Text Anthology edited by John D. Nichols. "Statement Made by the Indians": A Bilingual Petition of the Chippewas of Lake Superior, 1864 edited by John D. Nichols. Pisiskiwak kâ-pîkiskwêcik/Talking Animals told by L. Beardy.

Book reviews of: As Long as the Rivers Run: Hydroelectric Development and Native Communities in Western Canada by James B. Waldram. Sun Journey: A Story of Zuni Pueblo by Ann Nolan Clark. Maricopa Morphology and Syntax by Lynn Gordon. The Cheyenne Nation: A Social and Demographic History by John H. Moore. Pride of the Indian Wardrobe-Northern Athapascan Footwear by Judy Thompson. Sagebrush Soldier: Private William Earl Smith's View of the Sioux War of 1876 by Sherry L.

Book reviews of: The View From Officers' Row: Army Perceptions of Western Indians by Sherry L. Smith. Indians of the Northwest Coast by Maximilien Bruggmann and Peter R. Gerber. Oklahoma Seminoles, Medicine, Magic, and Religion by James H. Howard in collaboration with Willie Lena. American Indian Identities: Today's Changing Perspectives edited by Clifford E. Trafzer. Oil Age Eskimos by Joseph G. Jorgensen. The Western Abenakis of Vermont, 1600-1800: War, Migration, and the Survival of an Indian People by Colin G.

Book review of: Blood Struggle: The Rise of Modern Indian Nations by Charles Wilkinson. Chinnubbie and the Owl: Muscogee (Creek) Stories, Orations and Traditions by Alexander Posey. Choctaw Women in a Chaotic World: The Clash of Cultures in the Colonial Southeast by Michelene E. Pesantubbee. A Colonial Complex: South Carolina’s Frontiers in the Era of the Yamasee War 1680–1730 by Steven J.

Book reviews of: 2000 Years of Mayan Literature by Dennis Tedlock. Child of the Fire: Mary Edmonia Lewis and the Problem of Art History’s Black and Indian Subject by Kirsten Pai Buick. Conservation Refugees: The Hundred-Year Conflict between Global Conservation and Native Peoples by Mark Dowie. Delaware Tribe in a Cherokee Nation by Brice Obermeyer. Demons, Saints, & Patriots: Catholic Visions of Indian America through The Indian Sentinel (1902–1962) by Mark Clatterbuck.

Indian Studies Thesis (M.A.)--University of Regina, 2001.

Recollections of the past one hundred years of Aboriginal history on the eve of Saskatchewan's centennial.

Interviews various residents on the Pine Ridge reservation about what they do to survive on the reservation. Duration: 51:34.

Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--Harvard University, 1999.

History Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of New Brunswick, 2015

Robert Goodvoice tells a story of the Sioux Indians' first contact with Europeans and prophecies regarding the Europeans. He gives accounts of the 1851 Treaty made at Fort Laramie between the Sioux and the American Government and of the 1862 Minnesota Massacre. He also tells of the establishment of the Wahpaton (Round Plain) Reserve in Saskatchewan, and its chiefs.

Robert Goodvoice tells a story about the journey of a group of Sioux from the United States to Canada, through Portage la Prairie, Manitoba to Prince Albert, Saskatchewan. He tells of a settlement of the Wahpaton (Round Plain) Reserve in Saskatchewan and the division of the Sioux tribe. He also talks about Indian medicine and curing practices and reflects on the loss of knowledge of the old ways.

He gives an account of the Sioux participation in the War of 1812 on the side of the British, and the Sioux interpretation of the reward promised them by the British Crown; tells the history and whereabouts of the King George III medals given to the Sioux for their loyalty to the British Crown during the War of 1812; tells the story of two Sioux chiefs who were kidnapped in Manitoba and returned to the United States, presumably for their part in the 1862 Sioux uprising (Minnesota Massacre); tells of the dispersal of the Sioux in their flight from the U.S.

He tells stories of treachery by Americans against the Sioux who had fled to Prince Albert, Saskatchewan after the 1862 Minnesota Massacre, including distribution of disease-infested clothing and food. NOTE: Attempt to verify with R.C.M.P. records. He also sings and explains a very old Dakota song sung by children when rabbit-hunting.

He tells a story about the origins of the Dakota (Sioux) guardian spirit and his powers; and how Iktomi differs from the equivalent Cree spirit power (Wisakedjak).

