Prairie Forum, vol. 11, no. 1, Spring, 1986, pp. 115-120
Description
Book reviews of: The Myth of the Savage: And the Beginnings of French Colonialism in the Americas by Olive Patricia Dickason and First People, First Voices by Penny Petrone.
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 6, no. 2, 1986, pp. 351-359
Description
Book reviews of 4 books:
Moon of Wintertime: Missionaries and the Indians of Canada in Encounter Since 1534 by John Webster Grant.
Migration Tears: Poems About Transitions (Native American Series Number 7) by Michael (Lomawywesa) Kabotie.
Establishing Pathways to Excellence in Indian Education: Selected Papers from the First Mokakit Conference. July 1984 edited by H. A. McCue.
The Ojibway Dream by Arthur Schilling.
"The Dayspring From on High Hath Visited Us": An Examination of the Missionary Endeavours of the Moravians and the Anglican Church Missionary Society Among the Inuit in the Arctic Regions of Canada and Labrador, 1880s-1920s
Theses
Author/Creator
Davena Davis
Description
Religious Studies Thesis (M.A.)--McGill University, 1987.
Report - 1885 on the north-western tribes of the Dominion of Canada
E-Books
Author/Creator
Committee on North-Western Tribes of the Dominion of Canada of the British Association for the Advancement of Science
Horatio Hale
Description
"Reports on the physical characters, languages, industrial and social condition of the North-western tribes of the Dominion of Canada," focuses on Blackfoot, Cree and Ojibwe/Ojibway, 1885 era.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 11, no. 2, Spring, 1987, pp. 97-125
Description
Looks at the evolution of the Cherokee legal system, from traditional blood feuds to a traditional tribal court system. However, the signing of the New Echota Treaty in 1835 saw the return to blood feuds within the Cherokee Nation.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 10, no. 1, 1986, pp. 1-12
Description
Author investigates the "ethnic approach" to literature criticism and concludes that the archetypal approach is transcultural, which improves the accessibility of Native American literature to non-Natives.
Guide to the Holdings of the Archives of the Ecclesiastical Province and Dioceses of Rupert's Land
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Frits Pannekoek
Prairie Forum, vol. 12, no. 2, Fall, 1987, pp. 327-330
Description
Book reviews of:
The Métis in the Canadian West by Marcel Giraud ; translated by George Woodcock.
Guide to the Holdings of the Archives of the Ecclesiastical Province and Dioceses of Rupert's Land by Wilma Macdonald.
History of Education Quarterly, vol. 27, no. 4, Winter, 1987, pp. 473-497
Description
Examines detailed reports on schools and pupils which were sent headquarters in New York. Focuses on four groups: Choctaws, Creeks, Omahas and the Nez Perces.