Presents transliteration of statement made by Big Bear following sentencing at the 1885 trial in which he was tried for treason. Author presents a revised statement after considering words and meaning lost in translation.
File contains 2 negatives from an unidentified National Chief's Conference Panel (Prince Albert?) held on March 5, 1989. The negatives show a variety of unidentified officials sitting at a table, during a panel discussion.
Explores the popular myth that Plains Cree chief Piapot tried to halt construction of the Canadian Pacific Railroad by pitching tipis along the construction route.
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Chief Calvin McArthur Chief of Pheasant Rump Nakoda Band, Dakota Nation ChiefshintherWed, 06/03/2009 - 23:39
Documents & Presentations
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File contains a presentation by Chief Calvin McArthur of the Pheasant Rump Nakoda Band. McArthur is also a representative of the Dakota Nation Chiefs. McArthur explains his view that the Treaties are nation to nation agreements, and relates how his own band signed an adhesion to Treaty No. 4 in 1876.
File contains a presentation by Chief Harry Cook, La Ronge Indian Band. Cook welcomes Commissioners Erasmus and Chartrand to La Ronge, and expresses his solidarity with other Aboriginal peoples such as the Metis. Cook also discusses the importance of Treaties to his people.
File contains a presentation by Ken Goodwill of the White Cap First Nation. Goodwill discusses the importance of Treaty and the government's (both Britain and Canada's) obligations to the Dakota people. He discusses the concessions he feels his people have made, and asks that the government deliver the just rights of the Dakota to their people. Following the presentation is a discussion between the Commissioners and previous presenter Calvin McArthur specifically addressing the historical disspossession of his people's reserve land.
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples - Transcriptions of Public Hearings and Round Table Discussions
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Wayne Goodwill
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File contains a presentation by Chief Wayne Goodwill of the Standing Buffalo Dakota First Nation. Goodwill relates the history of his particular band, and claims that "prior to 1850 our ancestor used to roam right up to the Saskatchewan Rivers and they migrated with the buffalo. In the 1860s when the wars began in the southern area along the Black Hills [South Dakota], most of the people did not migrate anymore." Goodwill protests of being unable to attain adequate funding to complete his people's study of its history in Canada.
Image depicts Bill Epp's statue of Gabriel Dumont astride a horse. The statue is located in Friendship Park near the Broadway Bridge in Saskatoon. The first image is taken facing toward Spadina Crescent.