This file contains excerpts from Reginald Beatty's diary, correspondence about his encounters with Cree people, and letters home to his parents detailing his experience in the 1885 Riel Rebellion. Mr. Beatty was a farmer and fur trader in what is now known as the Melfort area of Saskatchewan.
Native Studies Review, vol. 1, no. 1, 1984, pp. 40-66
Description
Argues that the changes during this period were largely a result of transitioning from the fur trade, to an economy that was more diversified and commercialized.
Subtitled: "Entered according to act of Parliament of Canada, in the year 1885 by Prof. Buell in the office of the ministry of agriculture." Image of Lt. Gov. Dewdney and a troop of military men in uniform. In the foreground are 6 chiefs.
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 7, no. 1, 1987, pp. 41-56
Description
(Abstract in French and English, article in French)
Examines how the Montagnais benefitted from competition between the Hudson's Bay Company and independent fur traders in this region and the methods employed by the Company while trying to control the market.
Resources (Canadian Institute of Resources Law), vol. 18, Special Issue: Legal Issues in Aboriginal Water Rights, Spring, 1987, pp. [2]-[4]
Description
Discusses the landmark water rights case decided by the United State Supreme Court in 1908 and the cases currently in the courts.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page [2]
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 4, no. 1, 1984, pp. 51-66
Description
Examines the potential and likelihood for resource development, impact of existing government policies and implications with respect to economic development on reserves.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 11, no. 4, Autumn, 1987, pp. 287-314
Description
Using the Ojibway Grassy Narrows reservation in Ontario to analyze the negative socioeconomic impact of a lack of Indigenous autonomy and control over their own land and resources.
[Sending Houston North, HBC and Handicrafts Guild Letters]
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Virginia Watt
Inuit Art Quarterly, vol. 2, no. 4, Fall 1987, pp. 18-20
Description
Excerpts from correspondence between the Hudson's Bay Company and the Canadian Handicrafts Guild regarding sending James Houston to Port Harrison to purchase art for resale in the south.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll down to appropriate page.
Film about the Québec Provincial Police (QPP) raid on the Restigouche Reserve in June 1981 due to disputes over the salmon-fishing rights of the Micmac people. This film deal with mature subject matter. Viewer discretion is advised.
Duration: 45:57.
Prairie Forum, vol. 9, no. 2, Fall, 1984, pp. 181-201
Description
Outlines the progression of mineral resource use in the Canadian Plains, from surface minerals, to buried deposits such as oil, gas, coal, potash, sodium, sulphate and sulphur.
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 7, no. 1, 1987, pp. 111-120
Description
Contends that toponomy (study of place names) proved useful in settling disputes among Indigenous peoples about areas of overlapping land use prior to the settling of comprehensive land claims by the federal government.
Aboriginal History, vol. 8, no. 2, 1984, pp. 203-207
Description
Book reviews of:
Aboriginal Land Rights: A Handbook edited by Nicolas Peterson.
Aborigines, Land and Land Rights edited by Nicolas Peterson and Marcia Langton.
A photograph of Metis positions on the Fish Creek battleground, likely taken shortly after the battle by a Canadian Army photographer. Presumably the Metis soldiers were positioned in the wooded area of the coulee visible ahead in the photograph. This may be the opening scene of the battle where Middleton's Scouts were met by an opening fusilade from the Metis ranks. The farmhouse visible on the right is possibly Tourond's house, for whose family the place takes its Metis name of "Tourond's Coulee."