Saskatchewan Indian, vol. 7, no. 9, September 1977, p. 5
Description
Indian Affairs Minister informs the Medicine Wheel Ranch Company band members that they must wait for the settlement of their land claim of the Harold Lees ranch until the legitimacy of the surrender of that land by the Ocean Man and Pheasant Rump reserves in 1902 is decided in court.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 3, no. 4, Winter, 1977-1978, pp. 335-356
Description
Author argues that violence in Cherokee communities can be attributed to the combination social-structural problems found on reservations and the erosion of traditional cultural norms.
Consists of an interview that tells of the arrival of Simon Fraser amongst the Thompson Indians. Annie York discusses the life of her grandfather and speaks at great length of her devotion to the Christian religion.
Saskatchewan Indian, vol. 7, no. 4, April 1977, p. 11
Description
Director of the Saskatchewan Medical Services Branch of the Department of Health and Welfare claims radon level in Red Earth Reserve water is not a hazard.
Prairie Forum, vol. 2, no. 2, November 1977, pp. 127-151
Description
Overview of the Canadian Indian policy from 1896-1905, when Clifford Sifton and the Laurier government attempted to overhaul the Indian administration, and assimilate the Aboriginal peoples.
Examines reasons for supporting Aboriginal participation in the management and development of surrounding land and resources for the economic sustainability of Aboriginal communities.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 10, no. 4, 1986, pp. 1-30
Description
Article tries to overcome the perception that the arrival of "civilization" brought improved nutrition to the Navajos when the reality was quite the opposite.
Discusses Malcolm Norris and his political views, his involvement with the Neestow Project, his visions for the future, his family, his frustrations and short-comings.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 20, no. 2, 1996, pp. 155-172
Description
Commentary on the assertions that the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) and other Native American confederacies helped shape ideas of democracy the early U.S. and Europe.
Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology, vol. 24, no. 3, June 1996, pp. 217-221
Description
Compares 1988 and 1980 data gathered by the Medical Services Branch, from the Pacific Region of Health Canada and the recent B.C. Children's Health Survey.
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 6, no. 1, 1986, pp. 65-75
Description
Presents reasons why Indigenous groups should use principles of self-determination, culture and racial preservation as determinants of citizenship and membership.
Canadian Journal of Public Health, vol. 87, no. 5, September/October 1996, pp. 325-328
Description
Investigates the prevalence of diabetes, finding adult females with Saulteaux or Sioux ancestry and living on southern reserves are more likely to run the risk of developing diabetes.
Practicing Anthropology, vol. 18, no. 4, Fall, 1996, pp. 29-32
Description
The author recounts her own personal experience working as a special advisor to the Office of the Treaty Commissioner to discuss contemporary treaty negotiations.
Don Nielson was one of the original organizers of the Metis Association of Saskatchewan in 1964. He talks about the differences between Metis groups in the north and south and Norris's fight against government funding.
One of the original organizers of the Metis Association of Saskatchewan in 1964 discusses problems within native organizations between north and south, status and non-status, Liberal and CCF.