The Report of the Pennefather Commission: Indian Conditions and Administration in the Canadas in the 1850s
Alternate Title
Annual Meeting of the Canadian Sociology and Anthropology Association ; 1983
Claims and Historical Research Centre ; A.53
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
John F. Leslie
Description
Discusses previous commissions and reports and trends in Imperial and Colonial policies. The Pennefather findings and recommendations are analyzed under four headings: plans for departmental financing and administrative reorganization; assessment of the future of Indian reserves; inquiry into the legal status of Indian people; reform of Indian education; and evaluation of mechanism for detribalizing Indian people.
A Report on the Development of Materials to Accompany an Instructional Unit Entitled "Labrador Peoples"
Theses
Author/Creator
Stephen McLean
Description
Learning Resources Project towards (M.Ed.)--Memorial University of Newfoundland, 1983.
Research Nursing and Cultural Diversity: Working with First Nations Peoples
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Heather F. Clarke
Canadian Journal of Nursing Research, vol. 29, no. 2, 1997, pp. 11-25
Description
Discusses using a research paradigm based on ethnography as an appropriate approach to understanding First Nations health. Provides case studies..
"Researching the Devils": A Study of Brokerage at the Indian Residential School, Shubenacadie, Nova Scotia
Theses
Author/Creator
Marilyn Elaine Thomson-Millward
Description
Education Thesis (Ph.D.)--Dalhousie University, 1997.
Residential School Adapts To Modernday Needs
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Graham Guest
Denosa, Fall , 1983, pp. 7-9
Description
The Beauval Indian Residential School beside the La Plonge River near Beauval adapts to modern day needs. A gymnasium, science laboratory and library are built. Page one, a picture of the school. Page two, a picture of the new gym and science laboratory. Page three, a jogger running, a student decorates a wall with traditional art, the new wing of the school (outside).
Residential School Literature Review (1987-1997)
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Public History Inc.
Description
"Our search produced 174 works which have been listed in the final bibliography. These include 39 books, 8 conference proceedings, one Internet site, 88 journal articles, four manuscripts, one play, one radio transcript, 14 reports, one sound recording, 11 theses and dissertations, and six videos."
Residential Schools at the Crossroads
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
William J. Benham
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 16, no. 2, January 1977, pp. [20-26]
Description
Discusses need for contemporary changes to Bureau of Indian Affairs residential schools including, fewer students and improved teacher skills.
Residues of Forestry Herbicides in Plants of Interest to Native Americans: Phase One - Development of Methodologies and Pilot Sampling
Alternate Title
Executive Summary of Report EH 97-01
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
R. Segawa
A. Bradley
P. Lee
D. Tran
J. White
J. Hsu
K. Goh
Description
Outlines structure of study to assess exposure of basket weavers to three herbicides used in forest vegetation management.
Resource Management and the Mi'kmaq Nation
Alternate Title
Resource Management and the M'ikmaq Nation
Resource Management and the Micmac Nation
Resource Management and the Mik'maq Nation
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Suzanne Berneshawi
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 17, no. 1, 1997, pp. 115-148
Description
Examines the active and effective involvement of the Mi'kmaq Nation in the resource management processes in Nova Scotia and the beneficial use of traditional knowledge in conservation and resource use planning.
Responding to Sexual Abuse: Developing a Community-Based Sexual Abuse Response Team in Aboriginal Communities
Alternate Title
[Aboriginal Peoples Collection. Technical Series ; APC-TS 1 CA (1997)
E-Books
Author/Creator
Judie Bopp
Michael Bopp
Responding to the Homeless Crisis
Alternate Title
Pressure Point
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Brad Newcombe
Judy Graves
John Van Luven
Description
Discussion with the Manager of Vancouver Tennant Assistance Program and Executive Director of St. James Society Community Services on the agencies available to address the needs of Vancouver's homeless people.
Duration: 27:40.
