Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 17, no. 2, 1997, pp. 215-225
Description
Provides an overview of the development of First Nation control over education with the establishment of Band-controlled schools and argues the schools are simply a means to continue the federal assimilation policy.
Highlights issues in the areas of cultural identity, education, and justice and compares recommendations made by youth to those found in the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples' final report.
Oral History Review, vol. 24, no. 2, Winter, 1997, pp. 117-123
Description
Book reviews of:
They Called it Prairie Light: The Story of Chilocco Indian School by K. Tsianina Lomawaima
To Change Them Forever: Indian Education at the Rainy Mountain Boarding School, 1893-1920 by Clyde Ellis
Shingwauk's Vision: A History of Native Residential Schools by J.R. Miller.
Critical Criminology, vol. 6, no. 2, 1995, pp. 140-160
Description
Book reviews of:
Indigenous Peoples of the World: An Introduction to Their Past, Present, and Future by Brian Goehring.
The Cypress Hills: The Land and its People by Walter Hildebrandt and Brian Hubner.
Aboriginal Self-Government in Canada: Current Trends and Issues edited by John Hylton.
Continuing Poundmaker and Riel's Quest: Presentations Made at a Conference on Aboriginal Peoples and Justice edited by Richard Gosse, James Youngblood Henderson and Roger Carter.
Journal of Canadian Studies, vol. 30, no. 4, Winter, 1995/1996, pp. 28-51
Description
Looks at how promotion of Aboriginal cultures serves to further the Government's tourism efforts and how Aboriginal peoples have responded in an effort to exercise control over how they and their cultures are represented.
Collection of Dr. Peter Purdue, College of Education, University of Saskatchewan.
Images include:The Riel Insurrection in Canada. Half-breed Insurgents on Picket Duty and Mounted Police.
Published in Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, April 11, 1885 [Page] 125.
No article associated with this image in the newspaper.
Collection of Dr. Peter Purdue, College of Education, University of Saskatchewan.
Published in Harper's Weekly, May 9, 1885 [Page] 297.
No article associated with this image in the newspaper.
Drawn by T. De Thulstrup from sketches in the Toronto "War News."
A series of 1885 newspapers with articles covering the Saskatchewan Uprising. Includes The Penny Illustrated Paper and Illustrated Times of May 16, 1885, the Montreal Daily Herald and the Daily Commercial Gazette of July 8, 1885. Papers cover the battles of Batoche and Cut Knife Hill.
Riel Rebellion troops (Canadian militia?) in the Touchwood Hills, east of Humboldt, en route to Long Lake, N.W.T. Man on white horse is General Middleton, according to Aboriginal archivist Wes Fineday. (See RDB). There were several successive HBC fur trade ports in Touchwood Hills. Note telegraph poles.
Canadian Journal of Criminology, vol. 39, no. 2, April 1997, pp. [127]-144
Description
Study, which used a sample from Manitoba to determine the validity of Manitoba Risk-Needs Scale, developed for the non-Aboriginal population, found that when applied to Aboriginal offenders, many of the predictors of recidivism were the same.
Brief paragraph on the decision which laid groundwork for interaction of Saskatchewan courts and sentencing circles.
Note: This is a sample article from the publication. Subscriptions are available from the Native Law Centre.
Cando-Royal Bank Symposium on the Economic Development Recommendations of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Fred Wien
Description
Looks at four types of Aboriginal economies, discusses conditions needed for rebuilding, and gives a summary of recommendations put forward by the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples.
Chronic Diseases in Canada, vol. 16, no. 4, Autumn, 1995, pp. [149-156]
Description
Methodology used in a prevalence study of non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus in the aboriginal population of an isolated northwestern Ontario community.
Photocopied partial pages of the Saskatchewan Herald, dated 15 June 1885, 25 September 1885, 19 October 1885, and 21 October 1885, with stories relating to the Northwest Resistance.
Saskatchewan Indian, vol. 27, no. 1, April 1997, pp. 5, 23-24
Description
Reviews the trial of Steven Kummerfield and Alexander Ternowetsky for the murder of Pamela George of the Sakimay First Nation and questions whether judicial bias was present.
Note: The description of this document uses wording that was common to mainstream society of that time period in history. As such, it contains language that is no longer in common use and may offend some readers. This wording should not be construed to represent the views of the Indigenous Studies Portal or the University of Saskatchewan Library.
A short article on the ongoing Northwest Resistance and some biographical information and a sketch of Louis Riel from the perspective of an Eastern Canadian Newspaper. Includes a large sketch of Louis Riel "in his costume of a Canadian half-breed."
Saskatchewan River Rendezvous Centres and Trading Posts Continuity in a Cree Social Geography
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
David Meyer
Paul C. Thistle
Ethnohistory, vol. 42, no. 3, Summer, 1995, pp. 403-444
Description
Evidence indicates six sites in the River valley have been used continuously as gathering places by Indigenous peoples from early to contemporary times.
A photograph of the Duck Lake battleground, taken sometime after the fight itself. The house near where many of the Prince Albert Volunteers fell in action is clearly visible in the distance. The battleground itself is located near what is today highway # 212.
Collage of sketches of the Qu'Appelle and Saskatchewan Valleys in 1885. Includes a column of Metis going to join Riel at Batoche, a Red River Cart, and one of Metis "Artillerymen."
Historical note: sketches originally appeared in Harpers Weekly v. 29, no. 1478.
Research indicates teachers' self-awareness, if they are conflicted about science and First Nations knowledge, will improve how they deal with the issue; and students avoiding science in high school and university could not explain why. Creative ways of diminishing instruction barriers are needed.
Excerpt from Appendix 3 of the Interim Report of the Hollow Water First Nations Community Holistic Circle Healing describing their activities from 1993-94.
Note: This is a sample article from the publication. Subscriptions are available from the Native Law Centre.
Excerpt from author's discussion paper, Surfing the Flux: Exploring the Roots of the Aboriginal Healing Perspective (Rough Draft, March, 1994).
Note: This is a sample article from the publication. Subscriptions are available from the Native Law Centre.
The individual in the photograph is on guard duty at a sentry post at Prince Albert, NWT, 1885. A few possibilities exist for what this photograph represents. It appears to be a Northwest Mounted Police man (note the pith helmet), or less likely, a member of the Prince Albert Volunteers, or the Prince Albert Home Guard taken during the "siege" of Prince Albert.
Video (30 min) explores the First Nations prophecy of spiritual rebirth for all North Americans. Includes historical background and interviews with residential school survivors.