Oral History

Investigates19th century conflict among the Delaware peoples, includes oral history and church documentation about the execution of several Delaware people charged with practising witchcraft.

Compares differences between non-Tsimshian documentary records and Tsimshian traditional oral accounts of the incident and the implications for present-day international relations.

File contains newspaper articles, journal article, and personal narrative relating to the Frog Lake Massacre and the Frog Lake Reserve.

Note: this document lists various Cree bands. Mandelbaum is not the author, but this document is part of his file.

A conference where several speakers discuss the role of elders in educating young people and the loss of respect for the elders in modern Indian society. Transcribed by Joanne Greenwood.

A conference where several speakers discuss the role of the elders in guiding the younger generation and in preserving the past. Transcribed by Joanne Greenwood.

A conference where elders discuss the philosophy and practice of traditional medicine. Stress role of elders in passing on this tradition. Transcribed by Joanne Greenwood.

A conference discussing Indian and Christian creation myths, reflections on education and religion, comparison of Indian and non-Indian values, and the loss of traditional values and beliefs and the movement to recover them.

Elders discuss: loss of values; loss of language; the role of the old ceremonies; the responsibility of the elders to teach the young people.

Elders discuss the loss of traditional religion and values; the relationship between traditional religions and Christianreligions; some stories of the creation and the flood.

A conference about prophecies and the recovery of traditional values, the role of Elders in the community, and the philosophy and practice of traditional medicine.

A discussion about the construction of log and birch canoes ; the tuberculosis epidemic ; the effects of non-Indians on Indian life style : spiritual values, hunting; fishing; land use, etc.

Elders discuss traditional religion, it's relationship to Christian religions and its place in traditional healingpractices.

Elders stress the importance of tradition and, in particular, the religious and medical traditions of the Indian people.Accounts of two visits to the world of the dead.

A conference discussing comparison of Indian and Christian religions and religious ceremonies, traditional songs and dances, and history of Europeans in North America from the Indian viewpoint.

A discussion of Cree funeral songs. Includes a story of a woman's vision of the afterlife.

Return to traditional ceremonies ; traditional vs. non-Indian education ; story of a trickster (Woojy Panaquad) ; electoral attitudes and responsibilities.

Talks about the traditional teacher in the University setting ; proposal for friendship ceremony between Iroquois and Ojibway ; the Iroquois confederacy ; Kootenay plains initiative to return to traditional lifestyles ; reflections on past and future wars ; and the importance of elders in recovery of traditional values.

Talks of a prophecy about serpents which will fight over the Earth ; Hopi prophecies about the coming of the white man ; emphasis for unity among Indian peoples ; importance of living in harmony with nature ; and biblical stories through Indian eyes.

The role of education in the loss of spiritual and cultural values ; evidence of previous and planned oppression by non-Indians ; revival of interest in traditional values and the role ofelders as a source of knowledge.

With increasing interest in traditional culture, the Elders are becoming teachers ; speeches of thanks to organizers and participants.

Discusses the role of the Walpole Island band council.

A very brief account of some changes which followed the coming of the white man.

Geography Thesis (Ph.D.)--Queen's University, 2009.

Book review of: Aboriginal and Visible Minority Librarians edited by Deborah Lee and Mahalakshmi Kumaran.

Book review of: Aboriginal and Visible Minority Librarians: Oral Histories From Canada edited by Deborah Lee and Mahalakshmi Kumaran.

Discusses the importance of preserving oral traditions, oral histories and written archival records.

Discusses the project which will be a series of narrative histories in fifty year intervals.

Author explores oral traditions which document what is now Musgrave Park in South Brisbane, Queensland as a pre-settlement Aboriginal camp and meeting place; offers critical assessment of settler narratives surrounding Indigenous camps as inaccurate and marginalizing.

Storytellers and stories from the First Nations, Métis and Inuit peoples.

Topics covered: problems and issues, extinguishment of title, organized societies, and general history, Aboriginal atlas and film projects.

First Nations Studies (M.A.)--University of Northern British Columbia, 1998.

Book review of: Aboriginal Oral Tradition edited by Renee Hulan and Renate Eigenbrod.

Examines how Aboriginal stories and artworks relate to scientific accounts of Australian meteorite craters.

Discussion on the deliberate use of fire to create certain effects in the landscape, and the ecological and economic significance.

Looks at the arguments put forward in support of the claim that Aboriginal peoples exhibit an inherent ecological consciousness; and examines the policy implications of expanding Aboriginal jurisdiction over environmental protection.

Introduction to Supreme Court of Canada decision regarding Aboriginal rights and title in British Columbia. Part one focuses on Chief Justice Lamer's judgement looking at the evidence.

Reviews the 1997 Delgamuukw decision by the Supreme Court of Canada critical to determining the nature and extent of Aboriginal rights and title; and provides insight into the anthropological and legal approaches to title and rights.

Argues that traditional knowledge, because of its spiritual component and unscientific reasoning, cannot contribute to scientific research.

Sociology and Equity Studies in Education Thesis (Ed.D.)--Ontario Institute for Studies in Education of the University of Toronto, 2008.

Consists of an interview with Abram Williams where he gives an account of divining for water as well as an account of Longhouse ceremonies.

Three versions of the adventures of Haxige.

Book review of: Across Time and Tundra: The Inuvialuit of the Western Arctic by Ishmael Alunik, Eddie D. Kolausok, and David Morrison.

Paper attempts to portray the history of the two churches over a one-hundred-year period.

Brief description of the Hamatsa ritual.

Discusses attitudes toward the dead and traditional medicine.

80-year-old Adam Boucher discusses the scene of Treaty #8 negotiations ; and choice of treaty or scrip.