Part I: Cultural Protection: The Story of a Saanich Bowl
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Author/Creator
Barbara J. Winter
University of British Columbia Law Review, Special Issue: Material Culture in Flux: Law and Policy of Repatriation of Cultural Property, 1995, pp. [29]-36
Description
Curator at the Simon Fraser University Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology describes the process of acquiring the SDDLNEWHALA bowl, on behalf of the Saanich Native Heritage Society, in order to prevent its exportation to the US.
Negative of a black and white sketch of Metis leader Louis Riel and his followers. Riel is on horseback in a fur cap and buckskin jacket, surrounded by traditionally dressed men of indigenous and metis descent.
Examines the meeting in which that the Nlha7kápmx people displayed to the Queen solidarity, organization and the ability to live by acceptable rules of law.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 7, no. 2, Series 2, Summer, 1995, pp. 27-43
Description
Looks at what is real and what is magical in Thomas King's Green Grass, Running Water by weaving the traditional world of oral Indigenous story telling with the individualised western written text.
Entire issue on one PDF. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
Current Anthropology, vol. 24, no. 4, August-October 1983, pp. 443-470
Description
A gender mixing phenomenon in which individuals, usually male, adopt some of the social characteristics, occupational roles, clothing and sexual behaviours of the opposite sex.
Image showing forage supplies - sacks of oats in foreground and hay bales in background - for the soldiers of the North West Field Force. Some soldiers standing on sacks of oats; location unknown.
This file contains a handwritten poem by James L. Robertson titled North West Rebellion / No. 2. March 19th, ‘85. The poem describes the gathering that led to the Prince Albert Volunteer force and includes various names of the Volunteers. Robertson writes of the impending battle against the Sioux at Duck Lake, Saskatchewan and wishes the volunteers well. The letter was donated to the Prince Albert Historical Society Museum by Fred M. Henderson of Victoria, BC in 1979.
Discusses rights and benefits under the agreement, compares intended to actual implementation, identifies key issues, and makes recommendations for future agreements.
Agreement between Canada, Province of Manitoba, Manitoba Hydro, and Northern Flood Committee reached as a result of hydro-electric mega project.
Sketch of the steamer "Northwest" arriving at Battleford with General Middleton. Horses and wagons loaded with supplies in foreground; "Northwest" beached in background.
Database of material at University of Saskatchewan Archives and University of Saskatchewan Library (Special Collections) relating to the Northwest Resistance of 1885. Includes some digitized images linked to descriptions in database, biographies of key participants and a chronology of events.
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 3, no. 1, 1983, pp. 117-129
Description
Argues that the 13 Scrip Commissions that heard Métis claims in Manitoba and the Northwest Territory during 19th and 20th centuries represented a policy change that was inappropriate for the Métis.
Information on the Ojibwe artist (1932-2007). Includes links to biography, genesis of medicine or legend painting, images of artworks, a short bibliography of Morriseau, Woodland painting and painters.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 19, no. 3, Summer, 1995, pp. 389-405
Description
Author examines 19th century liturgical texts adapted and translated to the Cherokee language. Semantic analysis reveals several representational and conceptual problems that had to be overcome in order to create effective translations of the texts.
English-Inuktitut weekly newspaper serving the people of Nunavut and Nunavik region of Arctic Quebec. Features Northern news, editorials and advertising.
International Journal of Canadian Studies, no. 12, Aboriginal Peoples and Canada, Fall, 1995, pp. [221]-234
Description
Reviews opportunities, challenges and difficulties that could arise from implementation of northern land claims.
Scroll down to page 221 to read article.
Nutrition Research, vol. 15, no. 8, August 1995, pp. 1105-1119
Description
Study initiated to assist in allocation of wildlife harvest as part of land claims; sample consisted of 122 adults from the communities of Old Crow, Haines Junction, Whitehorse and Teslin.
International Journal of Canadian Studies, no. 12, Aboriginal Peoples and Canada, Fall, 1995, pp. [11]-29
Description
Investigates contemporary issues and reasons surrounding displaced Aboriginal material culture and future exhibition and collecting procedures.
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Image of officers of Governor-General Landsdowne's Body Guard in Humboldt. L to R: Major Dunn, Lt. Col. G.T. Denison, Capt. Denison, Lt. Merritt, Quartermaster Chas. Mair, Lt. Fleming, Surgeon Baldwin.
Old house located west of Duck Lake from which the Metis fired during the Northwest Resistance. Trees and shrubs in foreground; side view of house in background.