Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 9, no. 4, December 1985, pp. 9-10
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Profiles an association which advocates for land rights, housing requirements, employment projects and other social issues on the island with an Aboriginal population of 120 located of the north east coast of Tasmania.
MELUS, vol. 12, no. 1, Native American Literature , Spring, 1985, pp. 65-78
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Contends that N. Scott Momaday and Leslie Marmon Silko show linkages between their writings and specific folk traditions, although they are expressed differently.
Loyal till Death: Indians and the North-West Rebellion
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Photograph. Caption: Treaty Six negotiations were held at a traditional camping area, known to the Cree as the "waiting place", near Fort Carlton.
From the book Loyal till Death: Indians and the North-West Rebellion by Blair Stonechild and Bill Waiser.
Loyal till Death: Indians and the North-West Rebellion
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Photograph. Caption: One of the fugitive Indians (possibly Four Sky Thunder) who surrendered at Battleford instead of fleeing to the United States.
From the book Loyal till Death: Indians and the North-West Rebellion by Blair Stonechild and Bill Waiser.
Native Studies Review, vol. 1, no. 1, 1984, pp. 2-15
Description
Argues that while the Quebeçois did not support the Métis rebellion per se, they also viewed the response as an effort by Ontarians to repress French-Catholics.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 11, no. 2, Spring, 1987, pp. 97-125
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Looks at the evolution of the Cherokee legal system, from traditional blood feuds to a traditional tribal court system. However, the signing of the New Echota Treaty in 1835 saw the return to blood feuds within the Cherokee Nation.
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 5, no. 1, 1985, pp. 27-46
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Discusses the decline of Indigenous modes of production stemming from the wage-labour economy introduced by the Hudson Bay Company and its expansion into agriculture, fishing and lumbering.
Transcript of an interview with George Pritchard, conducted by Victoria R. Racette on March 29, 1984 has not been translated, and therefore is unavailable. Tape number IH-SD.46, transcript disc 158.This tape is recorded in an Indian language and has not been translated. There are no index terms provided.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 9, no. 1, Winter, 1985, pp. 5-21
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Describes Chippewa writer Gerald Vizenor's move from author to screenplay writer with his film Harold of Orange, which bears obvious imprints of his interests, attitudes and style.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 9, no. 1, Winter, 1985, pp. 67-73
Description
Reviews the work and achievements of the Ojibwe author in poetry, prose and drama which examine the interrelationship between the "tribal and non-tribal worlds" through a satirical lens.
Short animated depiction of the life of Edouard Beaupré, the "Willow Bunch Giant", an 8'3" man from the Métis community of Willow Bunch, SK whose life was cut short at the age of 23 at the St. Louis World's Fair in 1904.
Duration: 2:25.