Aboriginal Victories at Constitutional Talks; Oldman Dam Opponents Receive Support; Arrests at Logging Blockade
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Cultural Survival Quarterly, vol. 16, no. 3, Speaking for Ourselves, Fall, 1992
Description
Discussion of an aboriginal consitution success, a recommendation to the government regarding an environmental assessment, and a protest staged in Saskatchewan.
Comments on an artist, Rebecca Belmore, who created a giant megaphone as a protest piece and toured it across Canada in 1992 including a 3-day stop at the Protectors of the Mother Earth Wiggins Bay Blockade in Northern Saskatchewan.
Duration: 26:13.
Dr. Jim Millar, an archaeologist from the University of Saskatchewan, believes people have been living in Buffalo Narrows for anywhere from 7,000 to 10,000 years.
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 Indian, vol. 21, no. 9, December 1992, p. 19
Description
Maria Linklater from Thunderchild First Nation recalls Christmas as a student at the Onion Lake Residential School and suggests how it should be celebrated.
Native Studies Review, vol. 8, no. 2, 1992, pp. 51-74
Description
Discusses a qualitative methodology guided by the core principles of collaboration and partnership where research brings together community and academic expertise to benefit First Nation communities.
Prairie Forum, vol. 22, no. 1, Spring, 1997, pp. 47-71
Description
Explores the relationship between the Cooperative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) government and the Federation of Saskatchewan Indians from 1958 to 1964.
Inquiry Into the 1907 Surrender Claim of the Fishing Lake First Nation (French Version)
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Indian Claims Commission
Description
Historical background and issues involved in Indian Claims Commission (ICC) hearing to determine the validity of the 1907 surrender. (French language version)
Commissioners include: P.E. James Prentice and Roger J. Augustine.
[These files were created and compiled by the ICC and provided to the Indigenous Studies Portal in 2009 to make widely available in online format.]
Inquiry Into the 1907 Reserve Land Surrender Claim of the Kahkewistahaw First Nation (French Version)
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Indian Claims Commission
Description
Historical background, submissions and recommendations from Indian Claims Commission (ICC) hearing to determine if surrender was valid, complied with the provisions of the Indian Act and whether Canada's fiduciary obligations were met. ICC found that although the surrender was valid and unconditional, Canada had breached its pre-surrender fiduciary obligations in allowing it to take place. (French language version) Commissioners include: P.E. James Prentice and Roger J.
American Journal of Physical Anthropology, vol. 60, no. 4, 1983, pp. 499-503
Description
Description and diagnosis of a skeletal lesion which may represent evidence that treponemal infection was present in the Northern Plains in the prehistoric period.