Argues that the First Nation located in Quebec has laid the foundation for comprehensive development success. Includes history, community profile, discussion of administrative practices, training needs assessment, and five year plan for economic self-sufficiency,
Examines links between oral tradition and contemporary written texts.
Originally published as essay in Traditionalism vs Modernism: Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the Association for the Study of New Literatures in English, June 1-14 1991.
Leonie Sandercock discusses documentary, Finding Our Way a documentary about Burns Lake municipality, the reserve in the middle and the Carrie Nation.
Duration: 47.12.
The Legends Project is a compilation of traditional oral stories, legends, and histories of Canada's Inuit and First Nations. They are transcribed, dramatized, and cast within the communities. Audios contain general information on the First Nations involved, recordings of Elders, explanation of the legends, and legends recorded in both English and the original First Nations language.
California Law Review, vol. 82, no. 4, July 1994, pp. 981-1049
Description
Describes how the five Confederated Tribes of the Iroquois attempted intercultural communication and encounters between the early sixteenth through late eighteenth centuries with Europeans.
An interview which discusses the signing of Treaty 8: understanding of promises made, the establishment of Wood Buffalo Natural Park, and the need for a reserve at Fort Chipewyan for trapping and hunting.
Collection of photographs depicting individuals from the Blackfeet Nation in Browning, Montana and some scenes from Glacier National Park (U.S.) during the early twentieth century. Images included were digitized from photographic negatives.
Public Health Reports, vol. 109, no. 1, January-February 1994, pp. 99-103
Description
Looks at challenges for a health care center to get services to eligible women and address non-financial barriers such as language, transportation and gender issues.
Interview includes a description of life on the reserve that describes milking, sheep-shearing and fishing weirs. It also consists of stories about a woman whose husband turned into a lizard; a story of Wisakedjak; and how Thunder Blanket killed his wife and then himself.
Interview includes a story of an evil spirit which caused an epidemic that killed many people. She also tells of the sale of their reserve and the subsequent moves to Sweet Grass Reserve and then to Moosomin Reserve.
Discussion on problems of the younger generation, including alcoholism. Also discussed ways in which parents and elders can help by instructing children and young people and by maintaining the Indian religion.
Mrs. Adams is a retired white schoolteacher and was 69 years old at the time of the interview. She tells of her induction as an honorary chief of the Blackfoot reserve and shares her experiences among the Blackfoot.
Focuses on three issues: appropriate forms of internal organization, community capacity to manage institutions, and optimum framework for relationships with other governments.
Basic information about Buffalo Lake, East Prairie, Elizabeth, Fishing Lake, Gift Lake, Kikino, Paddle Prairie, and Peavine settlements and each First Nation in Alberta.
Saskatchewan History, vol. 46, no. 2, Fall, 1994, pp. 34-47
Description
Describes the Reverend James Nisbet’s journey what in now Prince Albert, where he set up the mission and later founded the town, both by the same name. Details many of the different people and communities that Nibet was able to engage and form relationships with.
Entire Issue on one .pdf, scroll to page 34.
Looks at the negotiation for sacred lands in South Dakota and Arizona as an example of the relationship between Native populations and the American government.