Ada Ladu was born on the Mistawasis Reserve, worked for wages in the 1930s, married and mother of five. Beatrice Nightraveller, daughter of Josie Cuthand, was born on the Little Pine Reserve, Saskatchewan, worked for wages in the 1930s, also married with five children.They share: a story of a white baby girl abducted and raised by Indians in the Prince Albert, Saskatchewan district; accounts of the Riel Rebellion (1885), especially the aftermath in the North Battleford district; philosophies of child-rearing; loss of portions of Little Pine Reserve and the death of Little Pine.
Aboriginal & Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 1, no. 1, March 1977, pp. 10-11
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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.
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 3, no. 2, 1983, pp. 377-385
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Reports on the operation of Native Economic Development and Small Business Management course as an example of a culturally appropriate and community-based education initiative.
BC Studies, no. 57, British Columbia a Place For Aboriginal Peoples?, Spring, 1983, pp. 112-136
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Looks at the rise and fall of two organizations: Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs and The British Columbia Association of Non-Status Indians (BCANSI) and how both groups dealt with land claim settlements.
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.
Current Anthropology, vol. 24, no. 4, August-October 1983, pp. 443-470
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A gender mixing phenomenon in which individuals, usually male, adopt some of the social characteristics, occupational roles, clothing and sexual behaviours of the opposite sex.
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 3, no. 1, 1983, pp. 117-129
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Argues that the 13 Scrip Commissions that heard Métis claims in Manitoba and the Northwest Territory during 19th and 20th centuries represented a policy change that was inappropriate for the Métis.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 3, no. 4, Winter, 1977-1978, pp. 321-333
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An analysis of Mitchell F Jayne's 1970 novel about an Osage man and how this story reflects the American idealism about the lessons the Indigenous community can teach white society.