Saskatchewan Law Review, vol. 38, 1974, pp. 243-249
Description
Examines the Indian Act in light of the Canadian Bill of Rights, the access to status by a non-Aboriginal woman when marrying a status Aboriginal man, and the old section 12(1)(b) about permitting the protest of status on the illegitimate child of a status woman.
File contains 2 negatives from a fashion show held by the Prince Albert Indian and Metis Friendship Centre, Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, on May 15, 1974. Images show four individuals posing for a portrait.
Indian Brotherhood of the Northwest Territories and Metis and Non-Status Native Association of the Northwest Territories
Description
Press release relating to the first Joint General Assembly of the Indian Brotherhood of the Northwest Territories and Metis and Non-Status Native Association of the Northwest Territories. Ten resolutions were passed concerning land claims, economic development, local government and education.
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 13, no. 3, May 1974, pp. [9-15]
Description
Discusses how public schools can destroy Winnebago children and how parents must organize and be overseers in order that their children not become institutional victims.
Overview of 1991-1994 activities of the Indian Specific Claims Commission (ICC), an independent body of inquiry whose mandate includes review of rejected federal claims. The ICC focus includes, claims inquiries, research, mediation and publications, as well as review of the federal Specific Claims Policy and process. [This file has been saved and made available online with permission from the Indian Claims Commission website before it closed down in March 2009.]
Presents three positions papers:
Reflections on Contemporary Indian Education by Vine Deloria.
An Historical Overview of Indian Education with Evaluations and Recommendations by Lehman L. Brightman.
Eastern American Indian Communities by Robert K. Thomas.
Presents eleven position papers in an effort to examine the extent of the Indian Studies area.
1)A Vision: The Warrior-Scholar-Community Activist, The End Product of Indian Studies by Henrietta V.
Saskatchewan Law Review, vol. 38, no. 1, 1974, pp. 45-62
Description
Looks at federal and provincial laws regarding Indian hunting rights on and off reserve, natural resources transfer Agreements, permitted methods and purpose of hunting, and Inuit and non-status Indian rights.
This speech, given by L.I. Barber, Indian Claims Commissioner for Canada, at a Royal Society of Canada symposium on Amerindians, outlines the history of land claims in Canada and the negotiations occurring to settle the backlog of grievances relating to land claims. He also notes that Eskimo / Inuit concerns are only being recognized as a genuine concern in the early 1970s.
Saskatchewan Indian, vol. 4, no. 5, June 1974, p. 18
Description
At Chiefs' conference in Prince Albert, Indian Land Claims Commissioner, Dr. Lloyd Barber, advises on the research and procedures for effective land claims.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 5, no. 2, Series 2: Special Issue, Summer, 1993, pp. 7-12
Description
Outlines four approaches to various traditional writings and discusses how critics need to understand how the literature fulfills and transcends a growing, developing tradition.
Entire issue on one PDF. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
File contains two negatives of a camp held by Indian and Metis people (possibly the Friendship Centre) in Little Red River Park, Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, on June 2, 1974.
Quarterly magazine published by the Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation.
Numerous articles on various topics including grave goods from a burial mound and ancient West Indian arrowheads.
Quarterly magazine published by the Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation.
Articles include reports on an archaeological survey of Nicaragua and on three gifts to the Museums' collection.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 17, no. 3, Summer, 1993, pp. 343-349
Description
Author considers different historical perspectives on the civilized vs. savage narratives that are pervasive in the frontier mythology of the United States complicating both the portrayal of Indigenous peoples and the colonial state’s relationship with them.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 1, no. 3, Autumn, 1974, pp. 183-192
Description
An analysis of the writings of the author and discussion about how both her fiction and non-fiction works provided a better understanding of Indigenous people during her time.
This article is a collection of Father Renaud's observations relating to "the possible insertion of Indian populations within the fabric of the nation" [Canada]. He sees aboriginals as both an ethnic group in Canada, and an ethnic minority as well.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 17, no. 1, Special Issue on International Year of Indigenous Peoples: Discovery and Human Rights, 1993, pp. 229-240
Description
Looks back at key documents during the last 500 years, since Columbus, and argues that in the future there is hope for greater emancipation of Indigenous Peoples.
American Anthropologist, vol. 95, no. 3, New Series, September 1993, pp. 653-671
Description
Anthropology has been key to the definition and description of Indigenous knowledge and in the debate over the application of intellectual property rights to culturally specific information.
Canadian Theatre Review, vol. 74, Spring, 1993, pp. 35-[?]
Description
Discusses the theatre and how rehearsal can aid in the development of an identity through of role playing and acting, and recognizing identity as a dynamic concept.
Describes The Gatekeeper Study which investigated information- seeking behaviours of individuals who act as intermediaries for other members of their cultural group and discusses the implications for libraries.