Saskatchewan Indian, vol. 7, no. 9, September 1977, p. 5
Description
Indian Affairs Minister informs the Medicine Wheel Ranch Company band members that they must wait for the settlement of their land claim of the Harold Lees ranch until the legitimacy of the surrender of that land by the Ocean Man and Pheasant Rump reserves in 1902 is decided in court.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 3, no. 4, Winter, 1977-1978, pp. 335-356
Description
Author argues that violence in Cherokee communities can be attributed to the combination social-structural problems found on reservations and the erosion of traditional cultural norms.
Saskatchewan Indian, vol. 7, no. 4, April 1977, p. 11
Description
Director of the Saskatchewan Medical Services Branch of the Department of Health and Welfare claims radon level in Red Earth Reserve water is not a hazard.
Prairie Forum, vol. 2, no. 2, November 1977, pp. 127-151
Description
Overview of the Canadian Indian policy from 1896-1905, when Clifford Sifton and the Laurier government attempted to overhaul the Indian administration, and assimilate the Aboriginal peoples.
Canadian Historical Review, vol. 58, no. 2, June 1977, pp. 133-153
Description
Traces events through three time periods: limited and casual contact; withdrawal to the interior; and European movement into the area to gain access to resources.
Saskatchewan Indian, vol. 7, no. 1, January 1977, p. 8
Description
A Federation of Saskatchewan Indians conference in Regina pays tribute to past Chiefs John Tootoosis, David Knight, Wilfred Bellegarde and Walter Deiter.
Aboriginal & Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 1, no. 2, June 1, pp. 45-49
Description
Describes the process of digging a well to aid in the growing and consumption of locally produced fruits and vegetables in the arid region of central Australia.
Saskatchewan Indian, vol. 7, no. 10, October 1977, pp. 9-10
Description
Jack Beaver, president and chief executive officer of Churchill Falls Labrador Ltd., gives speech to the annual assembly of the National Indian Brotherhood citing the Federation of Saskatchewan Indians as a leader in the area.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 2, no. 1, 1977, pp. 8-18
Description
Discusses Roger Williams' challenges to Puritans' assertion that they had jurisdiction over both Indigenous peoples and their lands, and uses the conflict between the Narragansett and dissident Rhode Islanders as a case study.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 3, no. 4, Winter, 1977-1978, pp. 299-320
Description
An examination of Utah's experimental reservation-farm system which had the dual goals of confining the Ute population to a prescribed location and relieving settlers of any obligation to supply food.