Discussion of several topics: taking of Treaty #7, boundaries of Peigan Reserve; permit system; traditional curing practices; obtaining paint forceremonials; significance of rocks in Blackfoot culture; how the Blackfoot learned from the rock spirit how to drivethe buffalo over a cliff.
Mr. Ledoux, aged 99 at the time of the interview is of mixed French and Indian ancestry but is registered as a treaty Indian. He was present during the Riel Rebellion of 1885 and gives an account of what he saw in the Rebellion; views of the rebellion and the people involved.
Discusses taking of Treaty #6 and the promises made by the government as well as changes in diet and trade resulting from initial contact with non-Indians.
Evidence given to Office of Specific Claims and Research by Jim Bottle, detailing an account of the signing of Treaty #7 and the later leasing of part of the Blood Reserve to the Mormons.
Interview of the grandsons of Little Bear who discuss lifestyle. They tell stories about Cree raids on Blackfoot;the hanging of Little Bear and murder of a storekeeper's son by a medicine man. Interpreter by Alphonse Littlepoplar.
The interview includes a story of the Grandson of Little Bear who was hung for his part in the Frog Lake massacre. Other stories included the tale of Chuh Chuh,a warrior who scalped a Blackfoot Chief; stories of medicine men; a gambling tale involving a Cree and Blackfoot.
NOTE: Joan Stanley is a research worker with the Metis Society of Saskatchewan. Her mother was Indian and her father white. She shares her experiences of growing up Metis in a white community, of the Metis Society of Saskatchewan and her personal problems.
Mr. Belly tells four stories during the interview. He first describes the origins of his name. The following two stories are animal tales: the first is about the illegal killing of moose and the second describes how a coyote stole an axe. The last is a christian tale of a man who came to life in a coffin.
File contains correspondence regarding the Lavell Case, discrimination in the Indian Act, and women's rights, the Supreme Court Ruling,and provincial government. Also, copies of the "Plan for Liquidating Canada's Indian Problem Within 25 Years" and articles regarding the case, Diefenbaker's disapproval of the Supreme Court Ruling.
File contains information on the Lavell Case, including the reasons of judgment by the Supreme Court of Canada, articles on the case from law journals and newspapers, notes by Diefenbaker on the case, a Factum of the Intervenants, correspondence relating to the amendment of the Indian Act, Bill C-229, Metis, and sexism.
Response to article published by the Toronto Daily Mail on April 19, 1886.
Specifically refers to "illicit intercourse with Indian women".
Also includes letter to the editor of The Toronto Daily Mail.
Ms. Youens is a Metis, born in North Battleford, Saskatchewan. She was brought up in a series of foster homes and is now active in both the Women's Movement and with native groups. She talks about how the Metis are treated by outside groups, her childhood, and attitudes towards women among native societies.
An interview with the grandson of Misihew and great-grandson of Seekaskootch, Mr. Lloyd Chief. During the interview, Mr. Chief discusses a variety of subjects including: leadership qualities; intertribal wars of the Cree and Blackfoot; the power of dreams; the significance of the Northern Lights; and the powers of Cannibals.
Photograph. On information card: Ten year old log cabin with extended tent porch in Chipewyan trappers camp. Dunvegan Lake Camp, Mackenzie District, N.W.T.
Photograph. On information card: Tipi like structure: "Tent used for smoking dry caribou meat" (Chipewyan-Dene). Dunvegan Lake Camp, Mackenzie District, N.W.T.
Mr. McDougall is descended from French and Scottish halfbreeds and is active in the Metis Society of Saskatchewan. He gives an account of the Metis way of life and philosophy, the Riel Rebellion, shares memories of WWI, WWII and the Depression. He also talks about the discrimination against native people.
"A Paper read before the Bathurst and Rideau Medical Association, Ottawa, 20th January, 1886". Reprinted from the Canada Medical & Surgical Journal, March-April, 1886.
Describes some of the plants and practices used medicinally.
File contains 1 negative from the Metis Society Auxillary Fashion Show held in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan on June 6, 1973. The image shows four Metis women in contemporary clothing at the show.
This entire document is a discussion of tactics to be used in recovering a variety of ceremonial objects. The debate is political and often vituperative in tone, and contains no material worth indexing.