Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 13, no. 1, 1993, pp. 139-143
Description
Book review of 2 books:
The Treaties of Canada with the Indians of Manitoba and the North-West Territories, Including the Negotiations on which They Were Based by Alexander Morris.
Canada: Indian Treaties and Surrenders From 1680 to 1890. The "Surrenders volume" is three parts; it includes the Crown's text of many pre-Confederation Treaties, while the "Morris reprint" contains the Crown's text of several Treaty texts and adhesions relating to western Canada, and some correspondence.
All volumes are historical reprints.
Native Studies Review, vol. 9, no. 1, 1993-1994, pp. 51-91
Description
Discusses the conflict over interpretation of the Treaty's provision for hunting, fishing, and trapping rights; governments' have relied on the written document, while Aboriginals argue that the verbal promises are more important than what was recorded.
Saskatchewan Indian, vol. 22, no. 1, January 1993, p. 4
Description
FSIN, Dan Bellegarde's Office is handling developmental plans that will lead to a First Nations-controlled justice system in Saskatchewan that will include the courts and policing.
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 30, no. 1, October 1990, pp. [8-16]
Description
Study examined four aspects of instructional accommodation: what faculty were willing to provide, whether provision compromised academic integrity, had students requested it and had it been provided in the past.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 14, no. 3, Summer, 1990, pp. 277-287
Description
Uses postmodern discourse and theory to discuss the realities created in Indigenous narratives; focuses on the the trickster role as one that is both comic and critical in Indigenous story telling and meaning-making.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 14, no. 1, Winter, 1990, pp. 19-33
Description
Article examines the significance of the Gourd Dance in Kiowa culture from the 1800's on. Discusses the evolution of the dance, the meaning of the regalia used, and how it was used as a method of cultural survivance when the Sundance was outlawed.
Two From the Island: Recent Work Relating to the Mi'kmaq of Prince Edward Island
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
John Crossley
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 10, no. 1, 1990, pp. 143-150
Description
Review of the article: "Theophilus Stewart and the Plight of the Micmac" by Alan Andrew MacEachern in The Island Magazine, 28:3-11 (Fall/Winter 1990) and the book Micmac by Choice: Elsie Sark, and Island Legend by M. Olga McKenna.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 17, no. 1, Special Issue on International Year of Indigenous Peoples: Discovery and Human Rights, 1993, pp. 103-114
Description
Takes a second look at celebrating the arrival of Columbus, an event that led to five hundred years of the dismantling of Aboriginal cultures and land expropriation.
Saskatchewan Indian, vol. 22, no. 1, January 1993, p. 1
Description
Two Canadians, Mary Simon of the Inuit Tapirisat and National Chief Ovide Mercredi, were invited to address the forty-seventh session of the United Nations General Assembly.
Cultural Survival Quarterly, vol. 14, no. 1, Breaking Out of the Tourist Trap Part 1, Spring, 1990
Description
Brief news updates including opposition to an expansion of low-level military flights over Newfoundland and Labrador, lobbying to prevent the issuance of logging permits by the Algonquin of Barriere Lake, a spill of radioactive contaminated water in Saskatchewan, and opposition to pulp and paper mills in Alberta.
Cultural Survival Quarterly, vol. 14, no. 2, Breaking Out of the Tourist Trap Part 2, Summer, 1990
Description
Brief updates on the proposed expansion of the Goose Bay air base, reprieve in the issuance of forest license agreements for the Algonquin of Barriere Lake, mercury contamination at James Bay and more.
Cultural Survival Quarterly, vol. 14, no. 3, Cambodia, Fall, 1990
Description
Looks at the placement of a military training facility that would impact the Innu people of Labrador, logging in Barriere, Quebec, the James Bay dispute, and the demands of the Teme-Augama Anishnabai of northern Ontario being met.
Sketch subtitle: White inhabitants of the Saskatchewan region leaving a settlement after an Indian raid. Two males and one female, all wearing snowshoes and heavy coats, walking through the snow. The woman is carrying a small child.
Film questions the validity of continued mining practices which are associated with environmental concerns and health hazards for Canada's Native populations. Accompanying material: Uranium: A Discussion Guide.
Duration: 47:59.