American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 16, no. 1, 1992, pp. 87-109
Description
Examines the critically complex issue of financing self-government, comparing fiscal difficulties experienced in the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, James Bay and the Inuvialuit in the Northwest Territories (NWT).
Loyal till Death: Indians and the North-West Rebellion
Images » Photographs
Description
Photograph of Chief Fine Day posing with rifle and wearing battle dress.
Caption: "War chief Fine Day of the Strike-Him-on-the-Back band directed the Cree counter-attack at the Cut Knife battle."
From the book Loyal till Death: Indians and the North-West Rebellion by Blair Stonechild and Bill Waiser.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 7, no. 4, Autumn, 1983, pp. 25-36
Description
Delves into Indigenous alcohol consumption by examining scholarly work and telling the story of a disillusioned Indigenous person named Plain Peterson.
Note: The title of this document uses wording that was common to mainstream society of that time period in history. As such, it contains language that is no longer in common use and may offend some readers. This wording should not be construed to represent the views of the Indigenous Studies Portal or the University of Saskatchewan Library.
A sketch of a steamboat, possibly the Northcote, coming under Metis fire during the Northwest Resistance. The title is apparently erroneous as there was only one relief expedition to Battleford and it neither came under fire or involved river boats.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 16, no. 3, 1992, pp. 5-8
Description
Discusses a conference covering the issue of cancer in Native Americans which presents information such as higher rates in Native Americans for certain types of cancers.
Report - 1885 on the north-western tribes of the Dominion of Canada
E-Books
Author/Creator
Committee on North-Western Tribes of the Dominion of Canada of the British Association for the Advancement of Science
Horatio Hale
Description
"Reports on the physical characters, languages, industrial and social condition of the North-western tribes of the Dominion of Canada," focuses on Blackfoot, Cree and Ojibwe/Ojibway, 1885 era.
A photograph of dead Canadian soldiers at Fish Creek, NWT, 1885, taken shortly after the Battle of Fish Creek. A soldier is shown covering one of the corpses with a blanket.
Collection of Dr. Peter Purdue, College of Education, University of Saskatchewan.
Published in [Montreal Star?], [?1885].
No article associated with this image in the newspaper.
Facsimiles of sketches furnished to the Montreal "Star" by a member of the expedition.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 7, no. 4, December 1983, pp. 2-3
Description
Brief article describes the construction of the fish traps on the banks of the Darling River, New South Wales, Australia by the local Aboriginal inhabitants.
Saskatchewan History, vol. 36, no. 3, Autumn, 1983, pp. 94-101
Description
Describes the resistance of Nekaneet (Foremost Man or Front Man) and those that followed him, to the attempts of the Canadian government to settle the First Nations onto reserves. Argues that Nekaneet’s goal was a reserve in the Cypress Hills.
Entire issue on one .pdf scroll to page 94
Loyal till Death: Indians and the North-West Rebellion
Images » Photographs
Description
Photograph. Caption: Treaty Six negotiations were held at a traditional camping area, known to the Cree as the "waiting place", near Fort Carlton.
From the book Loyal till Death: Indians and the North-West Rebellion by Blair Stonechild and Bill Waiser.
Loyal till Death: Indians and the North-West Rebellion
Images » Photographs
Description
Photograph. Caption: One of the fugitive Indians (possibly Four Sky Thunder) who surrendered at Battleford instead of fleeing to the United States.
From the book Loyal till Death: Indians and the North-West Rebellion by Blair Stonechild and Bill Waiser.