Extensive history of Aboriginal involvement in military conflicts ranging from Pre-Columbian, through to the World Wars, Korean War and the next six decades.
Post Script , vol. 29, no. 3, Indian Cinema, Summer, 2010, pp. 27-[?]
Description
Discusses impact two women filmmakers have had on the National Film Board of Canada's productions and their re-imagining of western cinematic traditions.
Art Journal, vol. 51, no. 3, Recent Native American Art, Fall, 1992, pp. 66-73
Description
Author comments on the exhibition mounted by the Canadian Museum of Civilization in 1992 and issues concerning the Aboriginal artistic community in general, such as being the subject or object, rather than the observer.
Communique, Special Section: Indigenous Peoples: Promoting Psychological Healing and Well-Being, August 2010, pp. xxiii-xxvii
Description
Presents the People Awakening Project as a good example of a strength-based and culturally-appropriate approach.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page xxiii.
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 5, no. 2, 2010, pp. 96-106
Description
The author examines his life-work of community development and healing work in northern Aboriginal communities of Ontario in a reflective and narrative way.
Documentary on the last surviving Yahi who walked out of the bush into a northern California town in 1911 and spent the last four years of his life at the Museum of Anthropology in San Francisco.
Duration: 56:43.
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.
Looks at the background of Reverend Henry Budd, one of the first Church of England missionaries, and comments on the trials in his life and the skills he used to overcome his struggles.
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples - Transcriptions of Public Hearings and Round Table Discussions
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Will Basque
Description
File contains a presentation by Will Basque of Eskasoni, Nova Scotia. Micmac is a Smoganist or soldier veteran in Micmac, and represents all the combat veterans of the Micmac nation. Basque fought in both the Dominican Republic, and twice during the Vietnam War. Basque relays a history of the Micmac nation, with particular emphasis on its Catholic nature, and recognition as the "first state" of Canada. He also discusses legal developments in Canada and the United States, as well as residential schools, the Indian Act, and other matters.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 16, no. 1, Winter, 1992, pp. 25-37
Description
Author examines the writings and compares the careers of two missionaries working to convert Indigenous peoples in North America; focuses on the missionaries’ engagement with the elders, storytellers and culture of the nations.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 22, no. 3, Fall, 2010, pp. 45-71
Description
Discussses the ethical, political, and aesthetic issues surrounding the narrative exchange and the writing and editing process of Indigenous life stories.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 45.
RCAP 36 contains files from the sitting of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples at the Edmonton Inn, Edmonton, Alberta. This sitting of the Commission contains presentations on a variety of subjects such as post-secondary education, Aboriginal war veterans, child and family welfare, AIDS in the Aboriginal population and the justice system. Each submission can be viewed individually on this site.
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples - Transcriptions of Public Hearings and Round Table Discussions
Documents & Presentations
Description
RCAP 60 contains files from the sitting of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples at the West Ballroom, Inn of the South, Cranbrook, British Columbia. This sitting of the Commission contains presentations including a variety of First Nations politicians, a veterans organization, the United Church, and individuals. Each presentation can be viewed individually on this site.
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples - Transcriptions of Public Hearings and Round Table Discussions
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Rene Dussault
Bertha Wilson
Paul Chartrand
Description
File includes the opening prayer and opening remarks from the sitting of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples at Mani-Utenam, Sept-Iles, Quebec, Friday, November 20, 1992. Opening remarks by Rene Dussault give an overview of the Commissions activities, its mandate, and goals. Commissioner Wilson addresses the "tremendous lack of knowledge in white society about native people" and the Commission's educational function, while Commissioner Chartrand discusses his own background and hopes for the Commission's work.