Native Studies Review, vol. 9, no. 1, 1993-1994, pp. 33-50
Description
Argues that negative, stereotypical depictions are significant because they both reflect and influence public opinion and that artistic interpretation failed to evolve at the same pace as historical literature.
Inuit Art Quarterly, vol. 8, no. 1, Spring, 1993, pp. 48-50
Description
Discusses the history of the ongoing issue of real versus "fake" sculpture, carvings and other art forms.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 48.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 12, no. 3, September 1988, pp. 42-44
Description
Looks at places to get vaccinated and types of vaccines available for diphtheria, Tetanus, Whooping Cough, Poliomyelitis, Measles, Mumps and Rubella, and Hepatitis B.
Identifies problems in areas of time taken for processing applications and returning decisions on their success or failure, increasing rates of denial of status, and falling rate of restorations for women who lost status as a result of marriage
American Anthropologist, vol. 90, no. 2, New Series, June 1988, pp. 272-290
Description
Using ethnobotanical data gathered from two groups in British Columbia, an index was developed to measure the cultural significance a given plant taxon. Discusses importance of such knowledge to the language.
Current Anthropology, vol. 34, no. 1, February 1993, pp. 93-100
Description
Review of exhibitions Indigena: Perspectives of Indigenous Peoples on Five Hundred Year and Shared Visions: Native American Painters and Sculptors in the Twentieth Century.
Inuit Art Quarterly, vol. 3, no. 3, Summer, 1988, pp. 23-24
Description
Excerpts from James Houston's "Report of Purchases" from 1950. Houston, a representative of the Canadian Handicrafts Guild, had been sent north to investigate the viability of training Inuit artisans to produce works which could be sold in the south.
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Inuit Art Quarterly, vol. 3, no. 4, Fall, 1988, p. 36, 39
Description
Discusses Jim and Alma Houston's early involvement in production and marketing of Inuit art.
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Inuit Art Quarterly, vol. 3, no. 2, Spring, 1988, pp. 27-29
Description
Discusses the initial phase of federal government involvement in the production and marketing of Inuit art.
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File contains 15 negatives showing people at the Prince Albert Indian and Metis Friendship Centre during its' twenty-fifth anniversary on June 16, 1988. The 15 scanned images show eleven negatives showing various people within the Friendship Centre building, and five negatives showing traditional dancers in front of the Prince Albert City Hall.
File contains 4 negatives from a celebration held to commemorate the 25th Anniversary of the Prince Albert Indian-Metis Friendship Centre. The celebration was held on July 7, 1988. The four scanned images include pictures of chuckwagon races.
This file contains the cover of the 25th Anniversary Souvenir Book of the Prince Albert (Saskatchewan) Indian and Metis Friendship Centre that celebrates the accomplishments of the Centre.
File contains 4 negatives from a meeting of the Indian and Metis Saskatchewan Association of Local Northern Governments, presumably held in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan on May 12, 1988. Two scanned images show meeting participants at the conference table.
Overview of 1991-1994 activities of the Indian Specific Claims Commission (ICC), an independent body of inquiry whose mandate includes review of rejected federal claims. The ICC focus includes, claims inquiries, research, mediation and publications, as well as review of the federal Specific Claims Policy and process. [This file has been saved and made available online with permission from the Indian Claims Commission website before it closed down in March 2009.]
Book review of: Indian Education in Canada. Volume 2: The Challenge. Nakoda Institute Occasional Paper No. 2 edited by Jean Barman, Yvonne Hebert, Don McCaskill
Call for a Federal policy to recognize the cultural importance of Indian languages and to expand the teaching of them beyond the current situation where only those people of Indian ancestry in Saskatchewan Provincial schools are funded for instruction.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 5, no. 2, Series 2: Special Issue, Summer, 1993, pp. 7-12
Description
Outlines four approaches to various traditional writings and discusses how critics need to understand how the literature fulfills and transcends a growing, developing tradition.
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Prairie Forum, vol. 13, no. 1, Spring, 1988, pp. 25-42
Description
Examines the aftermath of the North-West Rebellion and the consequences of a pass system established by Indian Affairs intended to control Native Peoples movements.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 17, no. 3, Summer, 1993, pp. 343-349
Description
Author considers different historical perspectives on the civilized vs. savage narratives that are pervasive in the frontier mythology of the United States complicating both the portrayal of Indigenous peoples and the colonial state’s relationship with them.
Journal of American Folklore, vol. 11, no. 41, April-June 1898, pp. 85-104
Description
Examines Native American instruments with in-depth analysis of songs including vocal techniques, words, musical forms, and social aspects including a variety of emotive songs.
Abbreviated material from two books of Algonquin legends and stories. Originally published in 1898, electronic version published by University of Virginia Library 1999.