Residents gathering for a hearing of the Carrothers Commission at Rae, N.W.T. which was studying the future directions of government in the Northwest Territories.
Chief Bruno meeting with councillors [of the Carrothers Commission] at Rae, N.W.T. which was studying the future directions of government in the Northwest Territories.
The congregation outside the Anglican church in the community of Apex at Frobisher Bay, N.W.T. [NU]. In 1987 the community of Frobisher Bay was renamed Iqaluit.
File contains 1 negative of an unidentified woman presenting a gift to a student at a school in Prince Albert (presumably All Saints Residential School), Saskatchewan, April 9, 1965.
Scanned negative shows two females in uniform posing for a portrait selling candy at a Women's Auxillary tea(presumably of the All Saints Residential School). (bad quality photo)
Photograph of children playing, with tents in background; taken at Eskimo Point, N.W.T. [NU]. (community's name changed to Arviat in 1989). Title on file: Eskimo Children at Play.
Children exiting tent located next to drying hides; taken at Eskimo Point, N.W.T. [NU] (community's name changed to Arviat in 1989). Title on file: Eskimo Children, Drying Hide.
Children exiting tent located beside drying hides; photograph taken in Eskimo Point, N.W.T. [NU]. (community's name changed to Arviat in 1989). Title on file: Eskimo Children, Drying Caribou Hide.
File contains 3 negatives depicting scenes from a "Peace Treaty Play," likely from Prince Albert, Saskatchewan or area, on January 20, 1965. The actors involved appear to include an adult and a variety of children.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 14, no. 1, 1990, pp. 127-181
Description
Book reviews of:
Powhatan's Mantle: Indians in the Colonial Southeast edited by Peter Wood.
Navajo Textiles: The William Randolph Hearst Collection by Nancy J. Blomberg.
Utmost Good Faith: Patterns of Apache-Mexican Hostilities in Northern Chihuahua Border Warfare, 1821-1848 by William B. Griffen.
The Confederate Cherokees: John Drew's Regiment of Mounted Rifles by W.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 14, no. 3, 1990, pp. 93-174
Description
Book reviews of:
As Long as the Rivers Run: Hydroelectric Development and Native Communities in Western Canada by James B. Waldram.
Sun Journey: A Story of Zuni Pueblo by Ann Nolan Clark.
Maricopa Morphology and Syntax by Lynn Gordon.
The Cheyenne Nation: A Social and Demographic History by John H. Moore.
Pride of the Indian Wardrobe-Northern Athapascan Footwear by Judy Thompson.
Sagebrush Soldier: Private William Earl Smith's View of the Sioux War of 1876 by Sherry L.
Canadian Woman Studies, vol. 11, no. 1, Feminism & Visual Art: Le feminisme et l art visuel, 1990, pp. 50-51
Description
Discusses past and continued racism directed at Aboriginal people in Canada, and the segregation of their art because of their race.
Excerpt from a speech given at the opening of the Diversities exhibition mounted at the Glenbow Museum.
File contains five negatives from the "Teachers Institute at an Indian School" presumably a conference of teachers held at Prince Albert, Saskatchewan on May 21, 1965. The scanned image shows a large group of teachers at the conference apparently listening to a speaker.
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 4, no. 3, May 1965, pp. [8-12]
Description
Describes the Institute of American Indian Arts, a post -secondary vocational school for Native American students which stresses cultural traditions as the inspiration for artistic endeavours.