File contains a photocopy of a bibliography of sources pertaining to Aboriginal religion/spirituality taken from various unknown source books. There is also a proposal for a new Native Studies seminar class called "Native Spirituality" to begin in the 86/87 school year and be offered every two years. Barron's proposal includes lists of suggested seminar topics, required textbooks and recommended readings.
8 p. list of Band histories on file, compiled in August 1983. Tape number IH-345, transcript disc 67.This is a list of bibliographical material and cannot be indexed.
This file contains Barron's typed notes: Background Notes Bill C-31: An Act to Amend the Indian Act. An excellent overview of the act and the people in the First Nations community who were affected by it. It also has statistics, dates and the specific laws changed by the Bill.
Bill Wilson was born in Lac La Biche, Alberta in 1934 and raised by Indian people west of Calgary. His father was 3/4 Sioux from the U.S. but his parents broke up when he was little. He discusses his negative attitude toward the RCMP.
Aboriginal Law Bulletin, vol. 1, no. 14, June 1985, p. 13
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Book review of: Against All Odds edited by M. Dawson and H. Radi. The book contains fifteen essays written by professional women, who share stories of their lives and careers.
Aboriginal History, vol. 7, no. 2, 1983, pp. 196-200
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Book reviews of 5 books:
Service Delivery to Remote Communities edited by P. Loveday.
Service Delivery to Outstations edited by P. Loveday.
Aboriginal Arts and Crafts and the Market edited by P. Loveday and P. Cooke.
The NAC Election in the Northern Territory 1981 by P. Loveday and D. Jaensch.
Yugul: An Arnhem Land Cattle Station by Steven Thiele.
Review located by scrolling to page 196.
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 3, no. 1, 1983, pp. 237-242
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Book reviews of:
Windigo: An Anthology of Fact and Fantastic Fiction edited by John Robert Columbo.
The Inuit: Life As It Was by Richard Harrington.
Dance Me Outside by W. P. Kinsella.
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 3, no. 2, 1983, pp. 397-410
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Book reviews of 5 books:
Riel and the Rebellion: 1885 Reconsidered by Thomas Flanagan.
Eskimos and Explorers by Wendell H. Oswalt.
Bibliography of Algonquian Linguistics by David C. Pentland and Christoph Wolfart.
The Genealogy of the First Métis Nation: The Development and Dispersal of the Red River Settlement, 1820-1900 by D.M. Sprague and R.P. Frye.
Hold High Your Heads, (History of the Métis Nation in Western Canada by A. H. de Tremaudan.
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 5, no. 1, 1985, pp. 141-144
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Book reviews of 3 books:
When Freedom is Lost: The Dark Side of the Relationship Between Government and the Fort Hope Band by Paul Driben and Robert S. Trudeau.
Bibliography of Canadian Indian Mythology compiled by Kim Echlin.
Mni Wakan and The Sioux: Respite, Release and Recreation edited by Rodger Hornby and Richard H. Dana
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 5, no. 2, 1985, pp. 277-282
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Book reviews of 4 books:
Treaties on Trial by Fay G. Cohen.
The Canadian Prairies: A History by Gerald Friesen.
New Native American Drama: Three Plays by Hanay Geiogamah. The three plays are entitled Foghorn, 49, and Body Indian.A Homeland for the Cree by Richard F. Salisbury.
Concerns about man-made environmental damage with the undertaking of the James Bay Project is the focus of this booklet. Also mentioned is relocation of 7000 Cree persons and flooding of land.
The North American Review, vol. 258, no. 4, Special Heritage Issue: The Indian Question, 1823-1973, Winter, 1973, pp. 24-25
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Comments by a former Secretary of War, U.S. Senator from Michigan, Secretary of State and a Presidential candidate in 1848.
Originally published in The North American Review, January, 1840.
Dr. Jim Millar, an archaeologist from the University of Saskatchewan, believes people have been living in Buffalo Narrows for anywhere from 7,000 to 10,000 years.
Calder et al. v. Attorney-General of British Columbia, [1973] Supreme Court Reports 313
Frank Calder et al., Suing on Their Own Behalf and On Behalf of All Other Members of the Nishga Tribal Council [...]
Documents & Presentations
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Supreme Court of Canada
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Argues that Aboriginal title had never been extinguished in territories around Nass River Valley, Observatory Inlet, Portland Inlet and the Portland Canal, in northwestern British Columbia.
Evidence given by Camoose Bottle, aged 71, including an account of the taking of Treaty #7 following a deterioration in Indian life after introduction of alcohol; allocation of lands to various tribes and later loss of part of the Blood Reserve.
Canadian Historical Review, vol. 64, no. 4, 1983, pp. 519-548
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Argues that contrary to accepted wisdom, the Canadian government did not have honourable and just intentions, but violated treaties by refusing to grant the reserve lands that had been chosen and failing to supply the promised provisions. Instead Commissioner Dewdney used the courts, military and police to bring about political goals.
Aboriginal Law Bulletin, vol. 1, no. 12, February 1985, p. 8
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Discussion on Canadian land rights, self-government including the Cree-Naskapi (of Quebec) Act, constitutional initiatives and possible future directions.
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 3, no. 2, 1983, p. [?]
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Introduction to the statement Native Rights and Self Determination by Justice Thomas R. Berger. Originally presented at the conference "The Voices of Native People" in London, Ontario in 1983.