Articles » General
Author/Creator
Virginia Watt
Inuit Art Quarterly, vol. 8, no. 4, Winter, 1993, pp. 51-53
Description
Comments on the mandate and responsibility of the council.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 51.
The Canadian Newspaper Industry's Portrayal of the Oka Crisis
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Warren H. Skea
Native Studies Review, vol. 9, no. 1, 1993-1994, pp. 15-31
Description
Analysis of fifteen major daily newspapers' coverage of the issues over a one week period. Done to test influence of three variables: region of publication, corporate structure of publisher, and sources used in reports.
The Canadian North-West: Its History and Its Troubles from the Early Day of the Fur-Trade to the Era of the Railway and the Settler: With Incidents of Travel in the Region, and the Narrative of Three Insurrections
E-Books
Author/Creator
Graeme Mercer Adam
Canadian "Range Wars": Struggles over Indian Cowboys
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Marilyn Burgess
Canadian Journal of Communication, vol. 18, no. 3, [Crossing Borders: Issues in Native Communications], Summer, 1993, pp. [351-364]
Description
Analysis of the ramifications of Aboriginal participation in the Banff Indian Days and Calgary Stampedes' rodeos and how public performances can change identity narratives and racial categories.
Cancer Incidence among American Indians and Alaska Natives, 1980 through 1987
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Paul A. Nutting
William L. Freeman
David R.
Risser
Risser
Steven D. Helgerson
Roberta Paisan
et al.
American Journal of Public Health, vol. 83, no. 11, November 1993, pp. 1589-1598
Description
Study uses Indian Health Service inpatient data to estimate cancer incidence among American Indians and Alaska Natives.
Cannery Days: A Chapter in the Lives of the Heiltsuk
Theses
Author/Creator
Pamela Therese Brown
Description
Anthropology and Sociology Thesis (M.A.)--The University of British Columbia, 1993.
Capt. Stewart.- Sketch. - [1885?].
Documents & Presentations
Description
Portrait sketch of Captain Stewart, commanding officer of the Rocky Mountain Rangers, in full uniform.
Historical note:
The Rocky Mountain Rangers, under Captain Stewart, and the Moose Mountain Scouts, under Captain White, were also put in commission for service during the 1885 Resistance.Captivity and the Subject of American Women's Popular Narrative, 1676-1865
Theses
Author/Creator
Lisa Marie Logan
Description
English Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Rochester, 1993.
Capture of Louis Riel by the Scouts Armstrong and Hourie, May 15, 1885
Images » Photographs
Description
Sketch of the capture of Louis Riel on 15 May 1885.
Captured Lives: Australian Captivity Narratives
Alternate Title
Captive Aboriginal Lives: Billy, Jenny, Little Toby and Their Companions
Captivity Narratives and the Idea of "Nation"
The White Woman of Gippsland: A Frontier Myth
Working Papers in Australian Studies ; no. 85
Working Papers in Australian Studies ; no. 86
Working Papers in Australian Studies ; no. 87
E-Books
Author/Creator
Kate Darian-Smith
Roslyn Poignant
Kay Schaffer
Working Papers in Australian Studies
Caries Experience of Native Children of British Columbia, Canada, Canada, 1980-1988
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Rosamund L. Harrison
Don W. Davis
Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology, vol. 21, no. 2, April 1993, pp. 102-107
Description
Compares 1980, 1984 and 1988 dental health surveys conducted on children ages 5, 7, 9, 11, 13 and 15 years of age by the Medical Services Branch of Health and Welfare Canada.
Carving is Healing to Me: An Interview With Manasie Akpaliapik
Articles » General
Author/Creator
John Ayre
Manasie Akpaliapik
Inuit Art Quarterly, vol. 8, no. 4, Winter, 1993, pp. 34-42
Description
Looks at an artist who uses art as a form of therapy after losing his wife and two children in a house fire.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 34.
Carvings by Pierre Karliig
Images » Photographs
Author/Creator
R.J. Billyard (photographer)
Description
Two different angles of carvings. On information card: Carvings executed by Pierre Karliig for the Acquatare Oil Co. in Calgary Alta. Picture taken at the Craft Shop in Rankin Inlet.
Case Commentary: Williams v. Canada s.87 Indian Act; Indian Tax Exemption
Articles » General
Saskatchewan Indian, vol. 22, no. 2, February 1993, p. 6
Description
Discusses implications and "rules" arising from two tax exemption cases, Nowegijick and Williams.
The Case For Francis Noel Annance
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Morag MacLachlan
The Beaver, vol. 73, no. 2, April/May 1993, pp. 35-?
Description
Depicts the life of a servant in the Hudson Bay Company (b. 1789) compared to the stereotypes of mixed blood peoples depicted by Hollywood.
A Case Study Of Kitsaki Development Corporation
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Michael B. Decter
Jeffrey A. Kowall
Description
Discusses the creation and accomplishments of the Kitsaki Development Corporation, an economic development and investment arm of the La Ronge Indian Band.
