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.
Photograph. On information card: Ten year old log cabin with extended tent porch in Chipewyan trappers camp. Dunvegan Lake Camp, Mackenzie District, N.W.T.
Compares testimonies of Drs. Sheila Robinson and Wayne Suttles in the Heiltsuk herring roe fisheries case attempting to show how scholarship can manipulate histories.
Photograph. On information card: Tipi like structure: "Tent used for smoking dry caribou meat" (Chipewyan-Dene). Dunvegan Lake Camp, Mackenzie District, N.W.T.
File contains 1 negative from the Metis Society Auxillary Fashion Show held in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan on June 6, 1973. The image shows four Metis women in contemporary clothing at the show.
Critiques John S. Milloy's The Plains Cree: Trade, Diplomacy and War, 1790-1870 describing the books lack of primary research and inadequate attention to the facts.
1 file containing a Minister of State Multiculturalism news release on multiculturalism grants including information on a grant to Indian communities in Saint John.
Inuit Art Quarterly, vol. 7, no. 2, Spring, 1992, pp. 52-54
Description
Conference review of: Turning the Pages: Forging New Partnerships Between Museums and First Peoples, Carleton University, Ottawa, February 7 to 9, 1992 jointly sponsored by the Assembly of First Nations and the Canadian Museums Association.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access review, scroll to page 52.
Saskatchewan Indian, vol. 3, no. 12, December 1973, p. 12
Description
Saskatchewan Indian Cultural College's (SICC) Winston Wuttunee, from the Red Pheasant First Nation, plans to present culture through music to elementary students.
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 12, no. 2, 1992, pp. 251-268
Description
Intended to provide a structure to uphold the fundamental right to spiritual freedom for Indigenous inmates. Includes historical overview and implementation issues.
Examines the heritage tourism industry in southwestern Alberta and the possible expansion of cultural tourism into the Crowsnest Pass, Fort Macleod and Cardston regions.
Herizons, vol. 6, no. 2, July 31, 1992, pp. 13-[?]
Description
Discusses charges of political interference brought by chiefs and band officials against the Aboriginal Women's Unity Coalition for speaking out on violence against women on reserves.
Journal of Canadian Studies, vol. 27, no. 4, Winter, 1992, pp. 44-[?]
Description
Argues that the roles and status of women in this region did not decline after contact, but instead they moved from a position of strength in the traditional era to strength in the mission era.
Aboriginal Law Bulletin, vol. 2, no. 58, October 1992, p. 46
Description
Describes how the Native Women's Association of Canada had to fight for their Charter Rights in the Federal Court of Canada. Also discusses the case of McIvor v. Canada that found that registration provisions in the Indian Act were unconstitutional as they violated the equality provision of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 12, no. 3, May 1973, pp. [1-8]
Description
Study at Hobbema found families very concerned with education, heritage, culture and family; problems noted included bilingualism and living away from home.
Inuit Art Quarterly, vol. 7, no. 4, Fall/Winter, 1992, pp. 7-13
Description
Looks at the centre, the production of wearable art and the controversy over the suggested use for the wet-surface carving equipment.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 7.