Shared Witsuït’en-Settler Relationships in Smithers 1913-1973: Final Report

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Shared Witsuit’en-Settler Relationships in Smithers 1913-1973
Shared Witsuït’en-Settler Relationships in Smithers 1913-1973: Project Report
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Tyler McCreary
Description
Reports information gathered about circumstances which led to relocation to an urban environment, experiences of living in the city in the early twentieth century, and establishment and displacement of "Indiantown".
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Sharing the Story: Sustainable Initiatives in First Nations

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Indian and Northern Affairs Canada
Description
Provides information about sustainable initiatives in various First Nations communities throughout Canada. The initiatives focus on economic, environmental, and social sustainability.
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"She Loved to Read in Good Books": Literacy and the Indians of Martha's Vineyard, 1643-1725

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
E. Jennifer Monaghan
History of Education Quarterly, vol. 30, no. 4, Special Issue on the History of Literacy, Winter, 1990, pp. 492-521
Description
Literacy for Aboriginal peoples in the 17-18th century usually came as part of the Christian missionary work. History of literacy was often influenced by scholars view of the proselytism.
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Shoshone Family, 1870s Indian Dick's Tipi

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Allen Chronister
Whispering Wind, vol. 41, no. 3, October-November 2012, pp. 23-25
Description
Archival photographs depict an extended Shosone family in the late 1870s.
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Shoshonean Dialects of California

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University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology ; v.4, no.3
E-Books
Author/Creator
A. L. Kroeber
Description
Part of: University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology, vol. 4, (pp65-165).
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The Shoshoneans: The People of the Basin-Plateau (Expanded Edition)

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Gregory E. Smoak
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 26, no. 4, Tribal College Governance, Summer, 2015
Description
Book review of: The Shoshoneans by Edward Dorn, photographs by Leroy Lucas. Edited by Matthew Hofer, Foreword by Simon J. Ortiz.
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Should Trees Have Legal Standing in Indian Country?

Alternate Title
State of Indigenous America Series
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Steve Pavlik
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 30, no. 1, Spring, 2015, pp. 7-28
Description
Looks at Christopher D. Stone's work, Should Trees Have Standing? Toward Legal Rights for Natural Objects regarding the status and legal recognition of the natural world.
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Sierra Popoluca Folklore and Beliefs

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University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology ; v.42, no.2
E-Books
Author/Creator
George M. Foster
Description
Part of: University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology, vol. 42, (pp177-250).
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"The Silent Indian": Review of an Old Stereotype

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Eric Dlugokinski
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 11, no. 3, May 1972, pp. [23-25]
Description
Discusses how counsellors at boarding schools need to upgrade their programs.
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The Silent North: A Case Study on Deafness in a Dene Community

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Heather Castleden
Canadian Journal of Native Education, vol. 26, no. 2, 2002, pp. 152-201
Description
Explores one northern First Nation's response to deafness in the community and examines deafness from a cultural perspective rather than from a medical or pathological framework.
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A Single Nucleotide Polymorphism in Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase PTP-1B Is Associated with Protection from Diabetes or Impaired Glucose Tolerance in Oji-Cree

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Andrea Mok
Henian Cao
Bernard Zinman
Anthony J. G. Hanley
Stewart B. Harris
Brian P. Kennedy
Robert A. Hegele
Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, vol. 87, no. 2, February 2002, pp. 724-727
Description
Report on the development of reagents for the amplification and sequencing PTP-1B gene and the resulting identification of a single nucleotide polymorphism. It is noted that these very preliminary results suggest genomic variation in PTP-1B is linked with less risk of developing diabetes.
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Sinking Suspicions

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Karen Coody Cooper
Whispering Wind, vol. 43, no. 1, Issue 293, October 2014, p. 31
Description
Book review of: Sinking Suspicions by Sara Sue Hoklotubbe.
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Sinkyone Notes

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University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology ; v.36, no.2
E-Books
Author/Creator
Gladys Ayer Nomland
Description
Part of: University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology, vol. 36, (pp149-178).
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The Sioux Lookout

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Desmond L. Gurry
Aboriginal & Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 4, no. 1, March 1980, pp. 34-38
Description
Australian author reports on life in the remote northwestern Ontario community of Sioux Lookout.
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A Sioux Medicine Bundle

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Sidney J. Thomas
American Anthropologist, vol. 43, no. 4, pt. 1, New Series, October-December 1941, pp. 605-609
Description
Describes the White Buffalo Calf bundle at the Cheyenne River Sioux Reservation and names ten generations of keepers.
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Sioux Women: Traditionally Sacred

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Majel Boxer
Great Plains Quarterly, vol. 37, no. 3, Summer, 2017, p. 247
Description
Book review of: Sioux Women by Virginia Driving Hawk Sneve.
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The Sissauch Dance

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Fillip B. Jacobsen
Richard L. Bland
Arctic Anthropology, vol. 34, no. 2, 1997, pp. 28-44
Description
Translation of Jacobsen's first hand account of a sacred Northwest coast ceremony with legends, masks, feasts and potlatch described; first published in Ymer in 1891.
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Sisters & Brothers

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Souvenir Series
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Kent Monkman
Description
Representation of similarities between the residential school system and killing of the buffalo. Uses National Film board archives. Duration: 3:42.
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Situation Report: Indian & Inuit Affairs 1982

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
D. Snedden Management
Description
Synthesis of assessments by managers throughout Department of Indian and Northern Affairs of operating environment. Outlines main issues and constraints which had affected operational planning process. Includes statistics from Indian Conditions: A Survey published in 1980.
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