Saskatchewan Indian, Election Special, October 1984, pp. 7-8
Description
Solomon Sanderson's accomplishments in his role as Chief of the Saskatchewan Federation of Indian Nations (FSIN) and in national and international areas.
Short animated depiction of the life of Edouard Beaupré, the "Willow Bunch Giant", an 8'3" man from the Métis community of Willow Bunch, SK whose life was cut short at the age of 23 at the St. Louis World's Fair in 1904.
Duration: 2:25.
Book review of: Halfbreed by Maria Campbell as a life history, in the style of an autobiography. (Reproduced in Literature Resource Center, Gale Group)
Author draws on Schmidt’s diary to create a biographical sketch of his life. Includes some details on Lois Riel, the Red River and North-West Resistances, St. Boniface, the Métis freighters, and other historical events and figures.
Entire issue on one .pdf, scroll to page 1.
A portrait photograph taken in Toronto of George G. Mann's three children after the family was released from captivity in 1885. (l to r) George Mann Jr., Charlotte and Blanche. They spent the summer in Ontario with their mother Sarah and returned to Onion Lake in the fall of 1885.
Saskatchewan Indian, Election Special, October 1984, p. 4
Description
Excerpts from the speech given by Pope John Paul in Fort Simpson, N.W.T. reaffirming the position of the Church in support of the rights of Aboriginal peoples.
Contends that since early "autobiographies" were a collaboration between Aboriginals and Europeans, they are distorted and fail to convey the true essence of the personal narrative, which is an oral tradition.