An interview with Alfred Mishibinijima who recounts his life working on farms and in lumber camps, the origin of some Ojibway words and the aftermath of the War of 1812. Transcribed by Joanne Greenwood.
Includes Maclean's perspectives on spirituality, regalia, influence of missionaries, signing, camps, particular individuals including Crowfoot, Poundmaker, Hiawatha, Shawundais, Mikasto as well as general commentary on Sarcee, Stoney, Cree, Inuit, Dakota, Nakota, Ojibwa, Mi'kmaq and other peoples.
Report - 1885 on the north-western tribes of the Dominion of Canada
E-Books
Author/Creator
Committee on North-Western Tribes of the Dominion of Canada of the British Association for the Advancement of Science
Horatio Hale
Description
"Reports on the physical characters, languages, industrial and social condition of the North-western tribes of the Dominion of Canada," focuses on Blackfoot, Cree and Ojibwe/Ojibway, 1885 era.
Report includes the following papers:
Report of the Chief by J. Walter Fewkes
The Mythical Origin of the White Buffalo Dance of the Fox Indians by Truman Michelson
The Autobiography of a Fox Indian Woman by Truman Michelson
Notes on Fox Mortuary Customs and Beliefs by Truman Michelson
Notes on the Fox Society Known as "Those Who Worship the Little Spotted Buffalo" by Truman Michelson
The Traditional Origin of the Fox Society Known as "The Singing Around Rite" by Truman Michelson
Report includes the following papers:
Report of the Chief by J. Walter Fewkes
The Osage Tribe: Two Versions of the Child-Naming Rite by Francis La Flesche
Wawenock Myth Texts from Maine by Frank G. Speck
Native Tribes and Dialects of Connecticut: A Mohegan-Pequot Diary by Frank G. Speck
Picuris Children's Stories by John P. Harrington and Helen H. Roberts
Iroquoian Cosmology - Second Part by J. N. B. Hewitt
A paper read at a meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, held at Montreal, in August, 1882. Reprinted from the American Antiquarian for January and April, 1883.
"National publication for the Indians of Canada." Focus on Indigenous issues, events at residential schools and legal decisions. Previously published as Indian Missionary Record .
Articles reflect the attitudes and policies of the time.
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples - Transcriptions of Public Hearings and Round Table Discussions
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Jill Henderson
Description
File contains a presentation by Jill Henderson, a student at the Sagkeeng School. Henderson, who is Junior Chief of her school, presents on the value and importance of learning the Ojibway language. Henderson discusses her views on how language is a key aspect of one's culture, as well as her personal attempts to learn her people's language.
A Short Statement of Facts Relating to the History, Manners, Customs, Language and Literature of the Mi'kmaq Tribe of Indian, in Nova Scotia and P.E. Island
E-Books
Author/Creator
Silas Tertius Rand
Description
"Being the substance of Two Lectures delivered in Halifax, in November 1849, at Public Meetings held for the purpose of instituting a Mission to that Tribe."
28th Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1906-1907
E-Books
Author/Creator
W. H. Holmes
Description
Report includes the following papers:
Report of the Chief by W. H. Holmes
Casa Grande, Arizona by Jesse Walter Fewkes
Antiquities of the Upper Verde River and Walnut Creek Valleys, Arizona by Jesse Walter Fewkes
Preliminary Report on the Linguistic Classification of Algonquian Tribes by Truman Michelson
Historical narrative from 1791, includes several vocabulary lists in several languages including Ojibwa, Mohawk, and Inuktitut vocabulary lists showing some word similarities.