Case Study: The First Nations Economy in the City of Regina
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Del Anaquod
Vikas Khaladkar
Description
Discusses five key elements needed for self-sufficiency: land and natural resources, capital and financing, human resource development, governmental environment, cultural and social environment, and organizational structure. Concludes with recommendations.
Categories and Terrains of Exclusion: Constructing the "Indian Woman" in the Early Settlement Era in Western Canada
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Sarah Carter
Great Plains Quarterly, Summer, 1993, pp. 147-161
Description
Provides a perspective on how Aboriginal women were viewed during the settlement period in 1884 in Alberta.
Central Inuit Social Structure: The View From Cumberland Sound, Baffin Island, Northwest Territories
Theses
Author/Creator
Marc G. Stevenson
Description
Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Alberta, 1993.
Ceramic Panel Mosaic
Images » Photographs
Author/Creator
Institute for Northern Studies
Description
A ceramic panel mosaic in the Arts & Crafts Shop at Rankin Inlet, N.W.T. [NU].
César's Bark Canoe
Alternate Title
César et son Canot d'écorce
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Bernard Gosselin
Description
Film about César Newashish, Attikamek of the Communauté Atikamekw De Manawan, who builds a canoe in the traditional or old way, using only birch bark, cedar splints, spruce roots and gum.
Duration: 96:00
Chamakese vs. The Crown
Articles » General
Saskatchewan Indian, vol. 22, no. 2, February 1993, pp. 4-5
Description
Reaction to charges laid under the Wildlife Act of Saskatchewan against six Pelican Lake First Nation members who live on Chitek Lake Reserve.
The Champagne and Aishihik First Nations Self-Government Agreement
Web Sites » Governmental
Author/Creator
Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada
Description
Agreement between the First Nations, the Government of Canada, and the Government of the Yukon signed in 1993; includes self-government, remedies, application of law, legal status of First Nation, transition provisions, legislative powers, services etc.
Chance and Ritual: The Gambler in the Texts of Gerald Vizenor
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Nora Barry
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 5, no. 3, Series 2, Fall, 1993, pp. 13-22
Description
Looks at how the mythic process is a part of everyday reality in Vizenor's works.
Entire issue on one PDF. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
Chemical Analysis of Archaeological Copper and Brass from Northeastern Ontario
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
R. G. V. Hancock
W. A. Fox
T. Conway
L. A. Pavlish
Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry, vol. 168, no. 2, February 1993, pp. 307-315
Description
Metal samples studied to distinguish between those with European and North American origins so cultural impact of earliest aboriginal -European contact could be assessed.
Chief Big Bear of the Plains Cree
Images » Photographs
Description
Black and White photograph Chief Big Bear of the plains Cree in western style clothing.
Chief Poundmaker
Images » Photographs
Description
Small Sepia Portrait of Chief Poundmaker, taken originally in 1885
Chief Poundmaker
Images » Photographs
Description
A black and white Portrait of Chief Poundmaker, taken originally in 1885.
Chief Red Pheasant Aiding Escape of Indian Officials
Alternate Title
Loyal till Death: Indians and the North-West Rebellion
Images » Photographs
Description
Sketch of Chief Red Pheasant aiding in the escape of John Applegarth, Farm Instructor, and Applegarth's wife from Red Pheasant reserve. Caption: "Chief Red Pheasant and his brother tried to prevent further bloodshed in the Eagle Hills district by warning local Indian officials to flee south to safety."
From the book Loyal till Death: Indians and the North-West Rebellion by Blair Stonechild and Bill Waiser.
Chiefs with Lt. Gov. Dewdney
Images » Photographs
Description
Subtitled: "Entered according to act of Parliament of Canada, in the year 1885 by Prof. Buell in the office of the ministry of agriculture." Image of Lt. Gov. Dewdney and a troop of military men in uniform. In the foreground are 6 chiefs.
Childbirth in the North: A Qualitative Study in the Moose Factory Zone
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Gail Webber
Ruth Wilson
Canadian Family Physician, vol. 39, April 1993, pp. 781-788
Description
Interviewers asked 24 women about positive and negative aspects of evacuation to southern hospitals, how the situation could be improved, and their preference of delivery locations.
Christmas at Moose Factory
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Alanis Obomsawin
Description
Short film, composed entirely of children's drawings, illustrates life at Christmas time in an old settlement on the shore of James Bay.
Duration: 13:08.
Christopher Columbus and the Problems of History
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Johnny P. Flynn
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 17, no. 3, Special Issue on Encounter of Two Worlds: The Next Five Hundred Years, 1993, pp. 11-16
Description
Provides alternative fictional history of Columbus' voyage, contact and effects through use of Coyote to illustrate the teaching.
Church Stresses Healing
Articles » General
Anglican Journal, vol. 119, no. 10, December 1993, p. 3
Description
Discussion of some of the recommendations to the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples (RCAP), including urging government to apologize for residential schools.
