Consists of an interview with non-Indian employed at the Gabriel Dumont Institute in Regina. At the time of the interview he was writing a book on the history of the Metis nation.
Prose Studies, vol. 20, no. 1, April 1997, pp. 58-76
Description
Discusses how Zitkala-Sa used her literacy and command of the English language as a weapon to fight preconceptions and racist attitudes in the wider society.
Consists of an interview where she discusses Medicine Men and their purported powers. She briefly mentions Indian superstitions (being born with a caul on her face; being the seventh daughter of a seventh daughter).
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 7, no. 3, September 1983, pp. 40-42
Description
Article describes the various methods employed to prevent pregnancies and how it seems Aboriginal women in Central Australia are more likely to use birth control.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 21, no. 4, Cultural Property in American Indian Literatures: Representation and Interpretation, Autumn, 1997, pp. 703-712
Description
Literary Criticism article which explores the motivations of and the stylistic choices made by Mourning Dove and her collaborator, Lucullus V. McWhorter, in the novel Co-ge-we-a, The Half-Blood: A Depiction of the Montana Cattle Range<.>
Research and Development Highlights (Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation). Socio-economic Series ; no. 34, 1997
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC)
Research and Development Highlights (Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation). Socio-economic Series
Description
Data derived from Aboriginal Peoples Survey and 1991 Census was applied to Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation's core housing need model. Households that fail to meet one or more standards for adequacy, suitability or affordability and whose income is insufficient to afford rental housing that meets standards are considered to be in need.
Saskatchewan Law Review, vol. 38, 1974, pp. 243-249
Description
Examines the Indian Act in light of the Canadian Bill of Rights, the access to status by a non-Aboriginal woman when marrying a status Aboriginal man, and the old section 12(1)(b) about permitting the protest of status on the illegitimate child of a status woman.
File contains 2 negatives from a fashion show held by the Prince Albert Indian and Metis Friendship Centre, Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, on May 15, 1974. Images show four individuals posing for a portrait.
Interview includes a description of traditional life style and the life of settlers on the prairies. It also includes stories of theft and murder by Indians.