War & Conflict

Explains that the King's site high death rate was due to war with the Spaniards.

Public Policy and Public Administration Thesis (M.A.)--Concordia University, 2003.

Tells part of the story of the landmark Supreme Court case United States, as Guardian of the Hualapai Indians of Arizona v. Santa Fe Pacific Railroad Co. (1941) and looks closely at a brief period in Mahone’s life, one in which he went from student to soldier to activist.

Comments on a strike that, although it did not end exploitation of Aboriginal labour, is a very significant event in Australian labour history.

Book review of: The Black Carib Wars by Christopher Taylor. Scroll down to page 154 to read review.

Looks at the events leading up to a confrontation between government officials and local villagers harvesting communal land, which resulted in death and injury, and the Nepali government's failure to respond to demands for justice.

Book review of: Black Diggers by Robert A. Hall. Review located by scrolling to page 226.

Comments on Black Elk's story of the Lakota people as told to John Neihardt in 1931.

Literary criticism article which examines Black Hawk: An Autobiography and argues that in addition to its value as a historical text, it should also be considered as an act of literary resistance against the narratives imposed on Indigenous peoples by mainstream society.

Looks at the newspaper The Indian Chieftain's role in the formation of Native American identity.

Comments on an Aboriginal man and his determination to become an air force pilot against the odds.

Book review of: The Black Resistance by Fergus Robinson and Barry York. To access review, scroll down to page 160.

Book review of The Black War by Nicholas Clements.

Examines Lakota, Tsistsistas, and Apsaalooke images that use black graphite lines to depict blood from wounds.

Report on class from Blackfeet Community College winning top honours for the play, "The Trial of Major Baker," at the American Indian Higher Education Consortium (AIHEC)conference, March 2004.

Searchable digital library includes links to historical field notes, photographs, interviews, documents, photographs, etc.

History Thesis (M.A.)--University of Calgary, 1995.

Discusses the various types of Blackfoot treaties, including peace treaties between bands, as well as several reasons for their conception.

Describes the building techniques used for these structures and how they were utilized in warfare.

Looks at European settlement during the 1860s, confrontation with the Aboriginal people, availability of weaponry and the role of the Native Police on the frontier.

Describes the filming and production of the 20th Century Fox film The Canadians, and American-style western about the Cypress Hills Massacre and the deployment of the NWMP. Notes several conflicts that occurred during production and at the premiers, as well a number of stereotypes and misrepresentations in the script itself. Entire Issue on one .pdf, scroll to page 5.

[History] Thesis (Ph.D.)--The University of Texas at Austin, 2000.

Poem.

[Anthropology] Thesis (M.A.)--Oregon State University, 2009.

Black and white photograph of a Blood man on horseback in traditional clothing carrying a tomahawk.

Book review of: Blood on the Wattle by Bruce Elder. Review located by scrolling to page 222.

Note: The title of this document uses wording that was common to mainstream society of that time period in history. As such, it contains language that is no longer in common use and may offend some readers. This wording should not be construed to represent the views of the Indigenous Studies Portal or the University of Saskatchewan Library. An image of three Aboriginal men on horseback dressed in ceremonial regalia and each wearing a head dress. Unidentified buildings and people in the background.

Book review of: Blood Thirsty Savages by Adrian C. Louis. Click on link to read review.

Relates the historical source for Silko's information about the Bataan Death March and discusses some of the changes made in portraying the march. All this was done in an effort to aid the reader in understanding the forces that put the main character, Tayo, in need of the ceremony.

Art History Thesis (M.A.)--University of Wisconsin - Superior, 2011.

Argues that the occupation of Alcatraz Island started a process of Government repression of Indigenous activists that was without parallel in its virulence and lethal effects.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Minnesota, 2000.

Discusses novel about the Lone Eaters band living near the border between the Canadian rocky mountains and America in the 1870s.

Book reviews of 20 books: The American Indian Oral History Manual: Making Many Voices Heard by Charles E. Trimble, Barbara W. Sommer and Mary Kay Quinlan. Collaborating at the Trowel's Edge: Teaching and Learning in Indigenous Archaeology edited by Stephen W. Silliman. Doctor to the North: Thirty Years Treating Heart Disease Among the Inuit by John H.

Book review of: Loyal Till Death: Indians and the NorthWest Rebellion by Blair Stonechild and Bill Waiser.

Book review of: The Resettlement of British Columbia: Essay on Colonialism and Geographical Change by Cole Harris.

Book review of: Powhatan's World and Colonial Virginia: A Conflict of Cultures by Frederic W. Gleach.

Book review of: Parallel Paths: Fiduciary Doctrine and the Crown-Native Relationship in Canada by Leonard Ian Rotman.

Book review of: Behind the Frontier: Indians in 18th Century Eastern Massachusetts by Daniel R. Mandell