Saskatchewan Indian, vol. 10, no. 12, December 1980, pp. 15-16
Description
Federation of Saskatchewan Indians prepare report to present to the National Assembly of First Nations to aid development of a national constitutional position.
Photocopied partial pages of the Saskatchewan Herald, dated 15 June 1885, 25 September 1885, 19 October 1885, and 21 October 1885, with stories relating to the Northwest Resistance.
File includes list of expenditures by Department of Northern Affairs and National Resources in Saskatchewan, 1957-62, including Roads to Resources; and a 19 December 1962 letter from the Hon. R.A. Bell, Minister of Citizenship & Immigration, enclosing memo from Neil McLeod regarding the activities of Chief Joseph Dreaver, who had travelled to various SK reserves to gather the views of Indigenous peoples concerning possible changes to the Indian Act.
Note: The description 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 short article on the ongoing Northwest Resistance and some biographical information and a sketch of Louis Riel from the perspective of an Eastern Canadian Newspaper. Includes a large sketch of Louis Riel "in his costume of a Canadian half-breed."
Materials from the Saskatchewan Survival Gathering, held at the Pinehouse Lake, SK campground site; 1. Program; 2. News release; 3. Schedule. The Group For Survival, based in Saskatoon, SK, sought to protest uranium mining in Saskatchewan and bring to light the harmful effects of uranium on humans and the earth.
Includes Saskatoon City Council minutes from a meeting on Monday June 2, 1980 regarding the Saskatoon Indian and Metis Friendship Centres proposed Day Care facility.
Includes Saskatoon City Council minutes from a meeting on Monday, February 4, 1980 regarding a request by Brian Tootoosis and Thelma Tootoosis to speak to Council regarding the denial by the Municipal Planning Commission of the application for the establishment of a Day Care facility by the Indian Metis Friendship Centre.
Includes Saskatoon City Council minutes from a meeting on April 28, 1980 related to a request by the Saskatoon Indian Metis Friendship Centre to establish a Day Care facility in the city.
Includes Saskatoon City Council minutes from a meeting on Monday May 5, 1980 related to a request by the Saskatoon Indian Metis Friendship Centre to establish a Day Care facility in the city.
Includes Saskatoon City Council minutes from a meeting on Monday May 5, 1980 related to a request by the Saskatoon Indian Metis Friendship Centre to establish a Day Care facility in the city.
Includes Saskatoon City Council minutes from a meeting on Monday June 2, 1980 regarding various expressions of opposition to the Saskatoon Indian and Metis Friendship Centres proposed Day Care facility from individuals and businesses.
Includes Saskatoon City Council minutes from a meeting on Monday, February 4, 1980 related to a request by the Saskatoon Indian Metis Friendship Centre to establish a Day Care facility in the city.
Includes Saskatoon City Council minutes from a meeting on Monday, February 4, 1980 related to a request by the Saskatoon Indian Metis Friendship Centre to establish a Day Care facility in the city.
Includes Saskatoon City Council minutes from a meeting on Monday, February 4, 1980 regarding a request by the Saskatoon Indian Metis Friendship Centre to establish a Day Care facility.
A photograph of the Duck Lake battleground, taken sometime after the fight itself. The house near where many of the Prince Albert Volunteers fell in action is clearly visible in the distance. The battleground itself is located near what is today highway # 212.
Collage of sketches of the Qu'Appelle and Saskatchewan Valleys in 1885. Includes a column of Metis going to join Riel at Batoche, a Red River Cart, and one of Metis "Artillerymen."
Historical note: sketches originally appeared in Harpers Weekly v. 29, no. 1478.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 4, no. 4, 1980, pp. 55-83
Description
Focuses on the Europeans' impact on Yurok, Hupa, and Karok peoples and how subsequent changes to religious ceremonies have caused many to refuse to participate in them.
The individual in the photograph is on guard duty at a sentry post at Prince Albert, NWT, 1885. A few possibilities exist for what this photograph represents. It appears to be a Northwest Mounted Police man (note the pith helmet), or less likely, a member of the Prince Albert Volunteers, or the Prince Albert Home Guard taken during the "siege" of Prince Albert.
A head and torso portrait of Chief Whitecap of the Moose Woods Reserve, now called the Whitecap Dakota First Nation. Photo taken in Regina in 1885 after the North West Resistance. Whitecap reportedly saved the people of Saskatoon from massacre at the time of the resistance. The Dakota people under his leadership fled the U.S. Cavalry for Canada in ca. 1862.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 4, no. 1-2, 1980, pp. 51-95
Description
Looks at narrations recorded by Constenla Umaña while interviewing Doña Isolina de Gonzalez and Don Espiritu Santo Maroto. Text of stories in Spanish and Boruca.
Original autograph letter from Louis Riel, written in English, 20 days before his execution, to his befriended Regina jailer, Robert Gordon, which includes the poem "The Snow". The epigraph or introduction to the poem is titled Robert Gordon! and may be used as an alternate title. The document is entitled "[Letter and poem] [manuscript], October 27th, 1885, Regina jail [to] Robert Gordon / Louis David Riel" in the University of Saskatchewan Library catalogue.
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 1, no. 3, May 1962, pp. [26-31]
Description
Traces the history of Aboriginal education, offers suggestions for improvement, and advances the theory that cutural difference should produce creative expansion in art and ideas.
Transcript of a talk given by an unknown informant, possibly sometime in the 1980's.
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Looks at the concerns expressed during consultations with organizations, bands, and individuals and includes recommendations for changes to existing programs and services.