American Indian Quarterly, vol. 21, no. 4, Cultural Property in American Indian Literatures: Representation and Interpretation, Autumn, 1997, pp. 621-631
Description
Literary criticism article that emphasizes the need for a culturally informed perspective in the criticism of Indigenous literatures; stresses the roles of reciprocity, humour, and the act of positioning the self as a fiction.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 12, no. 3, September 1988, pp. 42-44
Description
Looks at places to get vaccinated and types of vaccines available for diphtheria, Tetanus, Whooping Cough, Poliomyelitis, Measles, Mumps and Rubella, and Hepatitis B.
Identifies problems in areas of time taken for processing applications and returning decisions on their success or failure, increasing rates of denial of status, and falling rate of restorations for women who lost status as a result of marriage
American Anthropologist, vol. 90, no. 2, New Series, June 1988, pp. 272-290
Description
Using ethnobotanical data gathered from two groups in British Columbia, an index was developed to measure the cultural significance a given plant taxon. Discusses importance of such knowledge to the language.
Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health, vol. 16, no. 2, Mental Health in Aboriginal Communities, Fall, 1997, pp. 29-36
Description
Looks at the partnership between First Nations community workers and mainstream mental health service providers with the goal of providing better service to their clients.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 21, no. 3, May/June 1997, p. 29
Description
Draft summary makes recommendations to increase efforts to record Indigenous health information accurately in a standardized method for meaningful comparisons.
Anthropologica, vol. 25, no. 1, New Series, Native North Americans and the Media: Studies in Minority Journalism, 1983, pp. 9-21
Description
Comments on an archive of audio tapes which document the process of transition from a life based on hunting and trapping to one which is integrated into the modern industrial economy.
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 17, no. 2, 1997, pp. 227-257
Description
Examines Noel Dyck's view of Indian Agents as people who uncritically reproduced the Institutions definition of the 'Indian problem' and looks at responses to a 1946 questionnaire for insight into Indian agents' views.
File contains 15 negatives showing people at the Prince Albert Indian and Metis Friendship Centre during its' twenty-fifth anniversary on June 16, 1988. The 15 scanned images show eleven negatives showing various people within the Friendship Centre building, and five negatives showing traditional dancers in front of the Prince Albert City Hall.
File contains 4 negatives from a celebration held to commemorate the 25th Anniversary of the Prince Albert Indian-Metis Friendship Centre. The celebration was held on July 7, 1988. The four scanned images include pictures of chuckwagon races.
This file contains the cover of the 25th Anniversary Souvenir Book of the Prince Albert (Saskatchewan) Indian and Metis Friendship Centre that celebrates the accomplishments of the Centre.
File contains 11 negatives from a Race Relations Conference held by the Prince Albert Indian and Metis Friendship Centre on October 3, 1983. The images show various conference participants engaged in discussion.
File contains 4 negatives from a meeting of the Indian and Metis Saskatchewan Association of Local Northern Governments, presumably held in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan on May 12, 1988. Two scanned images show meeting participants at the conference table.
Overview of the Indian Claims Commission's activities for the year including inquiries and reports, special initiatives and plans for the next year. [This file has been saved and made available online with permission from the Indian Claims Commission website before it closed down in March 2009.]
Book review of: Indian Education in Canada. Volume 2: The Challenge. Nakoda Institute Occasional Paper No. 2 edited by Jean Barman, Yvonne Hebert, Don McCaskill
Poster of 30 portraits of American Aboriginal leaders of the 18th-19th century. Subtitle: 1898 Indian Congress - Omaha, Nebraska / The Conquest of Indian America / in memory of all Indians who died and suffered in the defence of their rights and country.
Justice as Healing, vol. 2, no. 1, Spring, 1997, p. [?]
Description
Discusses the interpretations of the justice clause in the Treaties.
Note: This is a sample article from the publication. Subscriptions are available from the Native Law Centre.
Justice as Healing, vol. 2, no. 3, Fall, 1997, p. [?]
Description
Excerpt from the Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations (FSIN) Strategic Plan for Indian Justice; advocates a system that restores traditions, is community driven and promotes healing.
Note: This is a sample article from the publication. Subscriptions are available from the Native Law Centre.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 7, no. 1, 1983, pp. 1-21
Description
Describes the unique legal status and events leading to the passing of the Pueblo Lands Act, signed into law by President Calvin Coolidge on June 9, 1924.
Call for a Federal policy to recognize the cultural importance of Indian languages and to expand the teaching of them beyond the current situation where only those people of Indian ancestry in Saskatchewan Provincial schools are funded for instruction.