An interview with Alfred Mishibinijima who recounts his life working on farms and in lumber camps, the origin of some Ojibway words and the aftermath of the War of 1812. Transcribed by Joanne Greenwood.
An interview with Alfred Mishibinijima who recounts the inadequacy of schooling on the reserve, the terms of the Robinson Treaty and the Indian agents of Manitoulin. Transcribed by Joanne Greenwood ; interpreter : Ernest Debassigae.
American Economic Review, vol. 68, no. 4, September 1978, pp. 503-516
Description
Suggests that land tenure or other institutional problems, not managerial deficiencies underlie Native American challenges in equalling non-Native operating efficiencies.
National Atlas Data Base Map Series ; map no. NADM-3
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Geographical Services Division
Surveys and Mapping Branch
Energy
Mines and Resources Canada
Description
Shows inhabited and uninhabited Indian Reserves, other Indian lands, settlements situated on Crown lands, and other communities (distinct centres of population) by size.
Native Studies Review, vol. 1, no. 1, 1984, pp. 40-66
Description
Argues that the changes during this period were largely a result of transitioning from the fur trade, to an economy that was more diversified and commercialized.
An interview with Ernest Debassigae who recounts the history of the Manitoulin Island Indians and problems with Indian agents. Transcribed by Joanne Greenwood.
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 4, no. 2, 1984, pp. 205-309
Description
Describes negotiation process involving several parties, including the Cree communities of Easterville and South Indian Lakes, as it developed during the Grand Rapids and Churchill-Nelson River projects.
American Indian Law Review, vol. 7, no. 2, 1979, pp. 185-243
Description
Traces the various legislations which dealt with the imposition of taxes both by the government and the Indian bands. The article also discusses how the issue of the right to vote became entangled with that of taxation.
1 file containing Volume 9, Number 2 of the Saskatchewan Indian magazine; House of Commons debates regarding the protection of Indian treaty; Letter to Hon. Bud Cullen, Minister of Employment and Immigration, from Chief Harold Kingfisher of the Sturgeon Lake Band and Doug Cuthand, requesting that the government explain why the Sturgeon Lake Band has not received any Canada Works funding in the past three years
Mrs. Trudeau talks about being adopted and the schooling she received as a child. Mr. Trudeau talks about growing up on the farm, and later working in the lumber and fishing industries. Interpreter : Ernest Debassigae ; transcriber : Joanne Greenwood.