Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 24, no. 2, May 1985, pp. [7-15]
Description
Reviews the needs of handicapped children and describes the American Indian Special Education Teacher Training Program, funded by the Department of Education, at Pennsylvania State University.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 7, no. 4, 1983, pp. 51-68
Description
Explains why political power has eluded Native Americans and what chance they have in becoming a participating and policymaking force in mainstream American society.
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 23, no. 1, October 1983, pp. [23-28]
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Claims that standardized test measurements of student performance do not adequately measure the quality of instruction and curricula of a school since other factors such as socio-economic status, school attendance and stability within a particular school have an impact on achievement.
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 3, no. 1, 1983, pp. 95-116
Description
Although Church Missionary Society (CMS) policy stated their intention to promote Indigenous people in the church, historians question whether it was biased in its practises in late 1800s.
Arsene Fontaine describes a curing by a medicine man and a brief description of how to make a canoe. She also gives a description of transportation by dog team.
Convention program for the Canadian Association of Social Studies and the Saskatchewan Council of Social Studies Teachers, held in Saskatoon, SK. The convention focus is on Batoche and the Northwest Resistance, with guest speakers including Grant MacEwan.
Prairie Forum, vol. 10, no. 1, Spring, 1985, pp. 17-63
Description
Examines the Métis strategy during the Battle of Batoche, and the significance of the Northcote incident and the Gatling gun on the outcome of the battle.
Saskatchewan History, vol. 38, no. 3, Autumn, 1985, pp. 108-117
Description
Excerpts from the journal kept in the Sergeant Major’s office at the Battleford NWMP detachment in 1885. Entries selected from May 10 to May 24 and edited for publication.
Entire issue on one .pdf, scroll to page 108.
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.
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
Description
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.