Consists of an interview where Adam Solway talks about being orphaned at 8 years and adopted by the Blackfoot Reserve, Alta; his attendance at a residential school; becoming a councillor and then chief of the reserve. He comments on the issues he had to deal with as well as providing comments on contemporary lifestyles and leadership.
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 29, no. 2, Fall, 2014, pp. 39-62
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Discusses the implications of using Geronimo's name as code for Osama Bin Laden when he was killed by the United States military and how Indigenous masculinity has been represented and misrepresented.
Mr. Ledoux, aged 99 at the time of the interview is of mixed French and Indian ancestry but is registered as a treaty Indian. He was present during the Riel Rebellion of 1885 and gives an account of what he saw in the Rebellion; views of the rebellion and the people involved.
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.
Image depicts Mistahimaskwa bound and covered with a blanket while seated in a chair. 4 soldiers/policemen (two holding rifles) stand behind him. A fort wall (Fort Carlton?) is directly behind them.
This essay examines reasons for unrest among the Aboriginal population of the old Northwest in the years leading up to the disturbances of 1885. The writer worked for the Indian Department of the Dominion Government during this time. Item found within folder 1 of file Rebellion, 1885.
Author uses the treatment of the Indigenous Christians by the colonial government during Metacom’s War (or King Phillip’s War) to contrast colonial and Indigenous understandings of sovereignty.