First Nations & Reserves

Biography of Sarah Winnemucca, noted autobiographer, author of: Life Among the Piutes: Their Wrongs and Claims

Chronicles the beginnings of Winnemucca's political career as an activist and advocate for the Northern Paiutes.

Final report examines an alleged shortfall of land and a claim for land under the provisions of Treaty 8. Commissioners include: Renée Dupuis, Daniel J. Bellegarde, and Jane Dickson-Gilmore. [This file has been saved and made available online with permission from the Indian Claims Commission website before it closed down in March 2009.]

Discussion of the problem of alcohol abuse among native peoples. Raising children: comparison with earlier days. Establishment of the Shesheep, Sakimay and MuscowpetungReserves. Many lectures about their histories and their hopes for the future of their people.

[History] Thesis (M.A.)--Ball State University, 2014.

Focuses on colonists' perspectives of Vancouver Island First Nations including Aht, Nootka, Niinaht, Klah-oh-quots (Claqoquot); includes some Aht vocabulary.

Discusses issues related to vandalism, destruction and scientific research of a Native American burial site.

Discusses the linguistic evidence of a link between the Athabascan and the Sino-Tibetan people.

Discusses the past, present, and future of the Sechelt Band with particular emphasis on the role of women.

Report includes the following papers: Report of the Director by J. W. Powell Zuñi Fetiches by Frank Hamilton Cushing Myths of the Iroquois by Erminnie A. Smith Animal Carvings from Mounds of the Mississippi Valley by Henry W. Henshaw Navajo Weavers by Dr. Washington Matthews Art in Shell of the Ancient Americans by William H.

Author disagrees with the prior critical readings of the text and argues that the novel presents a more nuanced depiction of the Salish – Jesuit relationship than the invader – invaded dichotomy that critics tend to read.

Political Science Thesis (Ph.D.)--York University, 2002.

Website traces the evolution of village life with historical photographs and information selected from Secwepemc Museum and Heritage Park exhibit.

Comprehensive educational website. Contains links to: introduction, language, origin story, village life, and archaeology.

Lists academic literature (616 sources) covering a wide range of topics relating to Bill C-31 and published since 1969.

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

Sociology Thesis (M.A.)--Queen's University, 2003.

1st edition.

[History] Thesis (Ph.D.)--Arizona State University, 2000.

Describes the events leading up to the exhumation of about 60 Native Americans by the Catholic Church to make way for a Parrish hall.

Describes the history of the Oneida's land status and the relationship with local Wisconsin governments.

Discusses the 1796, Seven Nations Treaty, the context in which it was concluded, whether entered into lawfully, not ratified by congress, and its applicability to Mohawk land claims in 1974.

Report includes the following papers: Report of the Director by J. W. Powell Indian Linguistic Families of America North of Mexico by J. W. Powell The Mide'wiwin or "Grand Medicine Society" of the Ojibwa by W. J. Hoffman The Sacred Formulas of the Cherokees by James Mooney

History Thesis (M.A.)--University of Victoria, 2003.

Provides an historical overview of the events leading to changes to Indian Act which stripped status from Indian women who married non-status Indians or non-Indians.

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

Forms part of Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, v.17 (p.381-498).

Explores the information that can be gathered from 19th century Plains drawings and paintings.

Examines two themes: the violent nature of Great Basin Indian history, and the sacred and cultural landscapes described by the salt songs of the Nuwuvi people.

Book review of: Shingwauk's Vision: A History of Native Residential Schools by J. R. Miller.

Outlines the history of the Aboriginal people who occupy the Six Nations of the Grand River Reserve in Ontario. Sixth edition.

"Being the substance of Two Lectures delivered in Halifax, in November 1849, at Public Meetings held for the purpose of instituting a Mission to that Tribe."

Evidence for dating the founding of the Haudenosaunee League (Rotinonshón:ni) to August 31, 1142.

Article reports on the factors during the 1870-1890 period surrounding the sequence of events leading to two significant land surrenders.

File containing a letter inquiring about a portrait of Sitting Bull on the Centennial Train, and an excerpt from the "Canadian Encyclopedia" on the life of Sitting Bull.

Includes information on social life, customs and government relations at the turn of the century.

Report includes the following papers: Report of the Director by J. W. Powell Ancient Art of the Province of Chiriqui, Colombia by William H. Holmes A Study of the Textile Art in Its Relation to the Development of Form and Ornament by William H. Holmes Aids to the Study of the Maya Codices by Cyrus Thomas Osage Traditions by Rev. J. Owen Dorsey The Central Eskimo by Dr. Franz Boas

Previously printed in the Canadian Naturalist, vol. IX, no. 3.

Humanities Thesis (Ph.D.)--Concordia University, 2009.

The authors discusses the Cherokee's attitudes toward slaves and "free Blacks", the laws they created to regulate them, and the possible motivations of the runaway slaves.

Discusses Washani religious leader Smohlla preaching a return to traditional ways and leading a peaceful resistance to the Indian Homestead Act.

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