Consists of an interview where he talks about his memories of Gabriel Dumont, the causes of the Riel Rebellion of 1885 and the present day treatment of Metis people.
Charles Ryder tells the story of the settlement of the Carry the Kettle (Assiniboine) Reserve. Also gives a detailed description of old agricultural practices. No date given, probably early 1970's.
Journal of the European Association for Studies of Australia, vol. 4, no. 1, Indigenous Marriage, Family and Kinship in Australia:The Persistence of Life and Hope, 2013, pp. 76-91
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Presents personal story about the process of being adopted into an Aboriginal family.
Bill Wilson was born in Lac La Biche, Alberta in 1934 and raised by Indian people west of Calgary. His father was 3/4 Sioux from the U.S. but his parents broke up when he was little. He discusses his negative attitude toward the RCMP.
Journal of European Association for Studies of Australia, vol. 4, no. 1, Indigenous Marriage, Family and Kinship in Australia:The Persistence of Life and Hope, 2013, pp. 1-5
Interview of the grandsons of Little Bear who discuss lifestyle. They tell stories about Cree raids on Blackfoot;the hanging of Little Bear and murder of a storekeeper's son by a medicine man. Interpreter by Alphonse Littlepoplar.
The interview includes a story of the Grandson of Little Bear who was hung for his part in the Frog Lake massacre. Other stories included the tale of Chuh Chuh,a warrior who scalped a Blackfoot Chief; stories of medicine men; a gambling tale involving a Cree and Blackfoot.
Mrs. Ranger was born in Batoche around 1892. She gives an account of the Riel Rebellion of 1885 as told by her mother, shares childhood memories of Gabriel Dumont, the effects on the Metis community by the Depression and the two world wars and gives her impressions of how the Metis are treated by various outside groups.
Mrs. Nicolas, nee Fleury, was born in Duck Lake in 1887. After a brief period in the U.S. where she attended school she returned to the Duck Lake area where she has lived ever since. She shares her experiences of raising her family of ten plus three foster children, her childhood, schooling and life on a mixed farm including the Depression years. She also gives an account of the Frog Lake Massacre as told by her grandfather, and of relatives who fought in WWI, WWII and the Korean war.
An interview that includes stories of hunting, trading and food gathering. Also included are stories about the Frog Lake massacre and Wihtiko (cannibal monster)
Pierre Vandale was born in Carlton, Saskatchewan. He was treated in a sanatorium for tuberculosis but on recovery worked at farming and woodcutting. He talks about his children's education and his lack of schooling and he shares what his grandfather told him about the Riel Rebellion of 1885, the Metis and World War I and II.