Onion Lake Cree Nation | I-Portal: Indigenous Studies Portal

Alternate Names

Onion Lake First Nation

Latitude

53.71264566

Longitude

-109.9639775

Province

Saskatchewan

Region

Saskatchewan

Type

First Nation Location

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Aboriginal Students' Writing

Alternate Title

[McDowell Foundation Research] Project ; no. 8

[Teaching and Learning Research Exchange]

Documents & Presentations

Author/Creator

Sherry Detchon

Sandra Harris

Bernice Odeen

Lucy Howes

Study evaluated the progress of three classes of primary students who were using the process laid out in the Saskatchewan English Language Arts Elementary Curriculum and concluded that it was appropriate for Aboriginal children. School situated on Onion Lake Cree Nation territory.

Bee Nation

Alternate Title

CBC DOCS POV

Media » Film and Video

Author/Creator

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC)

Lana Šlezić

Documentary follows three First Nations students as they compete in Saskatchewan's first-ever First Nations Provincial Spelling Bee and their subsequent trip to the National Championships in Toronto. Duration: 44:08.

Chiefs Turn Up the Heat on Treaty Rights

Articles » General

Author/Creator

Isha Thompson

Windspeaker, vol. 27, no. 10, January 2010, p. 8

Comments on issues of treaty rights and fair revenues from reserve resources, and discusses a contract between Onion Lake Cree Nation and an Asian government to build a refinery on Cree land.

Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.8.

Circle of Honour

Articles » General

Author/Creator

Bonnie Leask

Saskatchewan Indian, vol. 34, no. 1, Summer, 2003, pp. 15-21

Introduces recipients of the 2nd annual Circle of Honour awards, presented to First Nations peoples who have demonstrated achievement and excellence.

Community Dialogues on First Nations Holistic Lifelong Learning: Learning as a Community for Renewal and Growth

Documents & Presentations

Author/Creator

Assembly of First Nations

Discusses whether the "First Nations Holistic Lifelong Learning Model" is useful to address the learning needs of the community.

Cree Mother Loses Organ Harvest Fight

Alternate Title

Cree Mother Loses Organ Harvest Fight [Kelly Hastings case]

Articles » General

Author/Creator

Paul Barnsley

Windspeaker, vol. 18, no. 1, May 2000, p. 1

Relates how a non-Aboriginal parent's right to harvest organs and cremate an adoptive son superseded a Cree biological mother's right to bury her adult son according to First Nation spiritual and cultural beliefs.

Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.1.

The Different Stories of Cree Woman, Daleen Kay Bosse (Muskego), and Dakota-Sioux Woman, Amber Tara-Lynn Redman: Understanding Their Disappearances and Murders Through Media Re-Presentations and Family Members' Narratives

Theses

Author/Creator

Holly Ann McKenzie

Canadian Plains Studies Thesis (M.A.)--University of Regina, 2012.

Duck Lake Indian Agency Office Records (E19)

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed

Author/Creator

[W.E. Jones

C.P. Schmidt

N.J. McLeod]

Saskatchewan History, vol. 47, no. 1, Spring, 1995, pp. 36-41

These selections from the Duck Lake Indian Agency records illustrate a pattern of negative government attitudes and policies of fiscal austerity towards First Nations peoples and communities. Introduction and commentary by J.R. Miller. Entire issue on one .pdf, scroll to page 36.

Education Act Will Be an Erosion of Treaty Rights, Says Fox

Articles » General

Author/Creator

Shari Narine

Windspeaker, vol. 30, no. 10, January 2013, p. 16

Looks at a meeting held between the Assembly of First Nations and the federal government to discuss First Nations education.

Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.16.

Evaluating the Impact of a Holistic, Community-Driven, Physical Activity-Based Wellness Program for Indigenous Women using Nominal Group Technique

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed

Author/Creator

Sonja Wicklum

Erin Cameron

Tia Black

Loretta Tuttauk

Lynden (Lindsay) Crowshoe ... [et al.]

International Journal of Indigenous Health, vol. 18, no. 1, Emerging Research from a Post-Pandemic World, 2023

Examines what a new culturally relevant wellness program for Indigenous women does for its participants and what it adds to existing knowledge on health interventions.

The Face Pullers - Saskatchewan Archives Board pictures - First Saskatchewan-Alberta Indigenous Conference

Alternate Title

The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939

Images » Photographs

Black and white photograph of participants in the first Saskatchewan - Alberta Indigenous conference, held on the Onion Lake Reserve. Mostly Indigenous men, but some non- Indigenous men as well. From the book The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939 by Brock Silversides.