The Responsibility of State and Local Governments for Service Delivery to Aboriginal People: The Halls Creek Case
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Greg Crough
Australian Indigenous Law Reporter, vol. 2, no. 1, 1997, p. 9
Description
Looks at how the State Government was not bound by its own Health Act, and the ramifications that had for the Aboriginal peoples of Western Australia.
Rethinking Cherokee Acculturation: Agrarian Capitalism and Women's Resistance to the Cult of Domesticity, 1800-1838
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Wilma Dunaway
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 21, no. 1, 1997, pp. 155-192
Description
Describes how three historical processes impacted Cherokee women after the revolutionary war and how they resisted the cultural, economic, and political changes.
A Retro-Prospective on Audience, Oral Literatures, and Ignorance
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kenneth M. Roemer
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 9, no. 3, Series 2; Twentieth-Anniversary Issue on the Flagstaff Conference on Native American Literatures, Fall, 1997, pp. 17-24
Description
Author reflects on developments, since the Flagstaff Conference held in 1977, in the field of American Indian literature. Three areas of interest are discussed including, the importance of audience, the value of studying oral literatures, and the vast ignorance about Indians and Indian literatures.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
Retrospective and Prospective
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Gretchen M. Bataille
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 9, no. 3, Series 2; Twentieth-Anniversary Issue on the Flagstaff Conference on Native American Literatures, Fall, 1997, pp. 25-30
Description
Author discusses changes in the teaching and research of Native American literatures with regard to issues surrounding scope, context, translation and continuity since the Flagstaff Conference of 1977, and also speculates on future developments.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
Revenge of the Pebble Town People: A Raid on the Tlingit as Told by Richard of the Middle-gîtî'ns to John R. Swanton
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Charles Lillard
BC Studies, no. 115/116, Native Peoples and Colonialism, Autumn/Winter, 1997/1998, pp. 83-104
Description
Discusses the reconstruction of a Haida myth within the history of the Northwest Coast.
Reversing Language Shift: Can Kwak'wala Be Revived?
Theses
Author/Creator
Stan J. Anonby
Description
[Linguistics] Thesis (M.A.)--University of North Dakota, 1997.
Reversing the Spirit of Delegitimation
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
J. Tim Goddard
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 17, no. 2, 1997, pp. 215-225
Description
Provides an overview of the development of First Nation control over education with the establishment of Band-controlled schools and argues the schools are simply a means to continue the federal assimilation policy.
REVIEWS [Studies in American Indian Literatures, Series 2, Vol. 9, No. 2, Summer, 1997]
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Joanne Marie Baker
Andrew McClure
MariJo Moore
James Treat
Julie LaMay Abner
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 9, no. 2, Series 2, Summer, 1997, pp. 84-97
Description
Book reviews of:
Red Earth, White Lies: Native Americans and the Myth
of Scientific Fact by Vine Deloria, Jr.
The Legacy of D’Arcy McNickle: Writer, Historian,
Activist edited by John Lloyd Purdy.
The WPA Oklahoma Slave Narratives edited by T. Lindsay Baker and Julie P. Baker.
Completing the Circle by Virginia Driving Hawk Sneve.
Bone Game by Louis Owens.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access reviews, scroll down to appropriate page.
REVIEWS [Studies in American Indian Literatures, Series 2, Vol. 9, No. 4, Winter, 1997]
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Susan B. Brill
Susan Castillo
Craig S. Womack
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 9, no. 4, Series 2; [Special Issue on] Sherman Alexie, Winter, 1997, pp. 80-100
Description
Book reviews of:
From the Glittering World: A Navajo Story by Irvin Morris.
The Blue Jay’s Dance: A Birth Year by Louise Erdrich.
Gerald Vizenor: Writing in the Oral Tradition by Kimberly M. Blaeser.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
The Rise and Decline of Hybrid (Métis) Societies on the Frontier of Western Canada and Southern Africa
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Alvin Kienetz
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 3, no. 1, 1983, pp. 3-21
Description
Explores similarities between people of mixed races and suggests the need for more comparative studies.
