Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 21, no. 1, Spring, 2006, pp. 29-41
Description
Relates how colonization and Western influences have caused societal problems in Indian cultures. Restorative justice models by the Navajo and Haudenosaunee are also explored.
Prairie Forum, vol. 8, no. 2, Fall, 1983, pp. 147-155
Description
Examines evidence, from the seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries, on how the involvement in the fur trade altered the social and economic lives of the Western James Bay Cree.
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 19, no. 2, 1999, pp. 213-248
Description
Looks at concerns and themes presented to the Royal Commission almost a century ago, which continue to be concerns today, including secure access and control of the traditional resource base and participation in the economy.
Saskatchewan History, vol. 47, no. 2, Fall, 1995, pp. 13-19
Description
Author presents evidence which suggests that there were not just nine, but ten people killed at Frog Lake on April 2 1885.
Entire issue on one .pdf, scroll to page 13.
BC Studies, no. 152, Past Emergent, Winter, 2006/2007, pp. 67-95
Description
Traces the history of archaeological digs and subsequent Western theories about the identity of the peoples who inhabited the Lower Fraser River area of BC.
William Okeymaw was 12 years old at the time when he attended the Treaty #8 negotiations.He describes the negotiations and his understanding of the promises made; the role of the missionaries; talks of some of the Indian agents; and the abundance of buffalo in Lesser Slave Lake area at one time.
William Okeymaw attended the signing of Treaty 8 when he was 12 years old. He talks about: signing of treaty; treaty promises; establishment of reserves around Lesser Slave Lake; and expansion of these reserves as population grew; and the present need for further expansion.