Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 4, no. 2/3, Series 2, Summer/Fall, 1992, pp. 1-12
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Discusses the history and relevance of writing within works by pioneering Native American writers.
Entire issue on one PDF. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
This entire document is a discussion of tactics to be used in recovering a variety of ceremonial objects. The debate is political and often vituperative in tone, and contains no material worth indexing.
Critiques John S. Milloy's The Plains Cree: Trade, Diplomacy and War, 1790-1870 describing the books lack of primary research and inadequate attention to the facts.
Mrs. Ranger was born in Batoche around 1892. She gives an account of the Riel Rebellion of 1885 as told by her mother, shares childhood memories of Gabriel Dumont, the effects on the Metis community by the Depression and the two world wars and gives her impressions of how the Metis are treated by various outside groups.
Mrs. Nicolas, nee Fleury, was born in Duck Lake in 1887. After a brief period in the U.S. where she attended school she returned to the Duck Lake area where she has lived ever since. She shares her experiences of raising her family of ten plus three foster children, her childhood, schooling and life on a mixed farm including the Depression years. She also gives an account of the Frog Lake Massacre as told by her grandfather, and of relatives who fought in WWI, WWII and the Korean war.
Born in 1890, Mrs. Moulin remembers Gabriel Dumont and heard a great deal about the 1885 Rebellion from her grandmother. She shares what she remembers being told by her grandmother about the 1885 Rebellion and the leaders.
An interview that includes stories of hunting, trading and food gathering. Also included are stories about the Frog Lake massacre and Wihtiko (cannibal monster)
Consists of an interview with Mary Jacobson, the daughter of a Hudson's Bay manager. She talks about job discrimination against Indian and Metis, how welfare payments have destroyed the old way of life and tells a story of the Riel Rebellion of 1885 that her mother told her.
1 file containing a Minister of State Multiculturalism news release on multiculturalism grants including information on a grant to Indian communities in Saint John.
Saskatchewan Indian, vol. 3, no. 12, December 1973, p. 12
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Saskatchewan Indian Cultural College's (SICC) Winston Wuttunee, from the Red Pheasant First Nation, plans to present culture through music to elementary students.
Art Journal, vol. 51, no. 3, Recent Native American Art, Autumn, 1992, pp. 36-43
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Author looks at how contemporary artists have incorporated aspects of the dominant culture into their works and transformed such elements to suit their purposes.
Government Information Quarterly, vol. 9, no. 3, 1992, pp. 359-362
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Discusses the recommendations and petitions accepted by delegates to the 1991 White House Conference on Library and Information Services. Focuses on those that dealt with data collection, the federal depository library program, and information technology.
This bibliography includes materials relating primarily to Canadian Aboriginals in the area of ethnographic, historical and political geography. Specific subjects include ethnography and human ecology; early European contacts, settlers and the fur trade; conflict and control over native peoples; the British Indian Department and the Canadas; and contemporary Indian reserves. Also included are materials from the United States, Latin America, Australia, New Zealand, Greenland Inuit and Russian minorities.
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 12, no. 2, 1992, pp. 251-268
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Intended to provide a structure to uphold the fundamental right to spiritual freedom for Indigenous inmates. Includes historical overview and implementation issues.
Covers historical bases for current issues, philosophies which form foundations of culture and development, and implementation of action plans for social change.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 16, no. 3, Summer, 1992, pp. 373-380
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Literary criticism article: non-Indigenous author reviews several children’s books and through the reviews proposes an approach for the evaluation of books by both non-Indigenous and Indigenous authors.
Examines the heritage tourism industry in southwestern Alberta and the possible expansion of cultural tourism into the Crowsnest Pass, Fort Macleod and Cardston regions.
Herizons, vol. 6, no. 2, July 31, 1992, pp. 13-[?]
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Discusses charges of political interference brought by chiefs and band officials against the Aboriginal Women's Unity Coalition for speaking out on violence against women on reserves.
Journal of Canadian Studies, vol. 27, no. 4, Winter, 1992, pp. 44-[?]
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Argues that the roles and status of women in this region did not decline after contact, but instead they moved from a position of strength in the traditional era to strength in the mission era.