American Indian Quarterly, vol. 8, no. 1, Winter, 1984, pp. 1-35
Description
An analysis of the implementation of US federal aid policies and how their distribution created a larger economic divide for Indigenous citizens against non-Indigenous ones. Very little funds make it to the Indigenous people or were used to promote private-sector activities.
Note: The title 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 photograph of the North West Half-Breed Claims Royal Commission members in 1885. (l to r); W.P.R. Street QC Chairman; Roger Goulet Secretary; N.O. Cote; A.E. Forget.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 8, no. 4, December 1984, pp. 46-49
Description
Discusses in evolutionary terms, the rapid changes in the diet of Aboriginal Australians and how current individuals can modify their eating habits positively.
Includes Saskatoon City Council minutes regarding an application by the Saskatoon Native Woodworking Council Inc. to operate a Sunday Bingo, and Council's recommendations on the matter. Part of minutes from the Monday, March 12, 1984 meeting of Saskatoon City Council.
Loyal till Death: Indians and the North-West Rebellion
Images » Photographs
Description
Sketch showing the surrender to French's Scouts, led by Lord Melgund, General Middleton's chief of staff. Sketch caption : "Three Dakota scouts told their captors that they had been forced to join Riel."
From the book Loyal till Death: Indians and the North-West Rebellion by Blair Stonechild and Bill Waiser.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 3, no. 4, Winter, 1977-1978, pp. 299-320
Description
An examination of Utah's experimental reservation-farm system which had the dual goals of confining the Ute population to a prescribed location and relieving settlers of any obligation to supply food.
Journal of Communication, vol. 27, no. 4, December 1977, pp. 140-144
Description
Reviews the results of a CBC survey conducted in 1973 on respondents who resided in Frobisher Bay, NWT (now Iqaluit, Nunavut) and Fort Chimo (now Kuujjuaq), Quebec.
Though Sceptical of Government Intentions - Starblanket, Ahenakew Commend Berger Pipeline Inquiry Findings
Articles » General
Saskatchewan Indian, vol. 7, no. 5, May 1977, p. 49
Description
Noel Starblanket, president of the National Indian Brotherhood, and David Ahenakew, Chief of the Federation of Saskatchewan Indians, comment on Mackenzie Valley inquiry and the findings about pipeline development in the far north.