Consists of an interview where Adam Solway talks about being orphaned at 8 years and adopted by the Blackfoot Reserve, Alta; his attendance at a residential school; becoming a councillor and then chief of the reserve. He comments on the issues he had to deal with as well as providing comments on contemporary lifestyles and leadership.
Ed Broome was a government employee at the time the CCF government took power. He talks about the NDP programs in northern Saskatchewan, particularly government trading posts, the conversion of trading posts into cooperatives and his brief impressions of Norris and Brady.
Carl Christenson worked for the Saskatchewan Fish Board and met both Malcolm Norris and Jim Brady. He talks about the Saskatchewan Fish Board's aims and its functioning as well as his acquaintance with Norris and Brady.
Research on characteristics of elected Native leaders in various organizations in southeast Alaska. Results are organized using the eight assumptions for success.
An interview where Chief One Gun tells of his father's recollections of the signing of an unspecified treaty. He also tells of a Brave Dog Society prayer meeting.
File contains a list of accomplishments by the Diefenbaker government including policies on development of the North, and describes how this, along with housing and education programs has helped the Inuit population. Also, notes for a speech about the role the North and its people should play in Canadian development, and how development would give prosperity to the Inuit.
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 6, no. 2, 1986, pp. 333-349
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Indian reservations were surveyed regarding their consumption of wildlife. Calls for increased joint management efforts between provincial and Indian governments to identify all forces affecting wildlife populations and to create equitable conservation programs.
Consists of an interview with non-Indian employed at the Gabriel Dumont Institute in Regina. At the time of the interview he was writing a book on the history of the Metis nation.
Mr. Sheridan worked in the Dept. of Natural Resources in northern Saskatchewan He was associated with the school for prospectors and with other government agencies. He was a socialist and a close friend of Norris.
Consists of an interview where she gives a lengthy discourse on Indian medicines. She also gives a description of basket making and an account of being lost in the woods.
Looks at three problem areas when comparing modern and traditional economy sectors: volume of production, evaluation of income in kind, and obscure components.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 7, no. 1, 1983, pp. 23-40
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Describes how this project, which included 6 dams, destroyed over 550 square miles of tribal land and displaced more than 900 Native American families.
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 6, no. 1, 1986, pp. 141-157
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History of a co-operative project between the Dene Nation and the University of British Columbia to develop a database on the effects of the Norman Wells Pipeline Expansion and the Pipeline Project.
Mr. Read lived in northern Saskatchewan for many years. He worked for the provincial government in the fur marketing area. He compares the personalities and approaches to work of Tomkins, Brady and Norris.
Helen and Joe Wheaton lived in Prince Albert where Joe worked for the Saskatchewan government. They were active in the CCF party and became friends of Malcolm Norris and Jim Brady.