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.
Saskatchewan Indian, vol. 7, no. 4, April 1977, p. 11
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Director of the Saskatchewan Medical Services Branch of the Department of Health and Welfare claims radon level in Red Earth Reserve water is not a hazard.
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.
Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, vol. 2, no. 4, December 1996, pp. 683-701
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Examines reincarnation of gender among the Dene Tha of northern Alberta and how dual gender identities may be created through dream interpretation and socialization.
National Tax Journal, vol. 49, no. 3, September 1996, pp. 401-412
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Predicts that as casino gambling spreads, the returns will decline. Suggests more research is needed to weigh the social costs against the potential benefits.
American Quarterly, vol. 48, no. 3, September, 1996, pp. 542-549
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Book review of: Tricksterism in Turn-of-the-Century American Literature: A Multicultural Perspective edited by Elizabeth Ammons and Annette White-Parks.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 8, no. 3, Series 2, Fall, 1996, pp. 63-79
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Discussion on the nature of Native American fiction and its portrayal of Native Americans, paying particular attention to identity.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
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.
Journal of Ethnopharmacology, vol. 51, no. 1-3, April 1996, pp. 45-57
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Emphasizes the need to provide immediate, short and medium-term benefits, rather than waiting the 8-10 years it may take for monetary reimbursement, when new plant derived therapeutics based on Indigenous Knowledge are being explored. The article uses examples of initiatives taken by Shaman Pharmaceuticals and the Healing Forest Conservancy.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 20, no. 1, Winter, 1996, pp. 135-138
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Book review of: Bitter Feast: Amerindians and Europeans in Northeastern North America. 1600-64 by Denys Delage; translated from the French by Jane Brierly.
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.
2 p. list of biographies for five Blood chiefs written on January 11, 1977. Tape number IH-AG.08, transcript disc 25A.Brief biography of five Blood Chiefs.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 8, no. 3, Series 2, Fall, 1996, pp. [49]-62
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Discusses characters which exhibit traits of the opposite sex and cross the borders of expected behaviour.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
Highlights from an exhibit of "nearly 200 images of everyday objects, art pieces” and tools made from natural, barter, and/or modern materials by Canada's First Nations in the 18th-20th centuries.
Public Historian , vol. 18, no. 4, Representing Native American History, Fall, 1996, pp. 119-143
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Discusses the history of collecting skeletal remains and associated objects for study or display purposes and the Indigenous movement to have scientific or cultural institutions return them to their nations for proper funeral and burial rights. Looks at the Native American Grave Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) and similar State-enacted legislation.
Justice as Healing, vol. 1, no. 3, Fall, 1996, p. [?]
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Book review of: Return to the Teachings by Rupert Ross.
Note: This is a sample article from the publication. Subscriptions are available from the Native Law Centre.
American Ethnologist, vol. 23, no. 1, February 1996, pp. 148-150
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Book reviews of: Who Needs the Past? Indigenous Values and Archaeology edited by R. Layton, Conflict in the Archaeology of Living Traditions edited by R. Layton, and Archaeological Approaches to Cultural Identity edited by S.J. Shennan.
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 16, no. 1, 1996, pp. 181-210
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Book review of 12 books:
Thomas Crosby and the Tsimshian: Small Shoes for Feet Too Large by Clarence Bolt.
A Study of Omaha Indian Music by Alice C. Fletcher.
Earth is My Mother, Sky is My Father: Space, Time, and Astronomy in Navajo Sandpainting by Trudy Griffin-Pierce.
Taking Control: Power and Contradiction in First Nations Adult Education by Celia Haig-Brown.
Applied Anthropology in Canada: Understanding Aboriginal Issues by Edward J.
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.