In the video produced in 1992, residential school survivors relate their experiences; includes archival photographs and footage that reflect the attitude of the Anglican Church during that era.
Duration: 23:58.
Discusses the establishment of Springboard Humanism (SBH) organization and project aimed at helping Indigenous BaSarwa and BaKgalagari women pass the Junior Certification Examination.
Animated film about Chanie Wenjack who died in 1966 trying to get back to Ogoki Post from Cecilia Jeffrey residential school in Kenora, Ontario. Includes post-show live panel on the road to reconciliation. Melanie Nepinak Hadley introduces panel that speaks to the video and reconciliation at large.
Video duration:46:15.
Panel discussion starts at 59:45.
Links to lessons plans created by Indigenous and non-Indigenous teachers in support of the video Secret Path. Resource will be used when teaching about Residential Schools in Manitoba. Divided into early, middle and senior year lesson plans.
Great Plains Quarterly, vol. 36, no. 1, Winter, 2016, pp. 53-64
Description
Film reviews of:
Sober Indian/Dangerous Indian directed by John Maisch.
Thunder-Being Nation: The Oglala Sioux of the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation directed by Steven Lewis Simpson.
The Battle for Whiteclay directed by Mark Vasina.
Catalogue of art assembled from the personal collection of Dr. Bernard Cinader for an exhibition at the Mackenzie Gallery. Artists include Del Ashkewe, Jackson Beardy, Daphne Odjig-Beavon and Elda Smith.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 16, no. 2, Spring, 1992, pp. 169-188
Description
Article examines the effects and fallout of international economies and multi-national corporations for hunters and trappers in North America; argues that the changing economic dynamics accelerate state dependency among hunters and trappers.
The individual in the photograph is on guard duty at a sentry post at Prince Albert, NWT, 1885. A few possibilities exist for what this photograph represents. It appears to be a Northwest Mounted Police man (note the pith helmet), or less likely, a member of the Prince Albert Volunteers, or the Prince Albert Home Guard taken during the "siege" of Prince Albert.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 4, no. 2/3, Series 2, Summer/Fall, 1992, pp. 82-105
Description
Looks at Occom's sermon, published in the late eighteenth century, which discusses how alcohol devastated Indian families. It is an example of how an Indian author adapted Western European theology and a literary genre for his own purposes.
Entire issue on one PDF. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
A set of 11 photographs of Calvin McKenzie setting a snare. Snaring animals, fish, and birds has been a way of securing food for thousands of years in northern Saskatchewan. Even today many people use snares to catch food when living in the bush.
Journal of Colonialism and Colonial History, vol. 17, no. 2, Summer, 2016, p. [?]
Description
Looks at how imposition of programs such as Family Allowance, Foodmail, and Nutrition North Canada, in conjunction with criminalization of hunting and harvesting have created food insecurity.
Policy Paper (Atlantic Institute for Market Studies)
[Policy Series (Frontier Centre for Public Policy) ; no. 189]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Tom Flanagan
Lee Harding
Description
Examines practices of 21 First Nations who scored highly on Department of Indian and Northern Affairs' 2011 Community Well-being Index. Used data related to incomes, labour market participation, educational achievement and housing quality.
TransCanadiana, vol. 8, Canadian Sites of Resistance: Solidarity-Struggle-Change(?), 2016, pp. [73]-80
Description
The Reader gathers texts with differing perspectives to narrate the "battle" between armed settlers and armed Métis buffalo hunters on June 19th, 1816.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 73.
LGBTQ America: A Theme Study of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer History
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Will Roscoe
Description
Overview of the various characteristics, roles and meanings ascribed to two spirit people followed by brief biographies of four historical figures.
Chapter from LGBTQ America: A Theme Study of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer History edited by Megan E. Springate.
Canadian Journal of Women and the Law, vol. 28, no. 2, [Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women Conference], 2016, pp. i-iv
Description
Introduction to the journal articles, presented at a symposium held January 30-31, 2016, that explore the prospect of a national inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women.