Synthesis of assessments by managers throughout Department of Indian and Northern Affairs of operating environment. Outlines main issues and constraints which had affected operational planning process. Includes statistics from Indian Conditions: A Survey published in 1980.
Original autograph letter from Louis Riel, written in English, 20 days before his execution, to his befriended Regina jailer, Robert Gordon, which includes the poem "The Snow". The epigraph or introduction to the poem is titled Robert Gordon! and may be used as an alternate title. The document is entitled "[Letter and poem] [manuscript], October 27th, 1885, Regina jail [to] Robert Gordon / Louis David Riel" in the University of Saskatchewan Library catalogue.
American Antiquity, vol. 55, no. 1, January 1990, pp. 49-67
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Analysis of longhouses using the spatially dynamic method to provide data about the development of residences including residence systems, tribal variation in settlement patterns.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 14, no. 4, Autumn, 1990, pp. 379-386
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Author discusses some of the difficulties raised by teaching pieces of Indigenous literature that contain information considered to be sacred, ceremonial, or confidential.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 14, no. 4, Autumn, 1990, pp. 367-377
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Literary criticism article in which the author considers the role that “spirit animals” play as symbols of adaptation and resistance in Leslie M. Silko’s novel Ceremony.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 8, no. 2, Spring, 1984, pp. 103-1115
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Historical overview of the effects on Indigenous people and culture from the distribution of firearms to Indigenous people across North America during periods of European warfare and trade.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 2, no. 4, Series 2, Winter, 1990, pp. 1-9
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Presents an interview with Linda Hogan and discusses the roles of storytelling and healing traditions in novels by American Indian women writers.
Entire issue on one PDF. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
Aboriginal History, vol. 14, no. 2, 1990, pp. 239-240
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Book review of: The Story of the Falling Star told by Elsie Jones, drawings by Doug Jones, collages by Karin Donaldson.
Review located by scrolling to page 239.
Consists of an interview that tells of an Inuit death story; a Lillooet (West coast Indian) creation myth; and an account of a man's search for his lost brother. Note: Heather Bouchard, transcriber.
Shows that the stylistic and representational contrasts in art correspond with the division of the Kwakiutl year based on notions of secular and sacred.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 8, no. 1, Winter, 1984, pp. 1-35
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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
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Discusses in evolutionary terms, the rapid changes in the diet of Aboriginal Australians and how current individuals can modify their eating habits positively.
Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health, vol. 9, no. 1, Spring, 1990, pp. 127-142
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Study suggests a correlation between increased economic opportunities among First Nation communities and decreased rates of suicide and careless death.