Through personal testimonies charges that children were: deliberately exposed to disease, forced to undergo sterilization, beaten, sometimes to death and that these actions were taken with the goal of eventual elimination of the Aboriginal population.
Kansas History, vol. 24, no. 2, Summer, 2001, pp. 85-97
Description
Discusses the military's policies with respect to Native American enlistees, as well as motivations for participating in the war effort and experiences during training and active service.
International Journal on Minority and Group Rights, vol. 8, no. 2/3, Special Issue on Sami Rights in Finland, Norway, Russia and Sweden, 2001, pp. 177-222
Description
Examines the role international norms play in shaping Sami policy and possible future repercussions.
The Beaver, vol. 81, no. 6, December/January 2001/2002, pp. 31-[?]
Description
Discusses how pretext of enforcing British law was used to force the Cowichan to submit to British authority and gain access to their land without an agreement.
Saskatchewan Indian, vol. 7, no. 3, March 1977, pp. 24-25
Description
Describes meeting about Saskatchewan land claims with Indian Affairs Minister Warren Allmand, Federation of Saskatchewan Indians and provincial officials in Ottawa.
Identifies problems in areas of time taken for processing applications and returning decisions on their success or failure, increasing rates of denial of status, and falling rate of restorations for women who lost status as a result of marriage
Index to RG10 and RG15 Microfilms in the University of Saskatchewan Libraries
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Government Publications Department
University of Saskatchewan Library
Description
Provides a list of microfilms available at the First Nations University of Canada (Saskatoon campus); many of the same microfilms are available in the Murray Library (Main Library). The microfilms contain Government of Canada records of correspondence and documents of the Department of Indian Affairs (RG10) and the Department of Interior (RG15).
File contains 4 negatives from a meeting of the Indian and Metis Saskatchewan Association of Local Northern Governments, presumably held in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan on May 12, 1988. Two scanned images show meeting participants at the conference table.
Book review of: Indian Education in Canada. Volume 2: The Challenge. Nakoda Institute Occasional Paper No. 2 edited by Jean Barman, Yvonne Hebert, Don McCaskill
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 25, no. 3, 2001, pp. 143-159
Description
Paper introduces complexity theory as a new conceptual approach to research in Native American studies and to gaming in particular. The paper argues that although gaming can have positives, it can also spawn major and irreversible changes in a community, perhaps even weaken a tribe and its sovereignty.
Call for a Federal policy to recognize the cultural importance of Indian languages and to expand the teaching of them beyond the current situation where only those people of Indian ancestry in Saskatchewan Provincial schools are funded for instruction.
Prairie Forum, vol. 13, no. 1, Spring, 1988, pp. 25-42
Description
Examines the aftermath of the North-West Rebellion and the consequences of a pass system established by Indian Affairs intended to control Native Peoples movements.
Saskatchewan Indian, vol. 7, no. 10, October 1977, pp. 9-10
Description
Jack Beaver, president and chief executive officer of Churchill Falls Labrador Ltd., gives speech to the annual assembly of the National Indian Brotherhood citing the Federation of Saskatchewan Indians as a leader in the area.
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 21, no. 2, 2001, pp. 217-233
Description
Presents a brief overview of past government policies, changes under the current government and the potential for new culturally appropriate administrative systems.
Indigenous Affairs, no. 3, Self-Determination, 2001, pp. 56-66
Description
Article describes the history and development of India's federal policies, particularly towards indigenous peoples.
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Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 25, no. 5, September/October 2001, pp. 16-17
Description
Describes the launch of the National Indigenous Substance Misuse Council Inc (NISCM) which is geared to preventing alcohol and other substance abuse in Australia.