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Historical note:
A video entitled '1993 Gathering of Elders' was recorded in 1993 by Saskatchewan Education, Training and Employment and shows the activities of the gathering. The footage was edited into a finished video in 1994. Camera was by Sam Hardlotte, Glen Markwart and R.J. Morin, narration was by Abel Charles, and post-production was by Sam Hardlotte.American Indian Digital History Project
Includes links to several publications: The Indian Historian; The American Indian Magazine: A Journal of Race Progress; Honga: The Leader; The Indian Voice; Woonspe Wankantu: Santee Normal Training School, and Akwesasne Notes.
Cold Lake First Nation, Primrose Lake Air Weapons Range Inquiry, Public Release
FILES CAN ONLY BE ACCESSED USING FIREFOX BROWSER. Consists of minutes, transcripts, statements, correspondence/letters, submissions, and reports regarding the historical claim grievances of two First Nations who had 4,500 square miles of land seized to create the weapons range. Commissioners include: Harry S. LaForme, Daniel J. Bellegarde, and P.E. James Prentice. [These files were created and compiled by the ICC and provided to the Indigenous Studies Portal in 2009 to make widely available in online format.]
[Dave Robertson & Sugar Falls: A Residential School Story]
[Dr. James S. Frideres: First Nations in the Twenty-First Century]
[Dr. Jessica Metcalfe and American Indian Fashion]
[Dr. Lee Wilson University of Saskatchewan, Indigenous Science]
Excerpts from Olive's Letters to Her Sister Alice (1942-1947)
Letters from historian Olive Patricia Dickason during her time spent at Notre Dame College in Wilcox, Saskatchewan.
[First Nations Water Rights at the Centre for Human Rights Research]
History of Indian Boarding Schools
Selection of photos of schools.
Interview with Curator Ellen Taubman, Changing Hands: Art without Reservation 3, Museum of Arts and Design, New York City
Introduction to Document One
Introduction and letter from Indian Agent dated June 4th, 1895 to his superior regarding abuse taking place at the school. Recommends that a teacher should be brought before the Magistrate, fined, and dismissed.
Introduction to Documents Two and Three
Introduction and two archival items discuss the employment of Aboriginals in the agricultural sector. The first deals with the Dept. of Indian Affairs efforts to recruit them as migrant farm workers. The second discusses the exclusion of farm workers from protection under labour laws. Taken from the 1966 National Agricultural Manpower Committee Meeting.