Saskatchewan Indian, vol. 4, no. 4, April 1974, p. 41
Description
Book review of: Geniesh : an Indian Girlhood by Jane Willis. "The harsh life of the old-time mission school and its attempt to "de-Indianize" the Indian."
Discussion by Elders who express regrets at loss of traditional customs and values and desire a return of schools on reserves ; a need to preserve Indian ceremonies and Indian medicines ; concerns about problems with alcohol recur throughout.
Elders discuss contemporary problems. Recurring themes are: problems with alcohol; education by whites from an early age; need to return to traditional teaching by elders in combination with white education.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 18, no. 1, 1994, pp. 67-93
Description
Focuses on the Kumivit, or Gabrielino, Indians and documents the resistance and responses of women to the new colonial order. The time period covered for this topic includes Toypurina’s revolt and Bartolomea’s bitter recollections of the destruction of her culture.
Presents three positions papers:
Reflections on Contemporary Indian Education by Vine Deloria.
An Historical Overview of Indian Education with Evaluations and Recommendations by Lehman L. Brightman.
Eastern American Indian Communities by Robert K. Thomas.
John Breretton describes what he knows of the history of some Alberta reserves including Saddle Lake, Washatanow, and Blue Quills. He talks about conflicts resulting from amalgamation.
Saskatchewan History, vol. 46, no. 2, Fall, 1994, pp. 34-47
Description
Describes the Reverend James Nisbet’s journey what in now Prince Albert, where he set up the mission and later founded the town, both by the same name. Details many of the different people and communities that Nibet was able to engage and form relationships with.
Entire Issue on one .pdf, scroll to page 34.
Journal of the Canadian Church Historical Society, vol. 16, no. 4, December 1, 1974, pp. 66-71
Description
Describes the policies, practises and curriculum of the school, as well as the philosophy of its founder, Rev. E. F. Wilson. Brief mention of the the Wawanosh School for girls.
Thirteen part TV series follows five fictional Inuit families through an Arctic year. Episodes feature whale and polar bear hunting, Elder's advice, and suicide prevention strategies for youth. Each episode is approximately 30 minutes. English subtitles.
Looks at the four Methodist missionaries, who had been hired by the Hudson Bay Company to educate the Aboriginal people in Rupert's Land. Focuses on James Evans, his relationship with the Hudson Bay, circumstances surrounding his recall and charges against him by three Rossville Aboriginal women.
Sixty-three elders' interviews from the Treaty 8 area were reviewed for references to land, and of these, all but fourteen contain some sort of statement about land.
Author uses various anthropological and historical sources to throw some light on the way in which the Indians of the Treaty 6 and 7 regions might have interpreted the treaty promises.