Interview includes a description of traditional life style and the life of settlers on the prairies. It also includes stories of theft and murder by Indians.
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.
Mrs. Carter tells a story of her life. She talks of the traditional way of living; residential schools and tells how she was given her name. During the interview she also relates a tale from her grandfather about the Cree raiding Blackfoot camps.
Cultural Survival Quarterly, vol. 35, no. 2, Building on Indigenous City, Summer, 2011
Description
Comments on a volunteer group which works together to restore health and wellbeing by eating traditional foods and taking part in traditional activities.
Image showing forage supplies - sacks of oats in foreground and hay bales in background - for the soldiers of the North West Field Force. Some soldiers standing on sacks of oats; location unknown.
Study gathered information through focus groups and key informants; reported that while all agreed on the various benefits of the food, there was growing concern about its safety due to environmental contamination.
Indian Journal of Traditional Knowledge, vol. 10, no. 1, January 2011, pp. 57-70
Description
Discusses why Canadian indigenous communities, as well as those around the world, are more vulnerable to the risks associated with climate change and global warming.
This paper, based on his many field interviews, represents Mr. Rain's views on why the Indians in the Treaty 6 area wereanxious to sign treaty, the problems of language, and therefore of their understanding of the terms.
Part of Phase 1 information study on sources of knowledge for the State of the Watershed Report. This report should not be considered a comprehensive overview of documented Traditional Knowledge.