Adrian Hope has been active in Metis politics since the 1920s. He was involved in the organization of the Metis Association of Alberta, the Ewing Commission hearings, and the development of Metis colonies in Alberta.
Ed Broome was a government employee at the time the CCF government took power. He talks about the NDP programs in northern Saskatchewan, particularly government trading posts, the conversion of trading posts into cooperatives and his brief impressions of Norris and Brady.
Mr. Bishop is a long time resident of Green Lake, Saskatchewan He talks about problems in the area, his work for the Metis people and his impressions of Malcolm Norris and Howard Adams.
Allen Ahenakew, Interpreter, and E.R. Conn, Federal Supervisor of Indian Affairs, at microphones at the Trappers Convention in Prince Albert, SK, 1961.
Art Davis, a professor of sociology, hired Jim Brady as a research technician/interviewer for work in the north. Davis discusses Brady's work, his personality, his politics and compares Brady to Malcolm Norris.
Art Sjolander is a geologist and prospector who has lived in northern Saskatchewan since 1959. He knew Jim Brady and was involved in the search for Brady and Halkett in 1967.
File contains a copy of Diefenbaker's speech at the annual Batoche Dinner of the Royal Regiment of Canada, in which he speaks of the Riel Rebellion and of Indigenous peoples obtaining the right to vote and gaining representation in Parliament.
Berry Richards, a resident of northern Saskatchewan and a long time socialist, recalls his political association with Norris and Brady and theorizes about Brady's disappearance.
Loyal till Death: Indians and the North-West Rebellion
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Image of a gathering of Blackfoot members and associates at Earnscliffe, residence of John A. MacDonald, located in Ottawa, Ontario. On back of photograph: "Front row, left to right: North Axe; Peigan Chief; One Spot; Blood sub-chief. Middle row: Three Bulls, half brother of Crowfoot; Crowfoot; Blackfoot Chief, died 2nd April, 1890; Red Cloud; Blood Chief. Back row: Father Lacombe; John L'Heureux, interpreter.
From the book Loyal till Death: Indians and the North-West Rebellion by Blair Stonechild and Bill Waiser.
The book contains the histories, traditions and beliefs of Chipewyan, Dogrib, Slavey, and Loucheux peoples. The Dene told these histories and beliefs to Emile Petitot who wrote the words down in the Dene Language. The stories were compiled by Petitot between 1862 and 1875.
Aboriginal Policy Studies, vol. 8, no. 2, pp. 112-121
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Canative Housing Corporation was created to help provide and maintain residential accommodations for low-income Métis families moving to Edmonton and Calgary, Alberta.
Carl Christenson worked for the Saskatchewan Fish Board and met both Malcolm Norris and Jim Brady. He talks about the Saskatchewan Fish Board's aims and its functioning as well as his acquaintance with Norris and Brady.
17 November 1961: Notes for a speech to a Citizenship Ceremony in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Diefenbaker does not specifically mention Indigenous people; however, he speaks of the Bill of Rights, equality and multiculturalism in Parliament.
Sergeant C.K.G. Conrad was the commanding officer of the La Ronge RCMP detachment in 1967 when Jim Brady and Absolum Halkett disappeared on a prospecting trip in the Foster Lake area of northern Saskatchewan Sgt. Conrad headed the search party for the two men.
Program of exhibit of Canadian Woodland Indian contemporary native art. Short article and references by Bernhard Cinader; includes photographs and biographies of artists.
A set of 19 photos of Napthelie McKenzie showing how a fish can be cooked upwanask style over an open fire, without a frying pan, using sticks to hold it. Birchbark can serve as a plate in the bush.
File contains a copy of Diefenbaker's speech at the Council of the Northwest Territories. Diefenbaker speaks of a future in which the Council will have Indigenous and Inuit representatives. He notes his appointment of James Gladstone to the Senate James Gladstone.
A photocopy of the Objectives and Goals of the Manitoba Region of Indian Affairs and Northern Development. There is also five photocopied issues of "Dialogue," an Indian and Northern Affairs pamphlet on the policies and programs of the Indian and Eskimo Affairs program.
File contains a list of accomplishments by the Diefenbaker government including policies on development of the North, and describes how this, along with housing and education programs has helped the Inuit population. Also, notes for a speech about the role the North and its people should play in Canadian development, and how development would give prosperity to the Inuit.
Mr. Sheridan worked in the Dept. of Natural Resources in northern Saskatchewan He was associated with the school for prospectors and with other government agencies. He was a socialist and a close friend of Norris.
Folder containing correspondence to and from Reverend H.C. Montgomery regarding subsidization of denominational schools and discrimination, education of children in Yukon, missionary work. Comments on these letters.
Edward Shearer worked in the La Ronge area in the late 1950s and later moved to Prince Albert where he was associated with the Indian/Metis Friendship Centre. He was a friend of Malcolm Norris.