[The Churches Speak about Residential Schools]
Alternate Title
World at Six
Media » Sound Recordings
Author/Creator
Rick Grant
Georges Erasmus
Adam Exner
Description
Church leaders appear before the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples (RCAP) regarding charges of abuse and cultural genocide.
Duration: 2:04.
Citizens of Canada and of the Empire: The Archaeology and History of an Arctic Mission
Theses
Author/Creator
Nancy Jeanne Saxberg
Description
Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--University of Toronto, 1993.
Civilizing an Indian: A Story by Melvin Begaye
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Melvin Begaye
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 10, no. 3, May 1971, pp. [10-13]
Description
Fiction by a creative writing student from a mission school.
Claiming Legitimacy: Oral Tradition and Oral History: Draft Discussion Paper
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Julie Cruikshank
Description
Provides overview of how traditions have been perceived in the past and cross-cultural perspective on how they have been used by Indigenous peoples in various locations, and identifies issues involving analysis and ethnographic instruction.
Claiming Legitimacy: Oral Tradition and Oral History: [Draft Discussion Paper Prepared for the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Julie Cruikshank]
Description
Discusses Western approach to the oral tradition, and its meaning and utility.
CMT Archaeology in British Columbia: The Meares Island Studies
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Arnoud H. Stryd
Morley Eldridge
BC Studies, no. 99, Changing Times: British Columbia Archaeology in the 1980s, Autumn, 1993, pp. 184-234
Description
Studies the history of aboriginal forest use.
The Codical Warrior: The Codification of American Indian Warrior Experience in American Culture
Theses
Author/Creator
Patrick Russell LeBeau
Description
American Culture Thesis (Ph.D.)--The University of Michigan, 1993.
Coffee House Discourse
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Rodney Simard
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 5, no. 3, Series 2, Fall, 1993, pp. 1-2
Description
Presents an introduction to the issue and the works of Gerald Vizenor.
Entire issue on one PDF. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
Cohousing: A Scandinavian Longhouse, or a Traditional Approach to Modern Housing?
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Robert J. White-Harvey
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 13, no. 1, 1993, pp. 69-82
Description
Discussion of a new housing design approach, which closely resembles pre-contact Aboriginal housing.
Cold Lake First Nation, Primrose Lake Air Weapons Range Inquiry, Public Release
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Indian Claims Commission
Description
FILES CAN ONLY BE ACCESSED USING FIREFOX BROWSER. Consists of minutes, transcripts, statements, correspondence/letters, submissions, and reports regarding the historical claim grievances of two First Nations who had 4,500 square miles of land seized to create the weapons range. Commissioners include: Harry S. LaForme, Daniel J. Bellegarde, and P.E. James Prentice. [These files were created and compiled by the ICC and provided to the Indigenous Studies Portal in 2009 to make widely available in online format.]
The Colombus Quincentenary and the Politics of the "Encounter"
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ariana Hernández-Reguant
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 17, no. 1, Special Issue on International Year of Indigenous Peoples: Discovery and Human Rights, 1993, pp. 17-35
Description
Looks at how the official Spanish discourse disregarded any historical debate and avoided any reference to Aboriginal or Indigenous issues, but used the quincentenary as a propanda tool for their own purposes.
Colonel Otter Attacking the rebels at Cut Knife Hill, North-West Territory - Sketch. - 1885.
Documents & Presentations
Description
Sketch of the battle scene between Lt.-Col. William Otter's troops and Poundmaker's men at Cut Knife Hill.
Historical note:
On 2 May 1885 Lieutenant Colonel William Otter was defeated by Poundmaker's war chief Fine-Day at the Battle of Cut Knife near Battleford, SK. A flying column of Canadian militia and army regulars was defeated by Poundmaker despite their use of a Gatling gun.Colonel Otter's Brigade Approaching the South Saskatchewan
Images » Photographs
Description
Sketch of Col. W.D. Otter's brigade of men and equipment approaching the South Saskatchewan River; tents scattered in foreground and background.
The Colonization of Beringia and the Peopling of the New World
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
John F. Hoffecker
W. Roger Powers
Ted Goebel
Science, vol. 259, no. 5091, New Series, January 1, 1993, pp. 46-53
Description
Recent discoveries suggest settlement during the Pleistocene glacier pause 12,000 to 11,000 years before present.
Columbus, Indians, and the Black Legend Hocus Pocus
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Wilbur R. Jacobs
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 17, no. 2, 1993, pp. 175-187
Description
Discussion, told in a personal narrative style, about fighting for rights and the contributions of Aboriginal culture.
The Comanches as Aboriginal Skeptics
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Daniel J. Gelo
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 17, no. 1, Winter, 1993, pp. 69-82
Description
Article examines the representations of Comanche religious practice in ethnographic writings from the early 1800s into the 20th century. Discusses the portrayal of the Comanche as skeptics or as a people without a cohesive religion.