Aboriginal & Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 1, no. 3, September 1977, pp. 33-34
Description
Brief article describes the provision of a home-delivered meal program for seniors in the isolated community in the Western Australian Central Desert area.
Consists of an interview with Mrs. Lucinda Froman, who is a Mohawk Indian originally from the Six Nations Reserve, Ontario. She gives an account of migration from the United States to Canada. She also talks of encounters with evil spirits and how to ward them off.
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 2, no. 2, 1982, pp. 285-301
Description
Some Native American authors use myth and ceremony to create structure and meaning in their work, showing the relevance of traditional ways to the present, while others merely "tack" them on in an inorganic way.
Aboriginal & Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 1, no. 1, March 1977, pp. 10-11
Description
Describes a brochure created to aid in the combat trachoma or sandy blight, a debilitating eye condition which affects people in dry, sunny areas of Australia.
Includes Saskatoon City Council minutes from a meeting on Monday, February 8, 1982 regarding a City pilot project to operate a day camp for Aboriginal children. The camp included excursions to the Forestry Farm, Public Library, Museum, Fire Station, and Pike Lake and was deemed a success by Council.
Looks at the background to the beginnings of Indian political organizations and the turning point when federal funding became available to the organizations.
Navajo Sand Paintings: The Importance of Sex Roles in Craft Production
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Nancy J. Parezo
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 6, no. 1/2, Spring-Summer, 1982, pp. 125-148
Description
A look at the commercialization of art form and how the Navajo's flexible division of labor allowed for both men and women to participate in its productions for economic gain.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 6, no. 1/2, Spring-Summer, 1982, pp. 71-89
Description
An examination on the effects of Navajo women moving to urban settings in the mid-twentieth century by looking at the rationale for the relocations, comparing field-work research and formulating new research strategies for the future.
Three photographs (2 scanned here) of David Ahenakew, president of the Federation of Saskatchewan Indians, speaking at an NDP convention in Saskatoon, November 19, 1977.
Norman Brudy is a member of the Communist party and was provincial party organizer for Saskatchewan in the early 1960s when both Brady and Norris were party members. Brudy gives his impressions of Norris and Brady as political leaders and Marxists and discusses their application of Marxism to the native question.
Saskatchewan History, vol. 35, no. 1, Winter, 1982, pp. 1-16
Description
The archived text of General Winter’s lecture “North-West Canada, 1885:--the Regiment’s first experience of Active Service in the field” which he delivered on numerous occasions.
entire issue on one .pdf, scroll to page 1.