In addition to biographical information on the Cree leader (also known as Misto-Ha-A-Musqua) , article provides historical information on the fur and whiskey trade in the Cypress Hills and Southwestern Alberta. Discusses Cypress Hills Massacre, the arrival of the North West Mounted Police, the flight of the Sioux into Canada and the North-West Resistance.
Entire issue on one pdf file, scroll to page 1.
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 19, no. 1, 1999, pp. 193-211
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Book review of:
The Iroquois in the War of 1812 by Carl Benn.
The Lakota Ritual and the Sweat Lodge: History and Contemporary Practice by Raymond Bucko.
The Legacy of Shingwaukonse: A Century of Native Leadership by Janet E. Chute.
The Social Life of Stories: Narrative and Knowledge in the Yukon Territory by Julie Cruikshank.
Looking North: Art from the University of Alaska Museum by Aldona Jonaitis (Editor).
Elders discuss: payment for chiefs; conduct of and assistance at ceremonies; need for respect towards ceremonies and ceremonial locations. No date given, probably in the early 1970's.
University of British Columbia Law Review, vol. 33, no. 1, 1999, pp. 53-74
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Discusses Indian Affairs Branch decision to advocate for limited exemption from overseas combat service in cases where verbal agreements had been reached concerning military participation during the course of negotiations for Treaties 3,6,8, and 11.
Native Studies Review, vol. 12, no. 2, Aboriginal Peoples and National Rights Issues in Quebec, 1999, pp. 1-4
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Suggests that the situation in the province, where both Quebecers and the First Nations/Inuit were declaring the right to self-determination, has parallels to other ethnic nationalisms.
Frank Halcrow, aged 59, describes: taking of Treaty 8; establishment of reserves at Lesser Slave Lake; current problems due to small size of these reserves. Also tells story of a moose hunting expedition at time of great food shortage.