First Nations & Reserves
Solomon Wilson Interview #2
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Solomon Wilson
Imbert Orchard
Indian History Film Project
Description
Consists of an interview where he discusses a battle between the Haida and an unspecified tribe. He mentions the first contact with non-Indians.
Songhees Indian Reserve Act 1911, c. 24
Alternate Title
An Act respecting the Songhees Indian Reserve
Songhees Indian Reserve Act, 1911, c. 24, S-13.5
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Government of Canada
Description
Links to legislation that contains the Agreement of sale of the Songhees Indian Reserve located on Vancouver Island, in the City of Victoria describing the land exchange and consideration.
Sources for Research on Tribal History in the National Archives Regional System
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kent Carter
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 17, no. 4, 1993, pp. 107-113
Description
Explains that the National Archives contains regional archives, in cities across the United States, in an attempt to preserve original records created by field offices of federal agencies and microfilm copies of records kept in Washington.
The Spirit of Independence: Maurice Kenny's Tekonwatonti / Molly Brant: Poems of War
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Craig S. Womack
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 18, no. 1, 1994, pp. 95-118
Description
Investigates Kenny’s combination of historic, local histories and poetic work and Brant's "insider" perspective on the collective rather than the individual.
“Squaw Men,” “Half-Breeds,” and Amalgamators: Late Nineteenth-Century Anglo-American Attitudes Toward Indian-White Race-Mixing
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
David D. Smits
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 15, no. 3, 1991, pp. 29-61
Description
Apologia:There is no intention to offend, insult or embarrass by the inclusion of this article.
Explains, illuminates, and interprets the complex and often antithetical views of authoritative non-Indigenous commentators.
St. Peter's Reserve Act 1916, c. 24, S-2.5
Alternate Title
An Act relating to the St. Peter’s Indian Reserve
St. Peter’s Reserve Act (1916, c. 24 )
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Government of Canada
Description
Legislation confirming land titles for purchasers of land that had been set aside as reserve for the St. Peter's First Naton, Manitoba.
Standing Alone
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Colin Low
Description
Documents the successes, challenges and transformations experienced by Pete Standing Alone and the Blood Reserve in Alberta over the past 25 years. Accompanying material: An Integrated Educator's Guide.
Duration: 57:50.
Stereotyping American Indians
Alternate Title
Native American Symposium ; 7th, 2007
Sixty-Seven Nations and Counting: Proceedings of the Seventh Native American Symposium
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Oksana Y. Danchevskaya
Description
Looks at some of the typical stereotypes of the 20th and 21st centuries.
A Story of Invisibility: The Reaction of the Print Media to the Formation of Qalipu Mi'kmaq First Nation
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Maura Hanrahan
Native Studies Review, vol. 21, no. 1, 2012, pp. 61-82
Description
Analyzes how media paid little attention to cultural and political significance of this band formation but rather focused on the economic benefits.
The Story of the Ahenakews
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Edward Ahenakew
Saskatchewan History, vol. 17, no. 1, Winter, 1964, pp. 12-23
Description
Draws on notes and a manuscript written by the Reverend Canon Edward Ahenakews to piece together a series of memoirs and narratives about the Ahenakew family, their relations, and historical events and characters of the late 1800s and early 1900s.
Entire issue on one pdf file, scroll to page 12.
Story People: Stó:lō-State Relations and Indigenous Literacies in British Columbia, 1864–1874
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Megan Harvey
Journal of the Canadian Historical Association, vol. 24, no. 1, 2013, p. 51–88
Description
Discusses the earliest forms of Indigenous writing, the development of new cultural literacies, and the shift in settler-Indigenous relations.
Study Guide for "The Whole Country Was ... 'One Robe'": The Little Shell Tribe's America: A Montana Tribal Histories Project Book
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Nicholas Vrooman
Description
To accompany book of the same title. The book integrates Canadian and American history of the groups which lived in the "borderlands", specifically members of Little Shell who were considered "Landless Indians" until 2019 when the tribe finally gained federal recognition in the United States.
Summary of Elders' Interviews -- Land and Land Surrenders
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Lynne Hickey
Indian History Film Project
Description
Sixty-three elders' interviews from the Treaty 8 area were reviewed for references to land, and of these, all but fourteen contain some sort of statement about land.
Summary of Elders' Interviews -- Support from Anthropological Sources
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Lynne Hickey
Indian History Film Project
Description
Author uses various anthropological and historical sources to throw some light on the way in which the Indians of the Treaty 6 and 7 regions might have interpreted the treaty promises.
The Summer of 1990
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Canada. Parliament. House of Commons. Standing Committee on Aboriginal Affairs
Description
Reveals findings and recommendations from a hearing surrounding the events that took place at Kanesatake and Kahnawake during the summer of 1990.
Reproduction is a copy of an official work that is published by the Government of Canada and it is reproduced in affiliation with, or with the endorsement of the Government of Canada.
Supporting Aboriginal Parents: Teachings for the Future
Alternate Title
'Messages From the Heart': A Showcase on Aboriginal Childrearing – Caring for Our Children and Families
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Kathryn Irvine
Description
Discusses the crisis facing Aboriginal parents in Canada and the need to create more culturally appropriate and relevant programs, resources and services.
The Supreme Court's Van Der Peet Trilogy: Native Imperialism and Ropes of Sand
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
James (Sákéj) Youngblood Henderson
Russel Lawrence Barsh
McGill Law Journal, vol. 42, Fall, 1997, pp. 993-1009
Description
Comments on R v. Vanderpeet [1996] S.C.R. 507; R. v. N.T.C. Smokehouse Ltd., [1996] 2 S.C.R. 672 and R. v. Gladstone [1996] 2 S.C.R. 723 (Sept. 1997).