File contains 4 negatives of an open house held at the District Chief's Office in Prince Albert, SK, in March, 1988. The first two show people on either side of an informational table in an office setting. The second two show two men looking at documents.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 21, no. 4, July/August 1997, pp. 18-20
Description
Describes the development of employment orientation package for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Workers employed by the Queensland (Australia) Health Authority.
IWGIA [International Working Group for Indigenous Affairs] ; document 71
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Alan R. Marcus
Description
Examines the government's decision to move families to the High Arctic where they found conditions very different from their traditional territory, as well as its refusal to move them back at the of end two years as promised. Government claims it was done for humanitarian reasons, while others assert that it was carried out to establish sovereignty over the area.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 16, no. 2, 1992, pp. 121-137
Description
Chronicles the grave looting that took place after relocations in the 1870s and the Nebraska State Historical Society professionalizing the activity, even labelling it archaeological excavation.
New story about Manitoba Grand Chief Phil Fontaine being under fire for hiring Brian Contois, leader of the Manitoba Warriors, to keep Aboriginal youth out of street gangs. Includes synopsis.
Duration: 2:13.
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 17, no. 1, 1997, pp. 159-161
Description
Video review of: The Place of Falling Water produced by Roy Bigcrane and Thompson Smith about the experiences of the Salish and Kootenai peoples on the Flathead Reservation.
Describes the significance of some ledger-type Assiniboine drawings by an unknown artist and how they record a lifestyle that has disappeared from the Canadian Plains.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 16, no. 2, Spring, 1992, pp. 213-235
Description
Author examines the movement of and reorganization of the Indigenous nations in the Puget Sound region of the United States in response to land seizure by the settler colonial state. Considers how contemporary governing bodies use that displacement to argue against the communities’ petitions to have their tribal statuses legally recognized.
Art Journal, vol. 51, no. 3, Recent Native American Art, Autumn 1992, pp. 59-65
Description
Surveys works of contemporary artists including: Gerald McMaster, Lawrence Paul, Shelley Niro, Bill Powless, Jane Ash Poitras, and Joanne Cardinal-Schubert.
Canadian Journal of Public Health, vol. 88, no. 6, 1997, pp. 375-379
Description
Examines the use of harmful substances during pregnancy. Harmful substances include alcohol, tobacco, caffeine, and psychoactive drugs. The research shows the relationship between socio-economical conditions and substance use.
The Problem(atics) of Post-Colonization: The Subject in Settler Post-Colonial Discourse
Theses
Author/Creator
Christine A. Prentice
Description
[English] Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Canterbury, 1992.
Focusess on fiction by Kate Grenville, Elizabeth Jolley, and Sally Morgan, from Australia; Alice Munro, Audrey Thomas, Aritha Van Herk and Rudy Wiebe, from Canada; and Stevan Eldred-Grig, Patricia Grace, Keri Hulme, Witi Ihimaera and Ian Wedde, from New Zealand.
File contains 11 negatives of the official flag raising ceremony at the Opening of the Prince Albert District Chief's Offices in Prince Albert, SK on March 25, 1988. The pictures show what appear to be Chiefs and other officials outside the District Offices assembled for the flag ceremony.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 21, no. 4, 1997, pp. 105-124
Description
Argues that Cogewea, the novels main character, does not need to occupy the homeland of her own people, the Okanogans, but she does need to feel the presence of a Indigenous American past and this presence, for her, resides in the land.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 16, no. 6, November/December 1992, pp. 6-9
Description
Looks at Mygunya Aboriginal Corporation established to help Aboriginal women suffering from domestic violence get access to services, travel to women's safe houses, and promotes connections between the woman and her spirit.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 12, no. 4, 1988, pp. 65-104
Description
Book reviews of:
Through Dakota Eyes: Narrative Accounts of the Minnesota Indian War of 1862 edited by Gary Clayton Anderson, Alan R. Woolworth.
Abstracts of Native Studies, Volume 1. Abstracts of Native Studies, Volume 2 edited by R. C. Annis.
Fools Crow by James Welch.
The Seminole by Merwyn S. Garbarino.
The Legacy of Conquest: The Unbroken Past of the American West by Patricia Nelson Limerick.
Southeastern Pomo Ceremonials: The Kuksu Cult and Its Successors by Abraham M.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 12, no. 1, 1988, pp. 39-57
Description
Studies how the mixed-tribe Native American community's economies were destroyed during the war, resulting in their complete dislocation from the region.
RCAP 12 contains files from the sitting of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples at Joe A. Ross School, The Pas, Manitoba. This sitting of the Commission contains a variety of presentations related to various First Nations, women's, youth, educational organizations and individual's issues. Each presentation can be viewed individually on this site.
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples - Transcriptions of Public Hearings and Round Table Discussions
Documents & Presentations
Description
RCAP 27 contains files from the sitting of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples at Inukjuak, Quebec. This sitting of the Commission contains many individual presentations from members of the community, as well as some by Nunavik officials, and a member of the local Co-op and Grocers Association. Each presentation can be viewed individually on this site.
RCAP 34 contains files from the sitting of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples at the Northern Lights Secondary School, Moosonee, Ontario. This sitting of the Commission contains presentations from teachers and students at the school. Each presentation can be viewed individually on this site.
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples - Transcriptions of Public Hearings and Round Table Discussions
Documents & Presentations
Description
RCAP 57 contains files from the sitting of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples at the Mah-Sos School Gymnasium in Tobique, New Brunswick. This sitting of the Commission contains presentations by a series of community groups, and individuals on topics including education, women's issues, treaties, and Micmac history. Each presentation can be viewed individually on this site.
File contains opening remarks from the sitting of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples at the Park Plaza Hotel, Toronto, Ontario, on Monday, November 2, 1992. Elder Fred Plain relates an anecdote about cross-cultural understanding, discusses the Aboriginal community in metro Toronto, and welcomes the Commission. Following this are various brief introductory remarks by regional Commission coordinator Pat Chilton, and Commissioners Bertha Wilson, Mary Sillet, and Allan Blakeney.