He gives an account of the 1862 Minnesota Massacre and, in its aftermath, the movement of a group of Sioux (Dakota) to Prince Albert, Saskatchewan under the leadership of Tarasota (?). He also gives an account of the 1885 Riel Rebellion and its effect on the Sioux (Dakota) living in the Prince Albert, Saskatchewan district.

He describes the movement of the Dakota Sioux to Canada. He also mentions various plants used for medicine

Discusses the Walpole Island fair.

Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--Brown University, 2010.

Comments on the agricultural achievements of First Nations peoples, from pre-colonial times to date, on the Canadian Prairies.

Mrs. Tourongau, aged 67, describes the promises made in Treaty 8, and the way in which they were subsequently broken.

Final Report concludes that Canada (the Crown) did not breach Treaty 1 when it permitted a surrender of the Band's reserve land. Commissioners include: Daniel J. Bellegarde, Alan C. Holman, 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.]

Consists of a very brief description of a naming ceremony.

Rowena McLellan was the first president of the Indian/Metis Friendship Centre in Prince Albert.

File contains a presentation by Clara Schinkel and Peter Sidney, Tagish Governance Society. Schinkel describes the history of the Tagish people and their community (including the seizure of their reserve lands by the government), and makes specific requests to the Commission in terms of assistance, self-governance, education, and land claims. Sidney and Schinkel discuss some of the issues raised with the assembled Commissioners.

File contains a presentation by Cree Elder Madeline Davis. Davis delivers a personal address (translated into English from Cree) on colonization and its impact on her people. Davis discusses a wide variety of concerns including hunting rights, trapping, reserve life, education, Treaty Eight, and other issues.

File contains a presentation by Maureen Thomas relating to the history of the Stoney Creek First Nation.

A comprehensive guide to the First Nations Gallery at the Royal Saskatchewan Museum in Regina. Includes a variety of historical and anthropological information on First Nations within present day Saskatchewan.

An interview with Rufus Goodstriker, born in 1924 on the Blood Indian Reserve and attended a residential school. He tells of the origins and significance of the transfer of Indian names, especially within his own family. He also talks about Indian medicine and the power of faith; the Indian spiritual way vs. the Western technological way;of herbs, animal spirits, sweat bath in healing etc.

Book review of: Running With Reindeer by Roger Took.

History Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Oklahoma, 2000.

Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--Memorial University of Newfoundland, 2002.

Describes how the two First Nations view their connection to the land as going back lifetime before lifetime, which has motivated their challenges in the Canadian legal system.

Discusses a film produced by the student television station at Salish Kootenai College (SKC), Sacred Salmon: A Gift to Sustain Life, that has received national acclaim. The film is about the health of the Columbia River salmon and the Yakama Nation.

History Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Idaho, 2003.

Discusses a series of sacred performances that took place between 1830-1840, a period usually cited as the origin of modern spiritualism.

Nine elders in discussion at Saddle Lake Reserve. They talk about aspects of life before contact with whites, Treaty #6, the history of amalgamations and land sales, and a traditional story of a boy raised by buffalo.

Discussion of various topics: traditional life and the changes brought about by the treaties; Crowfoot and the taking of Treaty 7; alcohol, and the problems it has brought; the surrender of reserve land.

Book review of: Trading Beyond the Mountains by Richard Somerset Mackie.

The former chief of the Beaver Lake Reserve tells what he knows of the history of the reserve.

Book review of: The Sámi Peoples of the North by Neil Kent.

He gives a description of the difficulties encountered on reserves and the efforts made to combat them.

He gives a concise history of the Dakota Sioux and their movement to Canada.COMMENTS: Mr. Buffalo makes a point to spell out all the names or words he speaks in the Dakota language. All the spellings come from his reference.

He gives a description of raising and educating children; tells a story of a spirit helping two children; and tells another story used in the teaching of children.

He discusses the mythical origins of the Dakota Sioux value system.

Focuses on the outstanding treaty land entitlement claim and examines the history including the 1913 and 1930 Order in Councils and problems regarding historical population counts. Commissioners include: Renée Dupuis, Daniel J. Bellegarde, and Alan C. Holman. [This file has been saved and made available online with permission from the Indian Claims Commission website before it closed down in March 2009.]

FILES CAN ONLY BE ACCESSED USING FIREFOX BROWSER. Consists of historical documents, maps, legal documents, correspondence/letters, Field notes, excerpts, submissions, transcrips and the Inquiry Report in French and English. [These files were created and compiled by the ICC and provided to the Indigenous Studies Portal in 2009 to make widely available in online format.]

Examines the power of names in regards to Native Americans history, culture and tradition.