File contains a photocopy of M. Giraud's article "The Western Metis After the Insurrection," as published in Saskatchewan History Vol. IX No. 1 (winter 1956): pp. 1-15. He gives his impression of the lives of the Metis in the North-West Territories after 1885. He argues that many were destitute living on thin strips of crown land, and only a few had small farms, while others settled on reserves. Many got a title to land worth $240 (scrip), but most sold their title for less than it was worth and then spent the money foolishly.
Essays on Canadian Writing, no. 65, 1998, pp. 141-164
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Discusses aspects of the works of Pauline Johnson that illustrate an interrelationship between issues of identity, Indigenous peoples and legislative amendments.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 22, no. 4, 1998, pp. 103-115
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Looks at, what the author calls "internal colonialism", how a whole generation have been born, raised and socialized in the city and cut off from the "natural" world.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 22, no. 4, Special Issue on American Indians and the Urban Experience, 1998, pp. 227-254
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Second generation urban Native Americans speak about their childhood experiences and sense of identity as well as sense of conflict and loss caused by failing intergenerational transfer of tradition.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 22, no. 4, Special Issue on American Indians and the Urban Experience, 1998, pp. 15-27
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Contends that many Native American peoples have lived highly urbanized lives for many millennium, thus dispelling the myth that all these people live in rural areas with a low density of population.