American Indian Quarterly, vol. 4, no. 3, 1978, pp. 211-221
Description
An examination of the political and economical reasons for the Iroquois Nation to war with southern American Indigenous groups during the eighteenth century.
John Emms was an Indian agent for the federal government. He talks about work in the Kamsack area as a community development officer. He also disusses attitudes within the Indian Affairs department and the CCF/NDP governments' plans for the Indian and Metis peoples of Saskatchewan.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 2, no. 2, 1978, pp. 14-25
Description
Uses the cases Cherokee Nation v. Georgia (1831) and Worcester v. Georgia (1832) to demonstrate how political issues, such state's rights, influenced judicial decisions.
1 file containing Volume 9, Number 2 of the Saskatchewan Indian magazine; House of Commons debates regarding the protection of Indian treaty; Letter to Hon. Bud Cullen, Minister of Employment and Immigration, from Chief Harold Kingfisher of the Sturgeon Lake Band and Doug Cuthand, requesting that the government explain why the Sturgeon Lake Band has not received any Canada Works funding in the past three years
Includes Saskatoon City Council minutes from a meeting on Monday, February 27, 1978 dealing primarily with a report of the Community Liaison Committee regarding a conference entitled "Native people on the Street". The four main topics discussed were 1. Initiating communication between Riversdale residents and community organizations, 2. Clarifying areas of agreement and disagreement on the question of Native-White relations in Saskatoon, 3. Discussing directions for possible solutions, and 4.