Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 25, no. 4, Animal Studies, Winter, 2013, pp. 107-111
Description
Book review of Native Historians Write Back edited by Susan A. Miller and James Riding In.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access review, scroll to page 107.
Comments that while Switzerland and Canada both have more than one official language, only Switzerland acknowledges its minority languages.
Entire journal on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 79.
Native Studies Review, vol. 22, no. 1/2, 2013, pp. 171-201
Description
Looks at Alexander von Gernet's qualifications, training, publishing and expertise on oral history and his report to Canada's Department of Indian Affairs, Oral Narratives and Aboriginal Pasts: An Interdisciplinary Review of the Literature on Oral Traditions and Oral Histories.
Mr. Paul Gladue, aged 75, describes the area of land covered by a trapper; the traditional lifestyle in northern Alberta; and work in Fort McMurray supplying wood to river steamboats.
Description of traditional Indian ceremonies and the changes which have taken place in them. Mr. Kanipitetew is concernedthat people are no longer following the strict rituals of the past.
Discusses how eco-hermeneutics that places a priority on oral tradition is needed to reform the academic curriculum for a deeper understanding of the relationship between place and language.
Journal of the European Association for Studies of Australia, vol. 4, no. 1, Indigenous Marriage, Family and Kinship in Australia:The Persistence of Life and Hope, 2013, pp. 48-64
Description
Looks at the impact of history on the health and welfare of Coolibah and his family and Aboriginal people in general.
Discusses Indigenous Nations on the land using case studies from the Sámi in Finland and Murmansk Russia and two nomadic communities in the Republic of Sakha-Yakutia, Siberia, Russia.
Nine elders in discussion at Saddle Lake Reserve. They talk about aspects of life before contact with whites, Treaty #6, the history of amalgamations and land sales, and a traditional story of a boy raised by buffalo.
Discussion of various topics: traditional life and the changes brought about by the treaties; Crowfoot and the taking of Treaty 7; alcohol, and the problems it has brought; the surrender of reserve land.
This material summarizes what the elders of the Treaty 7 area have said in interviews about what transpired during the negotiation of Treaty 7 and what promises were made to the Indians at that time. The subjects dealt with include mineral and other resource rights, hunting, fishing, andtrapping rights, land and land surrenders, education and medicare and economic development.
Book reviews of
Telling it to the Judge by Arthur J. Ray.
Oral History on Trial by Bruce Granville Miller.
Entire book review section on one pdf. To access this review scroll to p. 175.
American Antiquity, vol. 78, no. 1, January 2013, pp. 3-23
Description
Looks at Tlingit oral accounts that reference the 850 year old fort at Glacier Bay to understand the history and environmental change during that period.
Several topics are discussed: describes the acceptance by the Peigans of Treaty #7, and its effects on their way of life; compares U.S. and Canadian treaties and criticizes Canadian education of Indians; briefly describes some aspects of traditional ceremonies; and tells story of two spirits gambling for control of lands adjacent to Rockies.