Saskatchewan Indian, vol. 23, no. 7, September/October 1994, p. 15
Description
This is the third in an ongoing series of stories on successful First Nations women. Features Lenore Stiffarm who holds a doctorate in Education from Harvard, teaches with the Indian and Northern Education Program (INEP) in Educational Foundations, University of Saskatchewan.
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.
California Law Review, vol. 82, no. 4, July 1994, pp. 981-1049
Description
Describes how the five Confederated Tribes of the Iroquois attempted intercultural communication and encounters between the early sixteenth through late eighteenth centuries with Europeans.
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.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 18, no. 1, 1994, pp. 55-65
Description
Discusses the gathering, organized by San Marocs librarians at California State University, of secondary information on Luiseño artifacts and information from a variety of museums, libraries, and private collections.
Saskatchewan Indian, vol. 23, no. 5, Special Insert, June 1994, p. 1
Description
Saskatchewan Liquor and Gaming Authority (SLGA) and the Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations (FSIN) join to become partners in casino development in Saskatchewan.
Public Health Reports, vol. 109, no. 1, January-February 1994, pp. 99-103
Description
Looks at challenges for a health care center to get services to eligible women and address non-financial barriers such as language, transportation and gender issues.
Journal of the Canadian Historical Association, vol. 5, no. 1, 1994, pp. 63-86
Description
Illustrates how Indian agents were responsible for the interpretation and implementation of Indian policy and could influence decision-making through their field knowledge.
Discusses Europeans' refusal to believe that sophisticated artificial mounds could have been constructed by the ancestors of contemporary aboriginals; author presents her alternate theories regarding builders.
Focuses on three issues: appropriate forms of internal organization, community capacity to manage institutions, and optimum framework for relationships with other governments.
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.
Canadian Woman Studies, vol. 14, no. 2, Racism and Gender, Spring, 1994, p. 114
Description
Author discusses the influence of oral traditions, storytelling, and the "grandmother's voice" on her work, with emphasis on characters Coyote Girl and Rat Lady in the play Albeit Aboriginal.
Reminiscences of relatives, friends and acquaintances of Louisa Anderson, a Tsimshian Elder from Hartley Bay, British Columbia. Supplemented by contextual information.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 6, no. 4, Series 2. Critical Approaches, Winter, 1994, pp. 51-76
Description
Looks at how the negative representations of women in N. Scott Momaday’s novels demonstrates a lack of harmony and balance, and an underlying of dislike, or mistrust of women.
Entire issue on one PDF. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
Continuing Poundmaker & Riel's Quest: Presentations Made at a Conference on Aboriginal Peoples and Justice
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Author/Creator
Clem Chartier
pp. 83-87
Description
Article from 1993 Conference proceedings, discusses Métis issues of recognition, self-government, justice and rights.
Excerpt from Continuing Poundmaker & Riel's Quest: Presentations Made at a Conference on Aboriginal Peoples and Justice compiled by Richard Gosse, James Youngblood Henderson, Roger Carter.
Continuing Poundmaker & Riel's Quest: Presentations Made at a Conference on Aboriginal Peoples and Justice
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Author/Creator
Noble Shanks
Description
Essay from1993 Conference on Aboriginal Peoples and Justice discusses Métis claim to rights in relation to the administration of justice and the Criminal Code.
Excerpt from Continuing Poundmaker & Riel's Quest: Presentations Made at a Conference on Aboriginal Peoples and Justice compiled by Richard Gosse, James Youngblood Henderson, Roger Carter.
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.