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History of Native American Indian Women During the Plains Horse Culture Years
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Dee Ansbergs
Description
Essay looks at the customs of marriage, manner of dress, and gender roles and responsibilities.
"How Do I Put That Away" [Part 2]
Alternate Title
[Indian Residential School Personal Stories]
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Hazel Squakin
Description
Presents a First Nations Elder speaking about her experience with residential schools and the impact on her life.
Access Part 1.
Duration: 6:22.
"If We Get the Girls, We Get the Race": Missionary Education of Native American Girls
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Carol Devens
Journal of World History, vol. 3, no. 2, Fall, 1992, pp. 219-237
Description
Discusses girls' experiences at residential schools, contrasts them to traditional child-rearing practices, and highlights the implications for subsequent generations.
In Memory of My Cochoom Madelaine O'Soup Acoose
(circa 1890-1979)
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Janice Acoose
Canadian Woman Studies, vol. 12, no. 2, Indigenous Women in Canada: The Voices of First Nations, Inuit and Métis Women, Winter, 1992, pp. 87-88
Description
Author relates the life story of her Irish grandmother who was raised as Anishnabe.
The Indian Residential School System of Canada: The Search for Truth, the Need for Reconciliation
Alternate Title
[ISID Conference 2014: Whose Truth? What Kind of Reconciliation?]
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Murray Sinclair
Description
Presentation by the Chair of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada on the history of residential schools, treaty promises, abuse in the schools and more.
Duration: 44:59.
The Lost Letter of Mary Ann Battis: A Troubling Case of Gender and Race in Creek Country
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Tiya Miles
NAIS : Journal of the Native American and Indigenous Studies Association, vol. 1, no. 1, Spring, 2014, pp. 88-98
Description
Reconstructs Mary Ann Battis's case and offers a hypothesis about her motivation for staying with foreign missionaries while her family was removed.
Origins and Influences: The Family Ties of the Reverend Henry Budd
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Raymond M. Beaumont
Prairie Forum, vol. 17, no. 2, Native Studies, Fall, 1992, pp. 167-200
Description
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.
Preserving Decency: The Regulation of Sexual Behaviour in Early Otago 1848-1867
Theses
Author/Creator
Sarah Carr
Description
Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand, 2014.
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Grace Delaney
Documents & Presentations
Description
File contains a presentation by Grace Delaney. Delaney discusses her personal spiritual views and gives her perspective on the need to "recognize the misdeeds that people are doing in our communities."
Victims of Benevolence: The Dark Legacy of the Williams Lake Residential School
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Evan J. Habkirk
NAIS : Journal of the Native American and Indigenous Studies Association, vol. 1, no. 2, Fall, 2014, pp. 182-183
Description
Book review of: Victims of Benevolence by Elizabeth Furniss.