First Nation Onion Lake Pow Wow - Onion Lake Reservation Seekaskootch Tribe Sept. 2001. - Slides.

Images » Photographs

Author/Creator

Hans S. Dommasch (photographer)

Series of images of road signs and buildings on the Onion Lake First Nation. The signs are a map of the First Nation and a tribute to Seekaskootch, "Guardian of the People." Also shown is the Onion Lake Homemakers building with an Aboriginal woman standing on the front steps, and an exterior view of Walter's Pool Hall.

"Gerry, Harriet E., Sinasia Remembers."

Archival » Archival Items

Author/Creator

Harriet E. Gerry

This file contains "Sinasia Remembers" the reminiscences of Harriet E. Gerry (unpublished), and published articles about her work nursing among the Indians of western Canada. Her extensive memoir is made up of several short stories and anecdotes about the many communities she worked in. These include Onion Lake, Kehewin Reserve, Leask, Sturgeon Lake, Cold Lake, Fort Qu'Appelle, One Arrow Reserve, Piapot Reserve and many in British Columbia later in her career.

The Indian Missionary Record (Vol. XVII, No. 5, May, 1954)

Documents & Presentations

"National publication for the Indians of Canada". Focus on Indigenous issues, events at residential schools and legal decisions. Articles reflect the attitudes and policies of the time.

The Indian Missionary Record (Vol. XVIII, No. 1, January, 1955)

Documents & Presentations

"National publication for the Indians of Canada". Focus on Indigenous issues, events at residential schools and legal decisions. Articles reflect the attitudes and policies of the time.

The Indian Missionary Record (XVII, No. 10, December 1954)

Documents & Presentations

"National publication for the Indians of Canada". Focus on Indigenous issues, events at residential schools and legal decisions. Articles reflect the attitudes and policies of the time.

Indian Record (Vol. XX, No. 7, September 1957)

Documents & Presentations

"National publication for the Indians of Canada". Focus on Indigenous issues, events at residential schools and legal decisions. Previously published as Indian Missionary Record. Articles reflect the attitudes and polices of the time.

Indian Record (Vol. XXIV, No. 1, January 1961)

Documents & Presentations

Jimmy Chief Interview

Alternate Title

Indian History Film Project

Oral History » Oral Histories

Author/Creator

Jimmy Chief

Mary Mountain

Indian History Film Project

The interview includes a story of the Grandson of Little Bear who was hung for his part in the Frog Lake massacre. Other stories included the tale of Chuh Chuh,a warrior who scalped a Blackfoot Chief; stories of medicine men; a gambling tale involving a Cree and Blackfoot.

Joe Belly Interview

Alternate Title

Indian History Film Project

Oral History » Oral Histories

Author/Creator

Joe Belly

Indian History Film Project

Mr. Belly tells four stories during the interview. He first describes the origins of his name. The following two stories are animal tales: the first is about the illegal killing of moose and the second describes how a coyote stole an axe. The last is a christian tale of a man who came to life in a coffin.

Learning to Read and Write Opens Up the World

Articles » General

Author/Creator

Pamela Sexsmith Green

Windspeaker, vol. 16, no. 12, 04 1999, p. 32

Depicts Elder Yvonne Carter's experiences with literacy from her earlier days at the residential school through to an Adult Basic Education program.

Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.52.

Lloyd Chief Interview

Alternate Title

Indian History Film Project

Oral History » Oral Histories

Author/Creator

Lloyd Chief

Mary Mountain

Iris Baker

Group of White Teachers

Indian History Film Project

An interview with the grandson of Misihew and great-grandson of Seekaskootch, Mr. Lloyd Chief. During the interview, Mr. Chief discusses a variety of subjects including: leadership qualities; intertribal wars of the Cree and Blackfoot; the power of dreams; the significance of the Northern Lights; and the powers of Cannibals.

Marion Carter Interview

Alternate Title

Indian History Film Project

Oral History » Oral Histories

Author/Creator

Marion Carter

Mary Mountain

Indian History Film Project

Mrs. Carter tells a story of her life. She talks of the traditional way of living; residential schools and tells how she was given her name. During the interview she also relates a tale from her grandfather about the Cree raiding Blackfoot camps.

Onion Lake First Nation

Alternate Title

The Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan

Web Sites » Organizations

Author/Creator

Christian Thompson

Discusses the signing of Treaty 6, after the Frog Lake Massacre in 1885, and looks at the Federal Governments refusal to recognize a Chief until 1914, when they amalgamated as the Onion Lake Band.