Loyal till Death: Indians and the North-West Rebellion
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Photograph of Chief Fine Day posing with rifle and wearing battle dress.
Caption: "War chief Fine Day of the Strike-Him-on-the-Back band directed the Cree counter-attack at the Cut Knife battle."
From the book Loyal till Death: Indians and the North-West Rebellion by Blair Stonechild and Bill Waiser.
Includes Saskatoon City Council minutes from a meeting on Monday, June 18, 1984 regarding an application from the Saskatoon Muzzleloading Club to gain permission to fire a cannon and muzzleloading rifles at the 16th Annual Louis Riel Day. Council recommends permission be granted subject to any Administrative conditions.
Note: The title of this document uses wording that was common to mainstream society of that time period in history. As such, it contains language that is no longer in common use and may offend some readers. This wording should not be construed to represent the views of the Indigenous Studies Portal or the University of Saskatchewan Library.
A sketch of a steamboat, possibly the Northcote, coming under Metis fire during the Northwest Resistance. The title is apparently erroneous as there was only one relief expedition to Battleford and it neither came under fire or involved river boats.
Report - 1885 on the north-western tribes of the Dominion of Canada
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Committee on North-Western Tribes of the Dominion of Canada of the British Association for the Advancement of Science
Horatio Hale
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"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.
A photograph of dead Canadian soldiers at Fish Creek, NWT, 1885, taken shortly after the Battle of Fish Creek. A soldier is shown covering one of the corpses with a blanket.
Collection of Dr. Peter Purdue, College of Education, University of Saskatchewan.
Published in [Montreal Star?], [?1885].
No article associated with this image in the newspaper.
Facsimiles of sketches furnished to the Montreal "Star" by a member of the expedition.
Loyal till Death: Indians and the North-West Rebellion
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Photograph. Caption: Treaty Six negotiations were held at a traditional camping area, known to the Cree as the "waiting place", near Fort Carlton.
From the book Loyal till Death: Indians and the North-West Rebellion by Blair Stonechild and Bill Waiser.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 3, no. 2, Series 2, Summer, 1991, pp. 2-7
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Looks at the authors experiences in teaching American Indian literature at Skidmore College.
Entire issue on one PDF. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
Exhibiting Cultures: The Poetics and Politics and Museum Display
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James Clifford
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Describes and compares the treatment of art in the Royal British Columbia Museum, U'mista Cultural Centre, Kwagiulth Museum and Cultural Centre, and University of British Columbia Museum of Anthropology.
Chapter fourteen from Exhibiting Cultures: The Poetics of Museum Display edited by Ivan Karp and Steven D. Lavine.
Loyal till Death: Indians and the North-West Rebellion
Images » Photographs
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Photograph. Caption: One of the fugitive Indians (possibly Four Sky Thunder) who surrendered at Battleford instead of fleeing to the United States.
From the book Loyal till Death: Indians and the North-West Rebellion by Blair Stonechild and Bill Waiser.
Native Studies Review, vol. 1, no. 1, 1984, pp. 2-15
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Argues that while the Quebeçois did not support the Métis rebellion per se, they also viewed the response as an effort by Ontarians to repress French-Catholics.
Aboriginal Law Bulletin, no. 52, October 1991, p. 4
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Argues that the National Park arrangements in the NorthernTerritory, Australia, show a greater degree of reconciliation than do the New South Wales proposals.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 3, no. 1, Series 2 , Spring, 1991, pp. 19-39
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Looks at a collection of oral literature from the Clackamas Chinook Indians, collected my Melville Jacobs in 1929, and interprets what the myths reveal about Clackamas women.
Entire issue on one PDF. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
Transcript of an interview with George Pritchard, conducted by Victoria R. Racette on March 29, 1984 has not been translated, and therefore is unavailable. Tape number IH-SD.46, transcript disc 158.This tape is recorded in an Indian language and has not been translated. There are no index terms provided.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 3, no. 1, Series 2, Spring, 1991, pp. 66-79
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Includes a glossary and bibliography for The Marriage Cow, outlining the differences between translation and interpretation of the oral story.
Entire issue on one PDF. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
Aboriginal History, vol. 15, no. 2, 1991, pp. 171-173
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Book review of: Going it Alone? Prospects for Aboriginal Autonomy edited by Robert Tonkinson and Michael Howard.
Review located by scrolling to page 171.