Waiser, Bill

Book review of, Canada and the Métis, 1869-1885 by D.N. Sprague.

Book review of: Loyal Till Death by Blair Stonechild and Bill Waiser.

Image of Big Bear seated with four non-Aboriginal men standing behind him; outdoor scene. Caption: "When Big Bear surrendered at Carlton on 4 July 1885, he had been reduced to a shell of his former self, and his strategy for dealing with the Canadian government lay in total ruin." From the book Loyal till Death: Indians and the North-West Rebellion by Blair Stonechild and Bill Waiser.

Book review of: Capturing Women: The Manipulation of Cultural Imagery in Canada's Prairie West by Sarah Carter.

Book review of: Common and Contested Ground by Theodore Binnema.

Brief annotated bibliography.

Book review of: On the North Trail edited by David Leonard and Beverly Whalen.

Looks at the history of Saskatchewan, past discrimination and treaty land entitlement.

Photograph. Caption: "Poundmaker surrounded by a group of visiting French journalists at Stony Mountain Penitentiary." From the book Loyal till Death: Indians and the North-West Rebellion by Blair Stonechild and Bill Waiser.

Book review of: Protecting Ontario's Wilderness by George M. Warecki.

File contains a presentation by Eric Robinson, President of the Aboriginal Council of Winnipeg. Robinson discusses his organizations purpose, and mainly focuses on the problems facing the urban Status and Treaty people in Winnipeg, and across Canada. He stresses the need for the Federal government to take action on behalf of Treaty people who live off reserve to alleviate poverty, discrimination, and lack of access to services. Following the presentation, Robinson introduces Mary Guilbeault's (also fo the Aboriginal Council of Winnipeg) presentation.

Book review of: Saskatchewan: A New History by Bill Waiser.

Wheeler’s anecdotal 1934 article in The Canadian Surveyor has served as the basis for describing surveyors' role in the 1885 Resistance, the discovery of his journal allows historians to examine how his perception of the North-West Resistance has changed over time. Entire issue on one .pdf, scroll to page 41.

Book review of: The Burden of History: Colonialism and the Frontier Myth in a Rural Canadian Community by Elizabeth Furniss.