Missions & Missionaries

Examines the Jesuit mission to the Blackfeet.

Three case studies examine infant schools and education in the colonial context.

Book review of: Blind Moses: Moses Tjalkabota Uraiakuraia, Aranda Man of High Degree and Christian Evangelist by Peter Latz. Scroll down to page 181 to read review.

Anthropology and Education Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Alberta, 1980.

Beached boats and the Mission at Rae, N.W.T.

Book review of: Body and Soul by Anthony Rex Peile ; edited by Peter Bindon. Review located by scrolling to page 284.

Presents the history of St. David's Anglican mission in 1858, and how the school opened up in 1955 and lasted until administration was transferred to the Territorial government in April, 1969. Revised version.

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

Book review of: American Indian Education: A History by Jon Reyhner and Jeanne Eder.

Book reviews of: Living Relationships: The Treaty of Waitangi in the New Millennium by Ken S. Coates and P. G. McHugh. Aboriginal Rights and Self-Government: The Canadian and Mexican Experience in North American Perspective edited by Curtis Cook and Juan D. Lindau. Tribal Honors: A History of the Kainai Chieftainship by Hugh A. Dempsey. The Myth of the Savage, and the Beginning of French Colonialism in the Americas by Olive Patricia Dickason. The Pawnee Mythology by George Dorsey.

Book reviews of 7 books: A Recognition of Being: Reconstructing Native Womanhood by Kim Anderson. Harvest of Souls: The Jesuit Missions and Colonialism in North America by Carol Blackbum. Aboriginal Education: Fulfilling the Promise edited by Marlene Brant Castellano, Lynne Davis, and Louise Lahache. In the Words of Elders: Aboriginal Cultures in Transition edited by Peter Kulchyski, Don McCaskill, and David Newhouse. Suicide in Canada edited by Antoon A. Leenaars, Susanne Wenckstern, Isaac Sakinofsky, Ronald J. Dyck, Michael J. Kral, and Roger C.

Book reviews of 12 books: Native Nations: Cultures and Histories of Native North America by Nancy Bonvillain. The Place of the Pike (Gnoozhekaaning): A History of the Bay Mills Indian Community by Charles E. Cleland. Medicine Trail: The Life and Lessons of Gladys Tantaquidgeon by Melissa Jayne Fawcett. A Feather Not a Gavel: Working Towards Aboriginal Justice by A. C. Hamilton.

Book reviews of: Queequeg’s Coffin: Indigenous Literacies and Early American Literature by Birgit Brander Rasmussen. Reconstructing the Native South: American Indian Literature and the Lost Cause by Melanie Benson Taylor. English Letters and Indian Literacies: Reading, Writing, and New England Missionary Schools, 1750–1830 by Hilary E. Wyss.

Book reviews of: A Fatherly Eye: Indian Agents, Government Power, and Aboriginal Resistance in Ontario, 1918-1939, by Robin Jarvis Brownlie. The Solidarity of Kin: Ethnohistory, Religious Studies, and the Algon[k]ian ; French Religious Encounter, by Kenneth M. Morrison. Hunters and Bureaucrats: Power, Knowledge, and Aboriginal-State Relations in the Southwest Yukon, by Paul Nadasdy.

Book reviews of: The Myth of the Savage: And the Beginnings of French Colonialism in the Americas by Olive Patricia Dickason and First People, First Voices by Penny Petrone.

Book reviews of 4 books: Moon of Wintertime: Missionaries and the Indians of Canada in Encounter Since 1534 by John Webster Grant. Migration Tears: Poems About Transitions (Native American Series Number 7) by Michael (Lomawywesa) Kabotie. Establishing Pathways to Excellence in Indian Education: Selected Papers from the First Mokakit Conference. July 1984 edited by H. A. McCue. The Ojibway Dream by Arthur Schilling.

Looks at differences in Canadian and American education policies between 1930 and 1970. Covers topics on Canadian residential schools in B.C., American boarding schools in Washington State, and the role of churches in Canadian policy.

Comments on the Mennonites efforts to build relationships with First Nations peoples.

Book review of: Breaking the Ice by Arnold Ruskell.

Provides an overview of the impact of residential school life on First Nations children and grounds for redress for the abuses suffered.

Biographical essay on the Jesuit missionary who established residence in the Huron Nation during the mid 1600s in present day Quebec.

Discusses history and culture of First Nations groups including the Coast Salish, Nlaka’pamux, Ts'ilhqot'in Secwepemc, Okanagan, Stl’atl’imx, Wet’Suwet’en, Sekani, and Dakelh First Nations.

Examines religious boundaries in Native American communities.

Looks at the evolution of institutional structures of western health care in First Nations communities in southern Alberta and the women who were central in the creation and operation of these facilities.

Autobiographical narrative of Methodist missionary in 19th century Canada.

History Thesis (Ph.D.)--McGill University, 2002.

Looks at conflicting stories surrounding the origin of the Cree syllabic system.

Discusses McKenney's stand on the factory system, the Civilization Fund Act of 1819, and the Indian Removal Act of 1830.

Book review of: Campfires at the Cross by Heather Le Griffon. Review located by scrolling to page 199.

Reviews of: Canada's Residential Schools. Volume 1, Part 1: The History, Origins to 1939 Canada's Residential Schools. Volume 1, Part 2: The History, 1939 to 2000 Canada's Residential Schools. Volume 2: The Inuit and Northern Experience Canada's Residential Schools. Volume 3: The Métis Experience Canada's Residential Schools. Volume 4: Missing Children in Unmarked Burials Canada's Residential Schools. Volume 5: The Legacy Canada's Residential Schools.

Looks at the accomplishments and failures of Canadian Baptist missionary work in the Maritimes, Ontario and Western Canada.

Administration and Policy Studies Thesis, (M.A.)--McGill University, 1984.

Missionary publication. Content and language reflect the attitudes and policies of the times.

Discusses the missionary's influence on the arts and his role in the creation of the Povungnituk Sculptures Society and La Fèdèration des Coopèratives du Nouveau Quèbec.

Comments on creation of the Povungnituk Sculptures Society and the formation of La Fédération des Coopératives du Noveau Québec.

Includes Maclean's perspectives on spirituality, regalia, influence of missionaries, signing, camps, particular individuals including Crowfoot, Poundmaker, Hiawatha, Shawundais, Mikasto as well as general commentary on Sarcee, Stoney, Cree, Inuit, Dakota, Nakota, Ojibwa, Mi'kmaq and other peoples.

Book review of: Canadian Savage Folk by John Maclean. Entire issue on one PDF. To access this review scroll to p. 24.

Looks at the genocide of the Indigenous population over the past 300 years in the United States. Duration: 1:03:10.