Mr. Bishop is a long time resident of Green Lake, Saskatchewan He talks about problems in the area, his work for the Metis people and his impressions of Malcolm Norris and Howard Adams.
Art Davis, a professor of sociology, hired Jim Brady as a research technician/interviewer for work in the north. Davis discusses Brady's work, his personality, his politics and compares Brady to Malcolm Norris.
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.
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.
Consists of an interview with non-Indian employed at the Gabriel Dumont Institute in Regina. At the time of the interview he was writing a book on the history of the Metis nation.
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.
Interview covers recollections of childhood family experiences and school; and comments on economic conditions, racial attitudes, church and politics.(NOTE: There is a very loud hum on Side A of this tape for the first 9 pages, frequently making it impossible to decipher what is being said.)
Helen and Joe Wheaton lived in Prince Albert where Joe worked for the Saskatchewan government. They were active in the CCF party and became friends of Malcolm Norris and Jim Brady.
Howard Adams, the first Metis in Canada to obtain a Ph.D., was at one time the president of the Metis Association of Saskatchewan. He was impressed by the political awareness of the people and attributes this to the work of Malcolm Norris.
Jim Carriere is a resident of Cumberland House and worked for Jim Brady when the latter was a field officer for the CCF government. Carriere discusses Jim Brady's strengths and weaknesses, Brady's life in Cumberland House, speculates about Brady's death and his links with the Communist Party. He also talks about returning World War II veterans and their impact on the communities.
A registered nurse talks about her friendship with Malcolm Norris and the development of Friendship Centres in Prince Albert and Winnipeg and school integration in La Ronge.
NOTE: Joan Stanley is a research worker with the Metis Society of Saskatchewan. Her mother was Indian and her father white. She shares her experiences of growing up Metis in a white community, of the Metis Society of Saskatchewan and her personal problems.
Joe Amyotte was president of the southern Saskatchewan Metis organization from 1966 and president of the combined southern and northern group until 1970 when he was defeated by Howard Adams. He was responsible for the development of educational upgrading and housing programs for the Metis.
Keith Wright was employed in the penitentiary service and was also the president of the board of directors of the Prince Albert Indian/Metis Friendship Centre.
Lawrence Cook knew Jim Brady in 1949/50. He talks about the CCF government policies and how the people reacted to them, the Legion, and the various Co-op efforts that were tried in Cumberland. He is the only informant to talk about efforts by Brady to organize a Metis Association in Cumberland in 1949.
Louis Garneau was a cousin of Jim Brady and spent much of his youth with Jim. He speaks of working in the north during the 20s and 30s and of his recollections of Jim's family and political interests.
Mr. McDougall is descended from French and Scottish halfbreeds and is active in the Metis Society of Saskatchewan. He gives an account of the Metis way of life and philosophy, the Riel Rebellion, shares memories of WWI, WWII and the Depression. He also talks about the discrimination against native people.
BC Studies, no. 184, Winter, 2014/2015, pp. 141-142
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Book review of Métis in Canada edited by Christopher Adams, Gregg Dahl, and Ian Peach.
Entire book review section on one PDF. To access this review scroll to p. 141.
Norman Brudy is a member of the Communist party and was provincial party organizer for Saskatchewan in the early 1960s when both Brady and Norris were party members. Brudy gives his impressions of Norris and Brady as political leaders and Marxists and discusses their application of Marxism to the native question.
Pierre Carriere was a close friend of Jim Brady. He talks about the history of Cumberland House, social life as it changed from the pre-war period to the present ; Jim Brady's role as a leader in the community ; the fishing and forestry industry ; the CCF government and its programs ; Malcolm Norris and his activities ; the effect of the war on the town and the role of the Legion.
Pierre Dorion was a young boy when Jim Brady was living in Cumberland House from 1948-1951. Dorion talks about Brady's attempts to organize a Metis Society and his efforts to get people jobs in the area.
Rod Bishop was raised in Green Lake, Saskatchewan Upon returning to Saskatchewan in the early 1960s, he became involved in the reorganization of the Metis Association of Saskatchewan and was vice president of the amalgamated Metis Society.
Consists of an interview with three of Jim Brady's sisters. They talk about early life in St. Paul des Metis in the 1920s and 1930s, the politics and lifestyle of their father, Jim Brady, Sr., as well as discussing Brady's maternal grandfather, Laurent Garneau.