File containing various news clippings and reports regarding Canada's sovereignty in the Arctic. Includes a proposal by John Diefenbaker for the establishment of an Inuit force, 500 strong, to patrol Canada's arctic. Also includes a newspaper article on the Canadian Rangers.
1 file containing correspondence regarding the storage and production of pemmican made from buffalo from Elk Island National Park and shipped/stored for the Western Development Museum care of The Saskatchewan Creamery, Cold Storage Plant.
Documentary filmed during a community discussion of Aboriginal issues such as residential schools, lack of employment, and economic opportunism.
Duration: 14:30.
1 file containing a document with a broadcast portion (of local radio station) of a speech given by Diefenbaker at the Orpheum Theatre in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, including a reference to the recent appointment of Chief Gladstone as Senator.
A group of Cree men, women and children in powwow style clothing pose in front of a group of teepees. Taken at Yorkton Jubilee celebrations, July, 1958. An Aboriginal man in western clothing kneels at the centre.
File contains correspondence on policy recommendations to Prime Minister Diefenbaker from Manitoba MPs following his election victory. Includes a letter from MP Robert "Bud" Simpson of the Churchill Constituency in which he states that First Nations problems must be dealt with immediately by the government. Also includes a letter from Walter Dinsdale, Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Veterans Affairs, offering his views on what the government should do to improve the situation facing Canada's First Nations.
File contains 4 negatives depicting a Saskatchewan Cree woman named National Indian Princess in September 1972. Scanned image shows woman in a procession, presumably at the ceremony crowning her Princess, exact date and location unknown.
Image of group of persons (Inuit and Caucasian) looking in canoe while standing on ice. On information card: Dr. D. Sydiaha with sledding party, transporting canoe.
File contains a copy of Diefenbaker's speech at Cornwall, ON. in which Diefenbaker notes that there is an indigenous person (James Gladstone) in the senate.
Documents the activities of a Netsilik family unit hunting seal on the spring ice floes. Shows techniques of stalking, killing, skinning, butchering and preparing the hide and internal organs for use. Also depicts the division of labour between the men and women.
Duration: 33:45.
File contains 5 negatives showing two men being made honorary Chiefs of the Federation of Saskatchewan Indians (presumably in Prince Albert, SK) on November 15, 1967.