Where No One Else Has Gone Before: Proceedings of the Ninth Native American Symposium
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Author/Creator
Thomaira Babbit
Description
A brief history of Native American Indian and United States relations; examines the similarities between the historical experiences of Native Americans and Palestinians; and discusses the movement to recover the objects and remains of their ancestors.
"Taken by the Indians, in the Year 1755, when only about twelve years of age, and has continued to reside amongst them to the present time. Containing an Account of the Murder of Her Father and His Family; Her Sufferings; Her Marriage to Two Indians; Her Troubles with her Children ... French and Indian Wars; the Life of her last Husband, &c.; and many Historical Facts Never before Published. Carefully Taken From Her Own Words, Nov. 29th, 1823." ...
America Haus Munich, April 11-13, 2005, 26th American Indian Workshop
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Sandra Busatta
Description
Discusses how the concept of sovereignty, with its accompanying refusal to recognize the international border between Canada and the United States, has led to the illegal activities of groups, such as the Warrior Society, on the St. Regis reservation and the Kahnawake and Kanesatake reserves.
Website includes material addressing Native issues and links to art gallery samples, online and print resources, Indian Affairs annual reports, audio and video collections, etc.
Historical Atlas of Canada Online Learning Project
National Perspectives: Native Canada
Native Reserves of Canada to 1902
Native Reserves of Eastern Canada to 1900
Native Reserves of Western Canada to 1900
Native Reserves to 1902
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
[Byron Moldofsky
Mariange Beaudry
Chris Brackley
Mark Suarez]
Description
Interactive map categorized by size and by territory lost, gained, or retained. Using "layer" feature user can also view by language families.
Combines maps of Eastern and Western Canada from original print versions found in The Historical Atlas of Canada, v. 2 edited by R. Louis Gentilcore ; Geoffrey J. Matthews, cartographer and designer.
Historical Atlas of Canada Online Learning Project
National Perspectives: Native Canada
Native Reserves of Canada to 1902
Data » Tables
Author/Creator
[Byron Moldofsky
Mariange Beaudry
Chris Brackley
Mark Suarez]
Description
Listed by agency; shows band number and name, number of reserves, years allotted, ethno-linguistic group and linguistic family, and size in hectares and acres.
Table created from information found in The Historical Atlas of Canada, v. 2 edited by R. Louis Gentilcore ; Geoffrey J. Matthews, cartographer and designer.
Historical Atlas of Canada Online Learning Project
National Perspectives: Native Canada
Native of Reserves of Canada to 1902
Data » Tables
Author/Creator
[Byron Moldofsky
Mariange Beaudry
Chris Brackley
Mark Suarez]
Description
Listed by location/treaty name; table shows reserve name and number, year of initial grant, ethno-linguistic group and linguistic family, hectares and square acres in year of grant, and in 1902.
Table created from information found in The Historical Atlas of Canada, v. 2 edited by R. Louis Gentilcore ; Geoffrey J. Matthews, cartographer and designer
Historical Atlas of Canada Online Learning Project
National Perspectives: Native Canada
Native Reserves of Canada to 1902
Data » Tables
Author/Creator
[Byron Moldofsky
Mariange Beaudry
Chris Brackley
Mark Suarez]
Description
Listed by location/treaty name; table shows reserve name and number, year of initial grant, ethno-linguistic group and linguistic family, hectares and square acres at surrender and in 1902.
Table created from information found in The Historical Atlas of Canada, v. 2 edited by R. Louis Gentilcore ; Geoffrey J. Matthews, cartographer and designer.
This 75 year old man describes changes brought about by Treaty #8; promises of reserve at Prairie Lake; and confusion over treaty status of many northern people.
Interviewee discusses area of land covered when living by traditional trapping,hunting and fishing; relationship between residents of various northern settlements; and bringing freight by barge from Lesser Slave Lake.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 26, no. 1, Spring, 2014, pp. 29-53
Description
Presents Indian “intellectual” as a writer possessing political awareness who represents tribal community while being on the margins of traditional academia.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 29.
Indian Claims Commission: Neskonlith, Adams Lake, and Little Shuswap Indian Bands Neskonlith Douglas Reserve Inquiry
E-Books
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Indian Claims Commission
Description
Submitted specific claim to the Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development arguing that a reserve had been created in 1862 by the British Crown and was later unlawfully reduced. [This file has been saved and made available online with permission from the Indian Claims Commission website before it closed down in March 2009.]
Memorial University; J.R. Smallwood Foundation; HISTOR!CA
Description
Study of the province includes aboriginal peoples, natural environment, society and culture, exploration, government and the arts. Also included are a glossary, games page, search page and gazetteer.
History of a coastal region on Vancouver Island where Aboriginal, Spanish and English claims overlapped. Check out under 'History' two areas - "Early Exploration" and "The Nootka People".
Section from Report of the Parliamentary Select Committee on Aboriginal Tribes, British Settlements by the Aborigines Protection Society.
Relevant materials found on pages 5-8.
Indian Agent's notes on the Blackfoot (Siksika) reserve in southern Alberta. Includes comments about day schools, prairie fires, doctors and medical care, cattle, the Sun Dance, and the timber reserve at Castle Mountain.