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Discusses the New York state-appointed doctor's efforts to protect children from contagious diseases and advocate for improvements in health care delivery to Native American population.

Looks at the effects of asbestos mining on a Baryulgil community.

Article examines some of the multi-dimensional aspects of the factors contributing to the coup. To access this article scroll down to page 52.

Looks at the issue in the context of gender-based violence as a human rights violation which is rooted in deep, structural discrimination and intersects with socio-economic and cultural rights violations. Outlines essential elements of a human-rights based response and identifies three keys to effectiveness.

Book review of Finding Kluskap by Jennifer Reid.

Looks at the fiscal framework for Maori in New Zealand, Native Americans, and Aboriginals in Australia.

Explores the history, process and implications of the Finnmark Act, a new land management agreement of previously state owned land.

Analyses key findings of report submitted in 2012 by the Finnmark Commission who investigated the extent of land rights held by Sámi and other groups.

Geography Thesis (Ph.D.)--Wilfrid Laurier University, 2017. Focuses on the Six Nations of the Grand River, Oneida Nation of the Thames, and Mississaugas of the New Credit First Nation.

Highlights of the April 1982 conference.

Provides information on land and carbon rights, carbon offset regimes, Indigenous carbon rights, and land-based carbon accounting from a broad international perspective.

Magazine providing access to current and archived issues including articles covering government, history, environmental issues, the arts and business.

Discusses whether the relationship is one of positive collaboration or a potential source of conflict and confrontation.

70 images (15 scanned here) of First Nations and government officials signing a land treaty agreement in Prince Albert on May 26 1981.

Field test draft.

Examines a joint management scenarios between traditional Aboriginal caribou hunters, government managers and biologists to share multiple perspectives on what is known about caribou systems and to identify the kinds of changes that are culturally and socially acceptable to traditional caribou hunting societies.

Looks at the collaboration between various Warumungu groups, government agencies, and Aboriginal organizations to negotiate and produce the Nyinkka Nyunya Art and Culture Centre at Tennant Creek.

History Thesis (Ph.D.)--New York University, 2006.

Article focuses on political reforms and the situation of the qullas in Bolivia. To access this article, scroll down to page 28.

Looks at disputes over winter grazing areas between logging industry and reindeer herders in Northern Lapland.

Book review of: Forgotten War by Henry Reynolds. Scroll down to page 155 to read review.

A brief guide to the history and buildings comprising Fort Battleford, located at Battleford, Saskatchewan.

Historical note:

Fort Battleford, built in 1876 and in use until 1924, was the sixth Northwest Mounted Police fort to be established in the Northwest Territories of Canada, and played a central role in the events of the Northwest Resistance of 1885.

A brief guide to the history and buildings comprising Fort Battleford, located in Battleford, SK.

Historical note:

A brief guide to Fort Carlton Historic Park, located near Duck Lake, SK, where an important scene of battle took place during the Northwest Resistance of 1885.

Historical note:

Fort Carlton was a Hudson's Bay Company fur trade post from 1810 until 1885. As a Company post it primarily dealt in provisions, namely pemmican and buffalo robes although other furs were traded as well.

Fort St. Joseph National Historic Site is a former symbol of the alliance between the British and First Nations. Site includes history, natural resources, archaeology, virtual tour, photo gallery, recreational activities, and visitor information.

Reminiscences of W.J. Carter on life in the early Canadian North-west. Includes a wealth of material on First Nations, the Northwest Resistance, Metis (French and English), and early European settlement in Saskatchewan and Alberta.

Historical note:

W.J. Carter was a carpenter in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan (NWT).

Suggests that educating Aboriginal families in Indigenous ways of knowing and being would reduce child welfare interventions by territorial, provincial and federal governments. Chapter from Until Our Hearts Are on the Ground: Aboriginal Mothering, Oppression, Resistance, and Rebirth edited by Jeanette Corbiere Lavell and Dawn Memee Lavell-Harvard. Scroll down to read chapter.

This folder contains original and photocopied newspaper clippings which cover the main passages of an address given by Commissioner A.B Perry of the North West Mounted Police as they were printed in the Regina Morning Leader. The topics include many reflecting Native-newcomer relations.

Strategic document meant to guide governments and stakeholders as they take specific actions and allocate resources to implement them.

Note: The title and description of this document uses wording that was common to mainstream society of that time period in history. As such, it contains language that is no longer in common use and may offend some readers. This wording should not be construed to represent the views of the Indigenous Studies Portal or the University of Saskatchewan Library. File contains a photocopy of an essay by Ben Franklin written in 1784 called: "Remarks Concerning the Savages of North America," taken from Chapter 40 of an unknown source.

A poster of Gabriel Dumont with the slogan "Free the North," and the description "Gabriel Dumont Armed" upon it.

Historical note:

Original photograph from the Public Archives of Canada. Cited as a CUS Poster, 197-. [Possibly a political poster produced by the Canadian Union of Students].

Speaker discusses the genocide of Mayan people committed by military forces during the thirty-year civil war and efforts to engage in a process of reparations and reconciliation. Duration: 21:12.

Looks at three conferences held during 1939, 1966 and 1997 to examine the changing awareness of Aboriginal issues within academic circles.

Background paper for Just Performance: Enacting Justice in the Wake of Violence symposium held December 1-2, 2011 hosted by the International Center for Ethics, Justice and Public Life at Brandeis University.

Examines the socio-political development of Ontario Métis through an analysis of four major political organizations: Ontario Métis and Aboriginal Association (OMAA), Métis Nation of Ontario (MNO), Canadian Métis Council (CMC) and the Métis Women's Circle.

File contains 4 negatives from a Federation of Saskatchewan Indians convention held in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan on March 30, 1971. Four scanned negatives show various scenes of participants at the conference.

Federation of Saskatchewan Indians meet in Ottawa with many political groups.

Results of the election.

Special legislative assembly for the Chiefs of the Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations held on the James Smith Reserve.

Book review of: The Future of Alaska by George W. Rogers.

A photograph taken on August 8, 1933 at the Saskatoon Exhibition of a gathering of pioneers from the 1883-1889 era. Lieutenant Governor Hugh Edwin Munroe is making an address. An Aboriginal woman is seated at the centre, while a group of seven Aboriginal Chiefs in head-dresses stands at the right. There is a full orchestra behind the group and they are all on an elaborately decorated stage.

A telegram from Michael Keewatin of the Native Counselling Service in Lethbridge, Alberta requesting an extension of the Drug and Alcohol Education Program.

Discusses perceptions, economic productivity, and contributions of pastoralism. To access this article, scroll down to page 14.

Excerpt from Genocide of Indigenous Peoples: A Critical Biographical Review edited by Samuel Totten and Robert K. Hitchcock.

An account of Australian stockman's life in two worlds.

A photograph of the George G. Mann family in Onion Lake with friends. Taken after Mann's recent transfer from Onion Lake to Saddle Lake; perhaps they had returned for a visit.