Critiques John S. Milloy's The Plains Cree: Trade, Diplomacy and War, 1790-1870 describing the books lack of primary research and inadequate attention to the facts.
Tells the story of a Métis woman who appears to be quite happy and content in her common-law marriage to a Hudson's Bay Company clerk until he deserts her because of her background and company policy.
Duration: 57:01
Extracts from the diary of George B. Murphy, of Qu'Appelle, transport officer of the Battleford Column, Second Division of the North West Field Force, sent out to suppress the 1885 resistance. Entries from March 17 - July 16, 1885. Entries mostly include communications regarding troop movements.
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 25, no. 3, May 1986, pp. [1-11]
Description
Provides an historical overview of conflict between school and community and asserts that Native American involvement in curriculum is essential for successful reading programs.
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 12, no. 2, 1992, pp. 251-268
Description
Intended to provide a structure to uphold the fundamental right to spiritual freedom for Indigenous inmates. Includes historical overview and implementation issues.
Covers historical bases for current issues, philosophies which form foundations of culture and development, and implementation of action plans for social change.
Examines the heritage tourism industry in southwestern Alberta and the possible expansion of cultural tourism into the Crowsnest Pass, Fort Macleod and Cardston regions.
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 6, no. 2, 1986, pp. 223-240
Description
Examines issues of prejudice and reverse discrimination due to changing employment conditions in Norman Wells, NWT, and site of an Esso Resources oil refinery.
Aboriginal Law Bulletin, vol. 2, no. 58, October 1992, p. 46
Description
Describes how the Native Women's Association of Canada had to fight for their Charter Rights in the Federal Court of Canada. Also discusses the case of McIvor v. Canada that found that registration provisions in the Indian Act were unconstitutional as they violated the equality provision of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
Book review of: Negotiating Aboriginal Self-Government by David c. Hawkes.
Erratum: In vol. 2 no.2, the author of the review of David Hawkes's book, Negotiating Self-Government was mistakenly identified as Mark Stevason. The correct spelling is Mark Stevenson.
Negative of a black and white sketch of Metis leader Louis Riel and his followers. Riel is on horseback in a fur cap and buckskin jacket, surrounded by traditionally dressed men of indigenous and metis descent.
Image showing forage supplies - sacks of oats in foreground and hay bales in background - for the soldiers of the North West Field Force. Some soldiers standing on sacks of oats; location unknown.
This file contains a handwritten poem by James L. Robertson titled North West Rebellion / No. 2. March 19th, ‘85. The poem describes the gathering that led to the Prince Albert Volunteer force and includes various names of the Volunteers. Robertson writes of the impending battle against the Sioux at Duck Lake, Saskatchewan and wishes the volunteers well. The letter was donated to the Prince Albert Historical Society Museum by Fred M. Henderson of Victoria, BC in 1979.