Canadian Bulletin of Medical History, vol. 15, no. 2, fa, 1998, pp. 251-276
Description
Looks at patterns of tuberculosis among different tribes living on the reservation and bands, and the link between tuberculosis to government policies, housing, food and sanitation.
File contains correspondence by Ellen Fairclough and John Diefenbaker. Includes a letter from Diefenbaker mentioning a petition from the people of Mistawasis signed by members of the Dreaver family, and a letter from Fairclough to Donald Fleming protesting cuts to her Departmental Budget, stating that such cuts will hurt the Indian Affairs branch.
Overview of forestry industry activities, motivations, implications of public policy, key players and relationship with Aboriginal peoples, and recommendations for further action.
Historical background and submissions to Indian Claims Commission (ICC) whether descendents and former members of the Michel Band are entitled to be recognized as members under the Indian Act. ICC concluded Canada has no obligation to recognize or reconstitute the Band; ICC recommended the claim regarding invalid reserve surrenders be submitted to Specific Claims. [This file has been saved and made available online with permission from the Indian Claims Commission website before it closed down in March 2009.]
Discusses the role the Oblates played in British Columbia's Native land claims based on cultural conceptions of property and the government policies that provided a framework.
Language in Mari Sandoz’s Crazy Horse: Strange Man of the Oglalas
Native American Symposium ; 2nd, 1997
Sam Kenoi’s “Coyote and the Whitemen”: Contact in and out of a Chiricahua Narrative
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Anthony K. Webster
Kimberli Lee
Description
Sam Kenoi’s “Coyote and the Whitemen”: Contact in and out of a Chiricahua Narrative by Anthony K. Webster examines specific narration by placing it within the context of received standards for a Coyote narrative.
Language in Mari Sandoz’s Crazy Horse: Strange Man of the Oglalas by Kimberli Lee discusses the Indian perspectives used in Mari Sandoz’s work.
John Collier and the Controversial Resignation of Indian Commissioner Charles Burke, 1921-1929
Native American Symposium ; 2nd, 1997
Reclaiming the Feminine in the Chitimacha Creation Myth
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Ginger R. Davis
Carlon Andre
Carole McAllister
Description
John Collier and the Controversial Resignation of Indian Commissioner Charles Burke, 1921-1929 by Ginger R. Davis examines the federal Native American policy, and Burke's assimilationist policy and the end of his administration.
Reclaiming the Feminine in the Chitimacha Creation Myth by Carlon Andre and Carole McAllister discusses ways in which French influence altered and disturbed Chitimacha of Louisiana's oral traditions.
Historical background and submission to Indian Claims Commission (ICC) regarding whether Canada breached its duties to the Band in 1982 by failing to comply with the Indian Act provisions for leasing reserve land. However, ICC may only hear claims rejected by Canada 15 or more years ago. ICC did recommend the "15-year rule" be repealed. [This file has been saved and made available online with permission from the Indian Claims Commission website before it closed down in March 2009.]
A submission to the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. Reports Canadian government policy is in breach of basic fundamental rights and is keeping Aboriginal people living in poverty.