Discussion by Elders who express regrets at loss of traditional customs and values and desire a return of schools on reserves ; a need to preserve Indian ceremonies and Indian medicines ; concerns about problems with alcohol recur throughout.
Elders discuss contemporary problems. Recurring themes are: problems with alcohol; education by whites from an early age; need to return to traditional teaching by elders in combination with white education.
Elders discuss concerns regarding: loss of Indian culture and traditions; failure to educate young Indians in traditionalways; young well-educated chiefs who will not take advice from elders.
Elders speak of their concerns regarding leadership on the reserves; new young leaders with education but no experience who ignore the elders and their advice; the failure to educate the young in traditional Indian ways.
Discussion of the educational system: relative merits of day schools, residential schools, integrated schools, etc.; need for inclusion of Indian culture into the curriculum at all levels ; the role of the elder as teacher.
Discussion of Indian ceremonies: how these are passed on from generation to generation; the role of women. Tipis: particular kinds of tipis; decorated tipis; tipis inrelation to death customs. No date given but probably January 1974, same as the others in this series.
The West and Beyond: New Perspectives on an Imagined Region
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Winona Wheeler
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Discusses the importance of Elders as storytellers and oral historians.
Chapter from The West and Beyond: New Perspectives on an Imagined Region edited Alvin Finkel, Sarah Carter, and Peter Fortna.
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Discussion of: Role of elders in setting young people on the right road ; Importance of breast-feeding and giving up alcohol ; Need for a tipi on each reserve, to be kept for prayer, pipe ceremonies and the counselling of the young.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 21, no. 3, 1997, pp. 75-82
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Looks at the forced removal of the Cupeño, in Southern California, by telling the story of one family affected by the relocation. The article also discusses the urbanization challenges faced by the Dawn family and other band members.
An interview not yet translated with Eli Pooyak conducted by Alphonse Littlepoplar on September 8, 1974. Tape number IH-078, transcript disc 19.This tape contains 15 songs by Eli Pooyak. These have not been translated as yet.
An interview not yet translated with Eli Pooyak conducted by Alphonse Littlepoplar on September 9, 1974. Tape number IH-079, transcript disc 19.This tape contains Cree songs by Eli Pooyak. These have not been translated as yet.
Interview includes stories of boys who became rattlesnakes and a woman who was half fish. It also includes a discussion concerning the murder and suicide by Thunder Blanket.
An interview not yet translated with Eli Pooyak conducted by Alphonse Littlepoplar on May 20, 1974. Tape number IH-068a, transcript disc 18.This tape contains Cree Powwow songs sung by Eli Pooyak. These have not been translated.
Indigenous Law Journal, vol. 8, no. 1, 2010, pp. 56-79
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Argues that judges' interpretations of history, which cannot be separated from the context from which it arises, does indeed become "fact" because of the nature of the legal process.
Discussion of the signing of Treaty 8 at Fort Chipewyan, and treaty promises; relationship between Crees and Chipewyans; and how the location of schools has forced people to settle in areas where they are unable to pursue traditional lifestyles.
An interview which discusses the negotiation of Treaty 8 at Fort Chipewyan, and promises made ; problems of insufficient land for trapping on Chipewyan Reserve ; and alcohol abuse among native people.
Frank Cardinal (aged 68), chief of the Sucker Creek Reserve, discusses Treaty #8 and its interpretation, the establishment of the reserves around Lesser Slave Lake, and problems facing a chief in modern times.
Journal of Indigenous Voices in Social Work, vol. 1, no. 1, February 2010, pp. 1-18
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Summarizes lessons learnt from a project that facilitated the discussion on issues of survival in the academy and social work programs; and discusses experiences of personal and collective healing.
This 70 year old man describes the problem of getting old and having difficulty trapping, but his reluctance to move from the bush to the reserve at Wabasca.
Digital resource of oral histories and songs that chronicle the history and heritage of the Great Basin Indian peoples. Includes links to archival resources and other related sites.