Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Chris Cunneen
Aboriginal Law Bulletin, vol. 2, no. 49, April 1991, p. 6
Description
Investigates the incidence of alleged violence by police officers towards Aboriginal youth in Australia.
Addressing the Suppressed Epidemic: Violence against Indigenous Women
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Amanda R. Young
Journal of Indigenous Research, vol. 7, no. 1, Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, 2019, p. Article 3
Description
Author conducts a literature review examining resources and writings surrounding the issue of violence towards Indigenous women and the suppression of the issue; argues that media representation plays a large role, and issues a call to action from the general public to help solve the problem.
Battleford and Medicine Hat - Newspaper clipping - 9 May 1885.
Articles » General
Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, May 1885, p. 196
Description
Note: The description of this document uses wording that was common to mainstream society of that time period in history. As such, it contains language that is no longer in common use and may offend some readers. This wording should not be construed to represent the views of the Indigenous Studies Portal or the University of Saskatchewan Library.
A short article on the ongoing Northwest Resistance, including four sketches: 1. The fort at Battleford; 2. The South Saskatchewan; 3. Steamers loading at Medicine Hat; 4. The Revolt of the Half-Breeds.
"Beatty, Reginald Bird-Diary & Correspondence"
Archival » Archival Items
Description
This file contains excerpts from Reginald Beatty's diary, correspondence about his encounters with Cree people, and letters home to his parents detailing his experience in the 1885 Riel Rebellion. Mr. Beatty was a farmer and fur trader in what is now known as the Melfort area of Saskatchewan.
Canada, - The Riel Rebellion - A Convoy of Northwest Police on the March.
Archival » Archival Items
[?]
Description
Collection of Dr. Peter Purdue, College of Education, University of Saskatchewan.
Published in [?Unknown Source], 1885.
No article associated with this image in the newspaper.
Sketch by T.B. Eyres.
Canadian Justice, Indigenous Injustice: The Gerald Stanley and Colten Boushie Case
E-Books
Author/Creator
Kent Roach
no. 3
A Case Compounded Error: The Inuit Resettlement Project, 1953, and the Government Response, 1990
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Shelagh D. Grant
Northern Perspectives, vol. 19, no. 1, Spring, 1991, pp. [3-29]
Description
Looks at the resettlement of seven families from northern Quebec and three families from Pond Inlet to Resolute Bay on Corwallis Island and Grise Fiord on Ellesmere Island and the lack of recognition and apology for contributions made to arctic sovereignty.
Comité consultatif - évaluation du Program de la Police Amérindienne: étude preparatoire à l'évaluation = Advisory committee - Amerindian Police Program Evaluation: Evaluation Assessment Study
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Woods Gordon
Description
Initiative was established in 1978 and involved Aboriginal special constables policing reserves and Inuit settlements in Ontario and Quebec.
English version begins on p. 50.
Confronting Cannabis: Legalization on Native Nation Lands and the Impacts of Differential Federal Enforcement
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Courtney Lewis
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 43, no. 4, Fall, 2019, pp. 408-438
Description
Author examines the laws and enforcement practices of the United States in relation to Indigenous nations that choose to legalize medical, recreational, or agricultural cannabis. Article also considers the economic consequences of the legislation and its enforcement.
A Convoy of Northwest Police on the March - Sketch. - 1885.
Images » Photographs
Description
Sketch of a convoy of Northwest Police on the march.
Crime in Aboriginal Communities: Saskatchewan, 1989
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Lee Wolff
Description
Summarizes findings from a prototype study of the feasibility of obtaining crime statistics for reserves policed by the RCMP and converting those statistics into Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) format and discusses the difficulty in studying crime within the context of socio-economic conditions.
Developing Crime Prevention Strategies in Aboriginal Communities
Alternate Title
Aboriginal Peoples Collection; APC 5 CA (1992)
E-Books
Author/Creator
Garry F. Benson
Aboriginal Peoples Collection
Description
Document intended to provide police with a "guide to using the problem-oriented policing approach" in communities as a method of establishing cooperative working relationships to identify and address problems.
The Face Pullers: Ch. 1 Images - Big Bear 1825-88
Alternate Title
The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939
Images » Photographs
Author/Creator
Otto B. Buell
Description
Photograph of Chief Big Bear taken during his trial outside the North West Mounted Police Barracks in Regina.
From the book The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939 by Brock Silversides.
First Nations Youth Inquest: 2019 Progress of Implementing the Recommendations
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Aboriginal Legal Services]
Description
Inquest investigated the deaths of seven youths who had relocated to Thunder Bay, Ontario to complete their high school education.
