A conference where several speakers discuss the role of elders in educating young people and the loss of respect for the elders in modern Indian society. Transcribed by Joanne Greenwood.
A conference where several speakers discuss the role of the elders in guiding the younger generation and in preserving the past. Transcribed by Joanne Greenwood.
Prairie Forum, vol. 3, no. 2, Fall, 1978, pp. 157-174
Description
Looks at the controversy between the English and French Canadians surrounding the Red River Resistance of 1869-1870. Suspicions raised fears of extremism and deteriorated relationships between the French and English.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 4, no. 3, 1978, pp. 211-221
Description
An examination of the political and economical reasons for the Iroquois Nation to war with southern American Indigenous groups during the eighteenth century.
Sources include Record Group 10 records relating to Indian Affairs (1872-1950), Sir John A. Macdonald Papers, Alexander Mackenzie Papers, David Laird Papers, Alexander Morris Papers, Edgar Dewdney Papers, and L. Vankoughnet Letterbooks.
Mr. Meneen, aged 83, describes the difficulties of life when he was a child learning to trap in the bush; tells of the Indians' understanding of the treaty.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 12, no. 3, 1988, pp. 85-143
Description
Book reviews of:
The Trickster of Liberty: Tribal Heirs to a Wild Baronage by Gerald Vizenor.
Nairne's Muskhogean Journals: The 1708 Expedition to the Mississippi River edited by Alexander Moore.
The Adventures and Sufferings of John R. Jewitt, Captive of Maquinna annotated and illustrated by Hilary Stewart.
A Creek Warrior for the Confederacy: The Autobiography of Chief G. W. Grayson edited by W. David Baird.
Native American Baskertry: An Annotated Bibliography complied by Frank W.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 12, no. 4, 1988, pp. 65-104
Description
Book reviews of:
Through Dakota Eyes: Narrative Accounts of the Minnesota Indian War of 1862 edited by Gary Clayton Anderson, Alan R. Woolworth.
Abstracts of Native Studies, Volume 1. Abstracts of Native Studies, Volume 2 edited by R. C. Annis.
Fools Crow by James Welch.
The Seminole by Merwyn S. Garbarino.
The Legacy of Conquest: The Unbroken Past of the American West by Patricia Nelson Limerick.
Southeastern Pomo Ceremonials: The Kuksu Cult and Its Successors by Abraham M.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 12, no. 1, 1988, pp. 39-57
Description
Studies how the mixed-tribe Native American community's economies were destroyed during the war, resulting in their complete dislocation from the region.