Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 14, no. 1, 1994, pp. 1-31
Description
Book review of 10 books:
Indians Are Us: Culture and Genocide in Native North America by Ward Churchill.
Thresholds of Differences: Feminist Critique, Native Women's Writings, Postcolonial Theory by Julia Emberly.
Nation to Nation: Aboriginal Sovereignty and the Future of Canada edited by Diane Englestad and John Bird.
Arctic Dreams and Nightmares by Alootook Ipellie.
The Porcupine Hunter and Other Stories: The Original Tsimshian Texts of Henry Tate by Ralph Maud.
Ethnophilosophical and Ethnolinguistic Perspectives on the Huron Soul by Michael Pomedli.
Dr. Jim Millar, an archaeologist from the University of Saskatchewan, believes people have been living in Buffalo Narrows for anywhere from 7,000 to 10,000 years.
Mr. Trindle, aged 78, has spent most of his adult life in the Trout Lake/Peerless Lake area and is a former chief--talks about promises of a reserve in the area; surveying of boundaries; duration of occupation of area; and traditional lifestyles.
Arctic, vol. 36, no. 4, December 1983, pp. 356-360
Description
Examines materials from an anaerobic environment at a washed out site belonging to ringed, bearded and harbour seals, caribou and beluga and baleen whales.
American Antiquity, vol. 59, no. 1, January 1994, pp. 149-152
Description
Explains how Kintigh's modifications present a different conception of settlement patterns. (Kintigh's article is in American Antiquity, Vol. 59, No. 1. Jan., 1994, pp. 143-148).
Journal of the American Institute for Conservation, vol. 23, no. 1, Autumn, 1983, pp. [1]-6
Description
Discusses conservation treatment methods using the following considerations: unresolved questions regarding legal ownership, potential for treatments to prejudice future treatment options and the analytical value, consideration of non-physical aspects.
Arctic, vol. 36, no. 4, December 1983, pp. 350-355
Description
Looks at structure, hearth and floors of historical and pre-historic sites to determine seasonal occupation of American Indians in the Caniapiscau Reservoir.
Cultural Survival Quarterly, vol. 18, no. 4, Geomatics: Who Needs It?, Fall/Winter, 1994
Description
Describes the geographic information system used to predict and map possible locations of ancient habitation sites and culturally modified trees on the west coast of Vancouver Island.
Archaeological Survey of Canada Mercury Series; Paper No. 9
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Donald H. Mitchell
BC Studies, no. 21, Spring, 1974, pp. 59-60
Description
Book review of: Haida Burial Practices by George F. MacDonald.
"The Gust Island Burial Shelter" by Jerome S. Cybulski.
Scroll down to page 59 to read review.
Discusses the use of ethnographic analogy to propel modern hunter-gatherers behaviour into the past and define cultural characteristics of these groups.
Quarterly magazine published by the Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation.
Numerous articles on various topics including grave goods from a burial mound and ancient West Indian arrowheads.
Quarterly magazine published by the Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation.
Articles include reports on an archaeological survey of Nicaragua and on three gifts to the Museums' collection.
Joe Duquette, born 1904, on Mistawasis Reserve, never attended school, completely self-educated. Now Senator of F.S.I. and involved in teaching and counselling young people. He tells the story of his arranged marriage.
Interview includes a description of traditional life style and the life of settlers on the prairies. It also includes stories of theft and murder by Indians.
Discusses Europeans' refusal to believe that sophisticated artificial mounds could have been constructed by the ancestors of contemporary aboriginals; author presents her alternate theories regarding builders.