Grading Scheme
First Nations Youth Inquest: 2019 Report Card on Recommendations [Detailed]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Aboriginal Legal Services]
Description
Inquest investigated the deaths of seven youths who had relocated to Thunder Bay, Ontario to complete their high school education.
Grading Scheme
From Gaming to Justice? A Note on the Effect of American Indian Casinos on Tribal Judicial Systems
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Randall Akee
NAIS: Journal of the Native American and Indigenous Studies Association, vol. 6, no. 1, 2019, pp. 32-42
Description
Uses data from the 2002 Census of Tribal Justice Agencies in American Indian and Alaska Native Jurisdiction to discuss the complicated issues of using on-reserve gaming revenues to fund tribal judicial systems; notes that while funding might be increased by gaming, so might be the need for tribal judicial resources.
Guardhouse, N.W.M.P. Post at Regina, Sask., Where Louis Riel was Confined
Images » Photographs
Description
Image of exterior of the guardhouse at the North West Mounted Police post in Regina, where Louis Riel was held.
An "Indyan Called Nangenutch or Will": Indian Identity and Identification in a 1668 Long Island Rape Trial
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jason R. Sellers
NAIS: Journal of the Native American and Indigenous Studies Association, vol. 6, no. 1, 2019, pp. 1-31
Description
Author uses the rape trial of Nangenutch as a case study to discuss the upheaval created by colonialism, and the imposition of foreign economies, cultures, and laws on Indigenous peoples.
"Inspector Dickens Journal" Fort Pitt, 1885.
Archival » Archival Items
Author/Creator
Francis Dickens
Description
A typed copy of Inspector Francis Dickens's North West Mounted Police journal from Fort Pitt in 1885. Recounts the events of the Resistance, the skirmish and subsequent abandonment of Fort Pitt by Dickens who was in command of the installation when hostilities broke out.
Historical note:
Interior of Fort Pitt, Just [Before] the Rebellion of 1885
Images » Photographs
Description
Group photo taken on the grounds of Fort Pitt, NWT. Numbered from L to R: 1. Fire Sky Thunder; 2. Sky Bird (Big Bear's son); 3. Natoose; 4. Napasis; 5. Big Bear; 6. Angus McKay (HBC); 7. Dufrain (HBC cook); 8. L. Goulet; 9. Stanley Simpson (HBC); 10. Alex McDonald; 11. Rowley; 12. Corp. Sleigh (NWMP); 13. Edmond; 14. Henry Dufrain.
An Investigation into the Policies of Assimilation and Self-Determination Resulting in the Epidemic of Violence against Indigenous Women in Canada and the United States
Theses
Author/Creator
Caroline Rubash
Description
Political Science Thesis (M.A.)--Indiana University of Pennsylvania, 2019.
Joining the Circle: Identifying Key Ingredients for Effective Police Collaboration within Indigenous Communities
E-Books
Author/Creator
Chad Nilson
Barb Mantello
Description
Looks at essential components, techniques, challenges and opportunities to reduce violence against Indigenous women and girls. Includes literature review, examination of multi-sector collaborative solutions, and results of interviews with community members, subject experts, and participants in collaborative human service models.
[Justice on Trial: Report of the Task Force on the Criminal Justice System and its Impact on the Indian and Metis People of Alberta]. Volume II: Summary Report
Alternate Title
Justice on Trial (Cawsey Report)
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Robert Allan Cawsey
Leroy Little Bear
Janet Franklin
Cynthia Bertolin
Arnold Galet
Cleve Cooper
Michael Gallagher
[Justice on Trial: Report of the Task Force on the Criminal Justice System and its Impact on the Indian and Metis People of Alberta]. Volume III: Working Papers and Bibliography
Alternate Title
Justice on Trial (Cawsey Report)
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Robert Allan Cawsey
Leroy Little Bear
Janet Franklin
Cynthia Bertolin
Arnold Galet
Cleve Cooper
Michael Gallagher
[Justice on Trial: Report of the Task Force on the Criminal Justice System and Its Impact on the Indian and Metis People of Alberta]. Volume I, Main Report
Alternate Title
Justice on Trial (Cawsey Report)
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Robert Allan Cawsey
Leroy Little Bear
Janet Franklin
Cynthia Bertolin
Arnold Galet
Cleve Cooper
Michael Gallagher
Land of the Red and White: 1875-1975
Alternate Title
Frog Lake and Districts to 1978
Land of Red and White
E-Books
Author/Creator
Frog Lake Community Club
Learning from Lost Lives: Examining the Calls for Justice for Police from the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Laurence Rankin
Jennie Gill
Description
Vancouver Police Department's response outlines present and future initiatives. Discusses recruitment practices, strengthening community relations, culturally appropriate and gender-neutral policy, practices and procedures, increased training in cultural competence and trauma informed responses, review of investigative practices and future directions.