A Risk Balance Analysis of Dioxin and Furan Related Shellfish Closures for Aboriginal Coastal Communities in British Columbia
Theses
Author/Creator
Clare L. S. Wiseman
Description
Resource and Environmental Management Thesis (M.N.R.M.)--Simon Fraser University, 1997.
The Road Back From Hell? First Nations, Self-Government, and the Universal Goal of Child Protection in Canada
Theses
Author/Creator
Sonia Ruth Harris
Description
Law Thesis (LLM)--University of British Columbia, 1997.
Robert Goodvoice 1
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Robert Goodvoice
Indian History Film Project
Description
Robert Goodvoice tells a story of the Sioux Indians' first contact with Europeans and prophecies regarding the Europeans. He gives accounts of the 1851 Treaty made at Fort Laramie between the Sioux and the American Government and of the 1862 Minnesota Massacre. He also tells of the establishment of the Wahpaton (Round Plain) Reserve in Saskatchewan, and its chiefs.
Robert Goodvoice 2
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Robert Goodvoice
Indian History Film Project
Description
Robert Goodvoice tells a story about the journey of a group of Sioux from the United States to Canada, through Portage la Prairie, Manitoba to Prince Albert, Saskatchewan. He tells of a settlement of the Wahpaton (Round Plain) Reserve in Saskatchewan and the division of the Sioux tribe. He also talks about Indian medicine and curing practices and reflects on the loss of knowledge of the old ways.
Robert Goodvoice 3
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Robert Goodvoice
Indian History Film Project
Description
He gives an account of the Sioux participation in the War of 1812 on the side of the British, and the Sioux interpretation of the reward promised them by the British Crown; tells the history and whereabouts of the King George III medals given to the Sioux for their loyalty to the British Crown during the War of 1812; tells the story of two Sioux chiefs who were kidnapped in Manitoba and returned to the United States, presumably for their part in the 1862 Sioux uprising (Minnesota Massacre); tells of the dispersal of the Sioux in their flight from the U.S.
Robert Goodvoice 4
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Robert Goodvoice
Indian History Film Project
Description
He tells a number of stories of people and objects which were lost, and how they were found with the help of "people with the power to find things" (prophets).
Robert Goodvoice 5
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Robert Goodvoice
Indian History Film Project
Description
He tells stories of treachery by Americans against the Sioux who had fled to Prince Albert, Saskatchewan after the 1862 Minnesota Massacre, including distribution of disease-infested clothing and food. NOTE: Attempt to verify with R.C.M.P. records. He also sings and explains a very old Dakota song sung by children when rabbit-hunting.
Robert Goodvoice 6
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Robert Goodvoice
Indian History Film Project
Description
He tells a story about the origins of the Dakota (Sioux) guardian spirit and his powers; and how Iktomi differs from the equivalent Cree spirit power (Wisakedjak).
Robert Goodvoice 7
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Robert Goodvoice
Indian History Film Project
Description
He tells a story of a woman who was taken prisoner and carried off to live in an enemy camp; her treachery against her brothers and husband when they came to rescue her; how she was killed by her own mother because of her treachery; her mother's atonement after the killing.
Robert Goodvoice 8
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Robert Goodvoice
Indian History Film Project
Description
He gives an account of the 1862 Minnesota Massacre and, in its aftermath, the movement of a group of Sioux (Dakota) to Prince Albert, Saskatchewan under the leadership of Tarasota (?). He also gives an account of the 1885 Riel Rebellion and its effect on the Sioux (Dakota) living in the Prince Albert, Saskatchewan district.
Rock and Roll, Redskins, and Blues in Sherman Alexie’s Work
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
P. Jane Hafen
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 9, no. 4, Series 2: Sherman Alexie, Winter, 1997, pp. [71]-78
Description
Explores the use of music as a thematic tool in Alexie's narratives.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
Rock Paintings: A Key To The Past
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Department Of Northern Saskatchewan
Makuch
Gerard
Gerard Makuch
Description
Archaeologist Tim E.H. Jones is interviewed about the rock paintings found in northern Saskatchewan, many of which lie along the Churchill River System. Photographs: first page: a painting of Indians making rock paintings. Second page: two photos of paintings. Third page: a map and two rock paintings.
