Discusses six investigations which provided Colonial and Imperial officials with overview of Indian conditions, advice on policy issues, and suggestions on how to improve departmental administration. They were: the Darling report; the Executive Council of Lower Canada's report; Justice James Macaulay's report on Upper Canada; legislative committee of the Upper Canada Assembly's report; the Bagot study; and the Pennefather study.
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 5, no. 2, 1985, pp. 262-267
Description
Examines the unique role that universities can play in helping to maintain both the Micmac (Mi'kmaq) and Maliseet languages in Indigenous communities in the Maritimes to assist in the preservation of culture and communication between generations.
Prairie Forum, vol. 13, no. 1, Spring, 1988, pp. 25-42
Description
Examines the aftermath of the North-West Rebellion and the consequences of a pass system established by Indian Affairs intended to control Native Peoples movements.
Prairie Forum, vol. 10, no. 1, Spring, 1985, pp. 1-15
Description
Examines the impact of Bishop Provencher on the Native Peoples of Red River, and comments on problems related to marriage practices, native cultural traditions, and attempts at agricultural and industrial practices.
Native Studies Review, vol. 1, no. 2, 1985, pp. 33-45
Description
Examines the challenges associated with individuals attempting, as intermediaries, to represent the interests of both government and Native populations.
Discusses barriers preventing Aboriginal participation in the planning process including large amounts of plans to look at, native world view, inappropriate use of public meetings, and communication styles.
File contains 2 negatives from a ceremony held at the Prince Albert Indian Metis Friendship Centre to commemorate the official opening of the Iskwew program for abused women.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 12, no. 1, 1988, pp. 73-109
Description
Book reviews on:
Coast Salish Essays by Wayne Suttles.
Phoenix Indian School by Robert Trennert.
The Good Red Road: Passages into Native America by Kenneth Lincoln with Al Logan Slagle.
The Indians of Texas: An Annotated Research Bibliography by Michael L. Tate.
The Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains by John C. Fremont.
Among the Sioux of Dakota: Eighteen Months' Experience as an Indian Agent, 1869-70 by D. C. Poole.
Sovereignty and Symbol: Indian-White Conflict at Ganeinkeh by Gail H.
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.
Native Studies Review, vol. 1, no. 2, 1985, pp. 81-95
Description
Provides an historical overview of the events leading to changes to Indian Act which stripped status from Indian women who married non-status Indians or non-Indians.