Canadian Historical Review, vol. 64, no. 4, 1983, pp. 519-548
Description
Argues that contrary to accepted wisdom, the Canadian government did not have honourable and just intentions, but violated treaties by refusing to grant the reserve lands that had been chosen and failing to supply the promised provisions. Instead Commissioner Dewdney used the courts, military and police to bring about political goals.
Saskatchewan History, vol. 36, no. 3, Autumn, 1983, pp. 94-101
Description
Describes the resistance of Nekaneet (Foremost Man or Front Man) and those that followed him, to the attempts of the Canadian government to settle the First Nations onto reserves. Argues that Nekaneet’s goal was a reserve in the Cypress Hills.
Entire issue on one .pdf scroll to page 94
Anthropologica, vol. 25, no. 1, New Series, Native North Americans and the Media: Studies in Minority Journalism, 1983, pp. 9-21
Description
Comments on an archive of audio tapes which document the process of transition from a life based on hunting and trapping to one which is integrated into the modern industrial economy.
File contains 2 negatives from a financial event at the Prince Albert Indian and Metis Friendship Centre, Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, June 29, 1971. Images show four officials exchanging a cheque (likely a donation or sponsorship of some sort, or possibly government funding).
File contains 5 negatives (one scanned here) from an unspecified Indian Princess Pageant held on June 18, 1971, possibly in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan. One scanned negative shows what is presumably the Pageant winner posing with the two runner ups.
Medical Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of California, San Francisco, 1983.
Study focuses on males of Sanctuary Bay, an Inuit settlement in the Arctic.
Journal of Canadian Studies, vol. 18, no. 3, 1983, pp. 90-101
Description
Examines the wage income of rural northern Saskatchewan Indigenous communities and how Indigenous groups used this wage incomes as an adaptive strategy to preserve themselves in the contemporary world.
The Beauval Indian Residential School beside the La Plonge River near Beauval adapts to modern day needs. A gymnasium, science laboratory and library are built. Page one, a picture of the school. Page two, a picture of the new gym and science laboratory. Page three, a jogger running, a student decorates a wall with traditional art, the new wing of the school (outside).
This speech describes the struggle to have Aboriginal issues such as poverty and lack of education addressed by the Canadian Department of Indian Affairs. Cardinal also disputes the Department's charge that monies were misspent by the Native Council of Canada and presents a defense. Handwritten annotations in pencil by unknown author.
Reviews legal events from the January 1980 - Fall 1982 period, including the failure of Aboriginal efforts to prevent the passage of the Canada Act in English Courts.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 7, no. 3, Religions, Summer, 1983, pp. 1-22
Description
Looks at representative cases regarding the master of the fish in Indigenous and Inuit communities throughout North American. These fish religions are usually related to fish populations and meant to bring good luck to groups that rely on fish for their livelihoods.
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 3, no. 2, 1983, pp. 289-310
Description
Suggests that funds from land claim settlements be invested in local community small enterprises that will likely prove the most viable and culturally satisfying.