One participant was Aboriginal hunter, one was a French Canadian farmer, and one was an immigrant from England. Focus was on six characteristics: language, religion, social relations, family, intergenerational links, and rites of passage.
Saskatchewan History, vol. 17, no. 1, Winter, 1964, pp. 24-30
Description
Memoirs from James Clinkskill, Battleford store owner and member of the North-West Territories Legislative Assembly. Describes the processes of trade, his experience dealing with the Métis freighters and government agents, and the impact of the North-West Resistance on his business.
Entire issue on one pdf file, scroll to page 24.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 18, no. 4, Autumn, 1994, pp. 507-531
Description
Article draws on Collier’s autobiography and other writings to explore perceptions of his ideals and and actions as an Indian Affairs agent in the USA during the New Deal era (early 1900s).
Book review of: Writing the Circle: Native Women of Western Canada edited by Jeanne Perreault and Sylvia Vance ; preface by Emma LaRocque ; introduction by Gloria Bird.
Journal of Canadian Studies, vol. 29, no. 3, Fall, 1994, pp. 158-162
Description
Author laments on the decline of major institutions that once defined Canadians in such a way as to bind people together, comments on Canada's image to outsiders, and briefly mentions perspectives on First Nation peoples.
Saskatchewan History, vol. 17, no. 1, Winter, 1964, pp. 12-23
Description
Draws on notes and a manuscript written by the Reverend Canon Edward Ahenakews to piece together a series of memoirs and narratives about the Ahenakew family, their relations, and historical events and characters of the late 1800s and early 1900s.
Entire issue on one pdf file, scroll to page 12.
Canadian Journal of Education, vol. 19, no. 2, Culture and Educating: Aboriginal Settings, Concerns, and Insights, Spring, 1994, pp. 182-192
Description
Looks at life histories of Maliseet and Micmac university students and Bolivian Aymara, Quechua, and Uru women to help students realize their own identity and potential.