Life Satisfaction, Victimization, and Discrimination among Off-Reserve Indigenous Peoples in Canada
Theses
Author/Creator
Douglas Spafford
Description
Economics[?] Thesis (M.A.)--University of Dalhousie University, 2019.
The Looking Ahead Project: A Lesson in Community Engagement and Positive Change
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Paul E. Pedersen
Journal of Community Safety & Well-Being, vol. 4, no. 3, 2019, pp. 58-62
Description
Describes partnership involving Greater Sudbury Police Service and the N’Swakamok Native Friendship Centre to create a project with the goal of reducing violence against Indigenous women and girls. Project is titled Looking Ahead to Build the Spirit of Our Women--Learning to Live Free From Violence.
Louis Riel on Trial
Images » Photographs
Description
Photograph of a sketch of Riel's trial in Regina, NWT, 1885. Riel stands at centre in the prisoner's box.
Historical note:
Missing & Murdered Native American Women Report
Alternate Title
Washington State Patrol Missing & Murdered Native American Women Report
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Monica Alexander
Description
Reports on results of community engagement sessions held to determine the scope of the problem, identify barriers, and create partnerships to increase reporting investigation. These sessions were to include tribal and local law enforcement, federally recognized tribes, and urban Indian organizations.
Efficacy of report was challenged in the document MMIWG: We Demand More: A Corrected Research Study of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women & Girls in Washington State.
Native Recruitment Study: Regina Police Service
E-Books
Author/Creator
David C. Cowley
Ronald Merasty
nîpawistamâsowin: We Will Stand Up
Alternate Title
[CBC Docs POV]
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Tasha Hubbard
Bonnie Thompson
Jon Montes
George Hupka
Downstream Documentary Productions Inc.
National Film Board of Canada [NFB]
Description
A documentary examining the impact on Indigenous-white relations from the trail and acquittal of Gerald Stanley's regarding the fatal shooing of Cree man Colton Boushie.
nîpawistamâsowin: We Will Stand Up [Classroom Version]
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
National Film Board of Canada (NFB)
Tasha Hubbard
George Hupka
Jon Montes
Bonnie Thompson
Downstream Documentary Productions
Description
Documentary about treatment of the case of Colton Boushie, a young Cree man who was shot and killed by Saskatchewan farmer Gerald Stanley who was subsequently acquitted of second-degree murder.
Related Material:
for Grades 7-12.
Officers of Governor-General's Body Guard at Humboldt during North-West Rebellion, 1885
Images » Photographs
Description
Image of officers of Governor-General Landsdowne's Body Guard in Humboldt. L to R: Major Dunn, Lt. Col. G.T. Denison, Capt. Denison, Lt. Merritt, Quartermaster Chas. Mair, Lt. Fleming, Surgeon Baldwin.
Overincarceration of Indigenous People: A Health Crisis
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Davinder Singh
Sarah Prowse
Marcia Anderson
CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal, vol. 191, no. 18, May 06, 2019, pp. E487-E488
Description
Authors argue that incarceration is a social determinant of health and that it disproportionately affects Indigenous people because of disparities in rates of incarceration; cite statistical analysis that indicate the specific effects of incarceration and notes historic and contemporary calls to address the situation.
Overrepresentation of Indigenous People in the Canadian Criminal Justice System: Causes and Responses
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Scott Clark
Description
Literature review includes topics of colonialism, socio-economic marginalization, culture clash, systemic discrimination in policing, courts and corrections, and initiatives such as Gladue courts and changes to sentencing policy. Identifies gaps in efforts to reduce overrepresentation and suggests ways to improve the situation.
Parade at Regina
Alternate Title
Loyal till Death: Indians and the North-West Rebellion
Images » Photographs
Description
Caption: "Indian Commissioner Dewdney (seated centre with bowler) and Indian leaders in the Regina region. The heavy military presence was designed to ensure Indian neutrality." On back of photograph: "Parade at Regina (Sask.) after close of Rebellion."
From the book Loyal till Death: Indians and the North-West Rebellion by Blair Stonechild and Bill Waiser.
Patrick Burke
Images » Photographs
Description
NWMP Constable Patrick Burke who was shot at the Battle of Cut Knife and died on May 3, 1885.
A Picnic With The Natives
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Alan Powell
Aboriginal History, vol. 15, no. 2, 1991, pp. 191-192
Description
Book review of: A Picnic With The Natives by Gordon Reid.
