A large coloured illustration depicting the Battle of Batoche reproduced from the Canadian Illustrated War News. Published in the series The Opening of the West by Encyclopedia Britannica.
Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, May 1885, p. 196
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Note: The description of this document uses wording that was common to mainstream society of that time period in history. As such, it contains language that is no longer in common use and may offend some readers. This wording should not be construed to represent the views of the Indigenous Studies Portal or the University of Saskatchewan Library.
A short article on the ongoing Northwest Resistance, including four sketches: 1. The fort at Battleford; 2. The South Saskatchewan; 3. Steamers loading at Medicine Hat; 4. The Revolt of the Half-Breeds.
BC Studies, no. 91/92, Autumn/Winter, 1991-1992, pp. 209-214
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Book review of: Baxwbakwalanusiwa as told by Gordon Robertson [to] Neville J. Lincoln, John C. Rath, Evelyn Windsor.
To read review, scroll to page 209.
A set of 17 photographs of Lydia and Napthelie McKenzie and their daughter Jemima Charles on their trapline near Stanley Mission preparing the meat and hide of a bear shot by their son Malcolm McKenzie.
This file contains excerpts from Reginald Beatty's diary, correspondence about his encounters with Cree people, and letters home to his parents detailing his experience in the 1885 Riel Rebellion. Mr. Beatty was a farmer and fur trader in what is now known as the Melfort area of Saskatchewan.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 15, no. 6, November/ December 1991, pp. 12-14
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Discusses withdrawal symptoms including anxiety, insomnia, difficulty concentrating and remembering, tremor and general shakiness, nausea, and loss of appetite.
Aboriginal and Islander health Worker Journal, vol. 15, no. 5, September/October 1991, pp. 12-13
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Overview of two year program which provides training to develop counseling, communication, and mental health skills. Also provides an overview of nature of alcoholism.
Bill Wilson was born in Lac La Biche, Alberta in 1934 and raised by Indian people west of Calgary. His father was 3/4 Sioux from the U.S. but his parents broke up when he was little. He discusses his negative attitude toward the RCMP.
Interviewee recounts stories told to him by his father about the signing of Treaty #8;denial of Indian requests for reserve; and traditional lifestyle.
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 7, no. 2, Autumn, 1991, pp. 58-77
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Delves into the protest by Elijah Harper to block the progress of the Meech Lake accord in the Manitoba legislature and the protest by the Mohawk Warrior Society at Oka, Quebec to stop development of a golf course.
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 11, no. 1, 1991, pp. 155-191
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Book reviews of 13 books:
The Collected Works of Edward Sapir, Volume V edited by William Bright.
Life Lived Like a Story: Life Stories of Three Yukon Native Elders by Julie Cruikshank (in collaboration with Angela Sidney, Kitty Smith & Annie Ned).
Yellow-Wolf & Other Tales of the Saint Lawrence by Philippe-Joseph Aubert de Gaspe.
Blackfoot Grammar by Donald G. Frantz.
Blackfoot Dictionary of Stems, Roots, and Affixes by Donald G. Frantz and Norma-Jean Russell.
Californian Indian Nights complied by Edward W.
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 11, no. 2, 1991, pp. 351-395
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Book reviews of 17 books:
wanisinwak iskwesisak; awasisasinahikanis/Two Little Girls Lost in the Bush; A Cree Story for Children told by Nehiyaw/Glecia Bear, edited and translated by Freda Ahenakew and H. C. Wolfart.
The Geography of the Canadian North by Robert Bone.
The Queen's People: A Study of Hegemony, Coercion, and Accommodation Among the Okanagan of Canada by Peter Carstens.
Being and Becoming Indian: Biographical Studies of North American Frontiers by James A.
Canadian Ethnic Studies, vol. 23, no. 2, 1991, pp. 157-159
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Book review of:Writing the Circle: Native Women of Western Canada: An Anthology edited by Jeanne Perreault and Sylvia Vance with preface by Emma LaRocque.
Journal of Reading, vol. 35, no. 1, September 1991, pp. 66-69
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Book reviews of:
The American Indians in America (volume 2) by Jayne Clark Jones.
America's Fascinating Indian Heritage.
Canyons by Gary Paulsen.
Girl in Buckskin by Dorothy Gilman.
The Night the White Deer Died by Gary Paulsen.
The Owl's Song by Janet Campbell Hale.
The Shadow Brothers by A.E. Cannon.
Review of the filmstrip: A Look at Native Americans
Concerns about man-made environmental damage with the undertaking of the James Bay Project is the focus of this booklet. Also mentioned is relocation of 7000 Cree persons and flooding of land.
Studies in American Indian Lilteratures, vol. 3, no. 3, Series 2 , Fall, 1991, pp. 88-90
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Looks at a number of noteworthy books and articles that were not reviewed in the issue.
Entire issue on one PDF. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
The North American Review, vol. 258, no. 4, Special Heritage Issue: The Indian Question, 1823-1973, Winter, 1973, pp. 24-25
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Comments by a former Secretary of War, U.S. Senator from Michigan, Secretary of State and a Presidential candidate in 1848.
Originally published in The North American Review, January, 1840.
Calder et al. v. Attorney-General of British Columbia, [1973] Supreme Court Reports 313
Frank Calder et al., Suing on Their Own Behalf and On Behalf of All Other Members of the Nishga Tribal Council [...]
Documents & Presentations
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Supreme Court of Canada
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Argues that Aboriginal title had never been extinguished in territories around Nass River Valley, Observatory Inlet, Portland Inlet and the Portland Canal, in northwestern British Columbia.
Evidence given by Camoose Bottle, aged 71, including an account of the taking of Treaty #7 following a deterioration in Indian life after introduction of alcohol; allocation of lands to various tribes and later loss of part of the Blood Reserve.
A write up on the experiences of James Austin, a member of the Ontarian Midland Battalion involved in the suppression of the 1885 uprising. Austin relates the story of his trek west from Ontario, but missed all major actions. Austin later became a Presbyterian minister.
Collection of Dr. Peter Purdue, College of Education, University of Saskatchewan.
Published in [?Unknown Source], 1885.
No article associated with this image in the newspaper.
Sketch by T.B. Eyres.