Discusses taking of Treaty #6 and the promises made by the government as well as changes in diet and trade resulting from initial contact with non-Indians.
La Restitution du Patrimoine Matériel et Immatériel: Regards Croisés Canada / Mélanésie
Les Cahiers du CIÉRA, no. 2, Octobre 2008
E-Books
Author/Creator
Catherine E. Bell
Description
Uses the example of the "Echo Mask" belonging to the Nuxalk of British Columbia to illustrate the problems associated with repatriation.
Entire volume on one pdf. To access article scroll down to appropriate page.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 34, no. 3, Summer, 2010, pp. 392-394
Description
Book review of: The Land Has Memory: Indigenous Knowledge, Native Landscapes, and the National Museum of the American Indian edited by Duane Blue Spruce and Tanya Thrasher.
Guide suggested for Grade 9 students. Film, directed by Lori Lewis, deals with segregation of Aboriginal athletes and the abuse suffered in the residential school system
Niigaanibatowaad: FrontRunners.
Study Guide.
Presentation comes from 30 years of experience to preserve Indian culture. Architect discusses his roots, his design projects and use of graphics to come up with design guides.
Duration: 57:26.
Literacy More Than Words: Presentations: Literacy for Aboriginal Populations
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Council of Ministers of Education
Canada
Description
Contains links to webcasts and presentations on Aboriginal literacy from the Pan-Canadian Interactive Literacy Forum 2008: Legacy, which was put on by the Council of Ministers of Education and took place in nine different locations across Canada.
An interview with the grandson of Misihew and great-grandson of Seekaskootch, Mr. Lloyd Chief. During the interview, Mr. Chief discusses a variety of subjects including: leadership qualities; intertribal wars of the Cree and Blackfoot; the power of dreams; the significance of the Northern Lights; and the powers of Cannibals.
Photograph. On information card: Ten year old log cabin with extended tent porch in Chipewyan trappers camp. Dunvegan Lake Camp, Mackenzie District, N.W.T.
Website makes accessible 570 objects, 2600 written documents, 500 black and white photographs and 8 sound recordings from the Shotridge collection featuring southeastern Alaskan Native history and culture.
Collection of photographs depicting individuals from the Blackfeet Nation in Browning, Montana and some scenes from Glacier National Park (U.S.) during the early twentieth century. Images included were digitized from photographic negatives.
Book review of: The Makers and Making of Indigenous Australian Museum Collections edited by Nicolas Peterson, Lindy Allen and Louise Hamby.
Review located by scrolling to page 204.
Essay from: Around and About Marius Bareau: Modelling Twentieth-Century Culture edited by Lynda Jessup, Andrew Nurse and Gorden E. Smith. Discusses Barbeau's ethnographic filmmaking of Aboriginal life from a variety of different perspectives.
Eagle Feather News, vol. 11, no. 4, April 2008, p. 1
Description
Describes the surprise honour for his commitment to the community bestowed on John Arcand during a cultural gala and just days before flying to Ottawa to receive the Order of Canada.
Article located on page 1.
The American Indian Quarterly, vol. 34, no. 3, Summer, 2010, pp. 344-364
Description
Examines traditional Indigenous art-making practices, exploring a complex range of issues extending beyond those of gender into the realm of Indigenous cultural history.
Photograph. On information card: Tipi like structure: "Tent used for smoking dry caribou meat" (Chipewyan-Dene). Dunvegan Lake Camp, Mackenzie District, N.W.T.
Teacher's guide for use with the documentary Mémére Métisse by filmmaker Janelle Wookey, who sets out to understand why her grandmother has denied her Métis roots.
File contains 1 negative from the Metis Society Auxillary Fashion Show held in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan on June 6, 1973. The image shows four Metis women in contemporary clothing at the show.