Review located by scrolling to page 191.
Picture of Louis Riel's Council in 1885
Images » Photographs
Description
Image of the legal team of Louis Riel at his trial in Regina. On 1st photocopied information sheet (H-380-p2) is a numerical count of the men in the original photograph. On 2nd photocopied information sheet (H-380-p3): "Taken beside the Regina Court House at the time of their trial. 1. Johnny Sansregret 2. P. Paranteau 3. Pierre Gardiepui 4. Philip Garnot (Riel's secretary) 5. Albert Monkman 6. Pierre Vandall 7. Babtiste Vandall 8. Touissaint Lucier (reputed to be the strongest man in North West) 9. Maxime Dubois 10. Timmus Short 11. Jean-Baptiste Tourond 12. Emmanuel Champagne."
Police Stops and Searches of Indigenous People in Minneapolis: The Roles of Race, Place, and Gender
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Marina M. Gorsuch
Deborah T. Rho
The International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 10, no. 3, September 2019
Description
Study examines the ratios of Indigenous people and Indigenous woman that are stopped, searched, and arrested in Minneapolis within the study period.
Policing in Relation to the Blood Tribe: Report of Public Inquiry: Commissioner's Report: Findings and Recommendations
Alternate Title
Policing in Relation to the Blood Tribe: Report of Public Inquiry: Commissioner's Report, vol. 2
Policing in Relation to the Blood Tribe: Report of Public Inquiry: Commissioner's Report, vol. 1
Policing in Relation to the Blood Tribe: Report of Public Inquiry: Commissioner's Report: Executive Summary
E-Books
Author/Creator
C. H. Rolf
Description
Volume 2: Executive Summary
Public Inquiry Commission on Relations between Indigenous Peoples and Certain Public Services in Québec: Listening, Reconciliation and Progress: Final Report
Alternate Title
Commission d'enquête sur les relations entre les Autochtones et certains services publics
Viens Commission
E-Books
Author/Creator
Jacques Viens
Description
Public Inquiry Commission on Relations between Indigenous Peoples and Certain Public Services in Québec: Listening, Reconciliation and Progress: Summary Report
Alternate Title
Commission d'enquête sur les relations entre les Autochtones et certains services publics
Viens Commission
E-Books
Author/Creator
Jacques Viens
Description
Rebellion, 1885 - Diary of N.W. Expedition / Toronto Brigade / C Company I.S.C. / Queens Own Grenadiers.
Archival » Archival Items
Author/Creator
Major Smith
Description
Personal diary of Major Smith of the I.S.C. Toronto Brigade during the Brigade's march west. Observations include health of fellow soldiers, the weather, and the monotony of waiting for next orders. Brief entries after 23 April 1885, final entry on 18 May 1885. Diary has metal clasp, black cloth covers and marbleized end papers. Item found within folder 2 of file Rebellion, 1885.
Rebellion, 1885 - Draft of a statement by General Middleton dated 2 July 1885 at Fort Pitt expressing satisfaction with the officers and men who served under him during the rebellion.
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Col. Frederick Dobson Middleton
Description
Draft of statement by General Middleton dated 2 July 1885 at Fort Pitt expressing satisfaction with the officers and men who served under him during the Northwest Resistance. Item found within folder 1 of file Rebellion, 1885.
Rebellion, 1885 - Draft of statement by General Middleton dated 4 July 1885 regarding the death of Lieutenant Colonel Williams
Archival » Archival Items
Author/Creator
Col. Frederick Dobson Middleton
Description
Draft of statement by General Middleton, dated 4 July 1885, written while on board the steamer "Marquis" and pertaining to the death of Lieutenant Colonel Arthur Williams. Item found within folder 1 of file Rebellion, 1885.
Rebellion, 1885 - Duck Lake Fight
Articles » General
Author/Creator
William Laurie
Saskatchewan Herald, April 23, 1885
Description
A typed transcription of an article from the Saskatchewan Herald, 23 April 1885, by Wm. Laurie. Item found within folder 1 of file Rebellion, 1885.
Historical note:
Rebellion, 1885 - Order Book "C" Company I.S.C. 10 July 1885 - 8 October 1885.
Archival » Archival Items
Description
Small notebook of "C" Company, Infantry School Corps, documenting daily 'officer of the day' postings, brigade orders from Lt.-Col. Otter, arrival of padres, daily lists of company orders and notification of church parades and target practice. All entries made from Battleford, NWT; most made by Lt. J.M. Sears and Lt. R.L. Wadmore. Entries made in black ink and primarily blue pencil. Item found within folder 2 of file Rebellion, 1885.