Includes Saskatoon City Council minutes from a meeting on Monday, January 24, 1977 regarding a motion to establish a Community Liaison Committee to highlight issues of importance to understanding and co-operation between the Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal communities in Saskatoon.
Images from the fifth annual Native American Bilingual Education Conference, held at Saskatoon Centennial Auditorium. Shown is National Indian Brotherhood president Noel Starblanket, and Federation of Saskatchewan Indians president David Ahenakew, May 16, 1977.
Three young First Nations men, and two women all dressed in traditional clothing outside a tipi, probably at the Saskatoon Exhibition grounds in July 1943.
First Nations people in feather head-dresses and other traditional garb, on an outdoor stage in front of an elaborate stage set. An article in the Star-Phoenix July 22, 1943 describes a ceremony on stage in front of the grandstand, in which Sid Johns, secretary-manager of the Exhibition, was inducted into the tribe of Sioux Indians and made an [honorary] Indian chief, by Chief Harry Littlecrow. Johns was named Chief Fine Weather.
42 images (10 scanned here) of First Nations people of all ages, leaders and elders taking part in Pow-wow ceremonies in Saskatoon on December 29, 1979.
36 images (5 scanned here) of a Native alcohol counselling centre in Saskatoon taken on January 26, 1979. They show the inside and outside of the house used for the centre, counsellor Bertha Oullette and a group meeting.
First of series B1715-17 of Native Indians in elaborate beaded clothing honour a middle-aged Caucasian man, probably at the Exhibition grounds. An article in the Star-Phoenix July 22, 1943 describes a ceremony on stage in front of the grandstand, in which Sid Johns, secretary-manager of the Exhibition, was inducted into the tribe of Sioux Indians and made an [honorary] Indian chief, by Chief Harry Littlecrow. Johns was named Chief Fine Weather.
Three photographs (2 scanned here) of David Ahenakew, president of the Federation of Saskatchewan Indians, speaking at an NDP convention in Saskatoon, November 19, 1977.
Includes Saskatoon City Council minutes from a meeting on Monday, February 29, 1977 regarding a motion with respect to contacting various Aboriginal organizations with regard to organizing the proposed Community Liaison Committee.
Saskatchewan Law Review, vol. 44, 1979-1980, pp. 135-142
Description
Overview of the summer Program of Legal Studies for Native People and the goals and future of the Native Law Centre at the University of Saskatchewan, including funding issues.