Rod Bishop Interview
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Rod Bishop
Murray Dobbin
Indian History Film Project
Description
Rod Bishop was raised in Green Lake, Saskatchewan Upon returning to Saskatchewan in the early 1960s, he became involved in the reorganization of the Metis Association of Saskatchewan and was vice president of the amalgamated Metis Society.
The Role of Basic Needs and Provisions in Planning and Development
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
M. G. Smith
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 3, no. 2, 1983, pp. 341-360
Description
Examines a different approach to social assistance within a given population.
The Role of Health Care Services In Isolation Of The Elders Of Moose Factory, Ontario
Theses
Author/Creator
Mary Ann Azzarelo
Description
Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--McMaster University, 1997.
The Role of Landscape Architects in Park Management, Planning and Design with Regard to Indigenous Peoples
Theses
Author/Creator
Marina Unger
Description
Landscape Architecture Thesis (M.L.A.)--University of Guelph, 1997.
The Role of the Catholic Missionaries at Beagle Bay in the Removal of Aboriginal Children From Their Families in the Kimberley Region From the 1890s
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Christine Choo
Aboriginal History, vol. 21, 1997, pp. [14]-29
Description
Looks at how children became servants, station hands, and labourers and were stripped of their cultural heritage.
Rose Irons Interview
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Rose Irons
Fay Tilden
Indian History Film Project
Description
A rambling conversation that deals with her various neighbors.
Rose Lacosse Interview
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Rose Lacosse
Adeline Shaw
Indian History Film Project
Description
The quality of this tape is very poor and a great deal of the interview is inaudible.
Rose McIvor Interview
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Rose McIvor
Adeline Shaw
Indian History Film Project
Description
The quality of this tape is very poor and a great deal of the interview is inaudible. There is no material of any value to be indexed.
The Royal Commission Report: Nine Steps to Rebuild Aboriginal Economies
Alternate Title
Cando-Royal Bank Symposium on the Economic Development Recommendations of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Fred Wien
Description
Looks at four types of Aboriginal economies, discusses conditions needed for rebuilding, and gives a summary of recommendations put forward by the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples.
Rudy Wiebe as Novelist: Witness and Critic, Without Apology
Theses
Author/Creator
Thomas William Smyth
Description
Religion Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Toronto, 1997.
Rufus Goodstriker Interview 1
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Rufus Goodstriker
Christine Welsh
Tony Snowsill
Indian History Film Project
Description
An interview with Rufus Goodstriker, born in 1924 on the Blood Indian Reserve and attended a residential school. He tells of the origins and significance of the transfer of Indian names, especially within his own family. He also talks about Indian medicine and the power of faith; the Indian spiritual way vs. the Western technological way;of herbs, animal spirits, sweat bath in healing etc.
Rufus Goodstriker Interview 2
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Rufus Goodstriker
Christine Welsh
Tony Snowsill
Indian History Film Project
Description
An interview where Rufus Goodstriker tells of his experiences as a boxing champion, rodeo cowboy and rodeo clown (1940s and 1950s).
Rural Alaska Native Perceptions of Cultural Transmission: Implications For Education
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Deborah L. McLean
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 36, no. 3, Spring, 1997, pp. [16-26]
Description
Survey results indicate that parental teachings of traditional and cultural knowledge should play a role in curriculum development.
Russell Taylor Interview 1
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Russell Taylor
Fay Tilden
Indian History Film Project
Description
Discusses his experiences in World War I.
Russell Taylor Interview 2
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Russell Taylor
Fay Tilden
Indian History Film Project
Description
The entire document deals with trapping.
Russell Taylor Interview 3
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Russell Taylor
Fay Tilden
Indian History Film Project
Description
Discusses his working life.