Interviews with 13 residents of the Chipewyan Lake area of northern Alberta.- Stresses need for establishment of a reserve in this area, and promises made to them about this.- Describe various lifestyles including farming, trapping and fishing.- Shows how settlement patterns in remote areas have been influenced by the location of schools and stores.
John Testawich, former chief of the Peace River Crossing Reserve, discusses the different attitudes of Indians and non-Indians to fishing and trapping.
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.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 20, no. 3, 1996, pp. 167-170
Description
Response to the article, ""Ethnicity, Not Culture? Obfuscating Social Science in the Exxon Valdez Oil
Spill" which was in the American Indian Culture and Research Journal Vol. 19, No. 4, 1995, at pages 1-124. This response letter discusses the misconceptions in the original article.
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.
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.
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.
Current History, vol. 66, no. 392, 1974, pp. 177-181
Description
This article places the issue of the James Bay Project for the development of hydroelectric power into a historical and political perspective and discusses its effects upon the Aboriginals of Quebec.
This 75 year old man describes changes brought about by Treaty #8; promises of reserve at Prairie Lake; and confusion over treaty status of many northern people.
An overall summary of Treaty #6, the hows and whys of the difference in interpretation between Indian and non-Indian, based on field interviews and historical documents.
Gender & History, vol. 8, no. 1, April 1996, pp. 4-21
Description
Looks at how British culture affected the portrayal of Aboriginal hunters, specifically the buffalo hunters as brave and manly compared to the fishing tribes as being indolent and improvident.
Saskatchewan Indian Arts and Crafts Advisory Committee
Description
This booklet shows in detail the various steps of the traditional Aboriginal method of smoke tanning big game hides. The Saskatchewan Indian Arts and Crafts Advisory Committee organized a training program held at Chitek Lake, Saskatchewan in May 1974.
Author uses various anthropological and historical sources to throw some light on the way in which the Indians of the Treaty 6 and 7 regions might have interpreted the treaty promises.
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.
Acadiensis, vol. 26, no. 1, Autumn, 1996, pp. 92-101
Description
Review essay of:
Bitter Feast: Amerindians and Europeans in Northeaster North America, 1600-64 by Denis Delage.
Lost Harvests: Prairie Indian Reserve Farmers and Government Policy by Sarah Carter.
The Tangled Webs of History: Indians and the Law in Canada's Pacific Coast Fisheries by Diane Newell.
Shingwauk's Vision: A History of Native Residential Schoolsby J.R. Miller.