American Indian Quarterly, vol. 13, no. 1, Winter, 1989, pp. 1-14
Description
Investigates the importance of interpreters during early Indigenous-white relations. A translator was a difficult position due to the numerous variations of the Indigenous linguistic groups. The best translators also needed to not only know the languages but also have an understanding of Indigenous cultures and traditions due to the symbolic nature of Indigenous speeches.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 13, no. 2, June 1989, pp. 34-37
Description
Book reviews of: Flinders Ranges Dreaming by The Adnyamathanha Storytellers of South Australia and Dorothy Tunbridge.
Turning the Tide: A Personal History of the Federal Council for Advancement of Aborigines andTorress Strait Islanders by Faith Bandler.
Canadian Studies in Population, vol. 16 , no. 1, 1989, pp. 25-42
Description
Data shows that there is a reasonably rapid departure of aboriginal languages in Canada but the language shift is occurring at various rates among the aboriginal demographic.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 13, no. 1, 1989, pp. 97-128
Description
Book reviews of:
The Witch of Goingsnake and Other Stories by Robert J. Conley.
Social Change in the Southwest, 1350-1880 by Thomas D. Hall.
Collections Arctiques by Yvon Csonka.
New Directions in American Indian History edited by Colin G. Calloway.
Hasinai: A Traditional History of the Caddo Confederacy by Vynola Beaver Newkumet, Howard L. Meredith.
Sous le signe de l'ours.
File contains a copy of Diefenbaker's speech at the inauguration of construction on the South Saskatchewan Dam, in which he thanks the Chief, Little Crow and the braves of the Dene tribe for making him a honorary Chief. He also speaks of the proud history of the Dene, their contributions to Canada, and the appointment of an indigenous man to senate.
Ethnohistory, vol. 6, no. 2, Spring, 1959, pp. 97-159
Description
Report describing issues encountered by researchers investigating language and culture of Athabaskan tribes that disappeared before scientific observers arrived in the Southwestern United States and Northern Mexico areas.