History

Alberta's North: A History, 1890-1950

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Jean Manore
Canadian Historical Review, vol. 82, no. 3, September 2001, p. 592
Description
Book review of: Alberta's North by Donald G. Wetherell and Irene R.A. Kmet. Book is part of the Alberta Reflections series, its focus includes "Native/non-Native relations, technological development, and federal/provincial relations."
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Alcohol Problems and Suitable Solutions

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Charles Perkins
Aboriginal & Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 1, no. 3, September 1977, pp. 21-
Description
Investigates causes and finds stereotypes that need shattering before progress can be made to resolving the issue.
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Alex Janvier: Reflections

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jonathan Dewar
Alex Janvier
West Coast Line #74, vol. 46, no. 2, Reconcile This!, Summer, 2012, pp. 12-21
Description
Portion of transcript from artists' discussion on truth, reconciliation and healing, followed by interview. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll down to appropriate page.
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Alex Janvier's Morning Star: A Metaphor for Canada’s Competing Cultures

Alternate Title
Belonging and Cultural Survival
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Elaine Radman
Capstone Seminar Series, vol. 2, no. 1, Belonging in Canada: Questions and Challenges, April 2012, pp. 2-19
Description
Discusses the four sections of the mural which form a circular timeline representing Aboriginal history and the nature of Aboriginal and Euro-Canadian relations.
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Alexander Posey’s Nature Journals: A Further Argument for Tribally-Specific Aesthetics

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Craig Womack
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 13, no. 2 & 3, Series 2, Summer/Fall, 2001, pp. [49]-66
Description
Contends that to be effective, authors should ground their work in their specific culture rather than creating characters who are generic, tribeless and placeless. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
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Alexis First Nation Inquiry: TransAlta Utilities Rights of Way Claim

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Indian Claims Commission
Description
Historical background and submissions to Indian Claims Commission (ICC) concerning the federal Crown's granting of three rights of way to Calgary Power on Alexis IR133 during 1950s and 1960s. ICC concluded no effort was made to provide annual payments to the Band and recommended the claim be accepted for negotiation under Canada's Specific Claims Policy. Commissioners include: Roger J. Augustine, Daniel J. Bellegarde, Sheila G. Purdy. [This file has been saved and made available online with permission from the Indian Claims Commission website before it closed down in March 2009.]
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Alexis First Nation, TransAlta Utilities - Right of Way, Public Edition

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Indian Claims Commission
Description

FILES CAN ONLY BE ACCESSED USING FIREFOX BROWSER. Document contains statements of claim, correspondence/letters, maps and transcripts in regards to Calgary Power's (now TransAlta) access to electrical transmission right of way granted in the 1950s and 1960s. The Commissioners include: Roger J. Augustine, Daniel J. Bellegarde, Sheila G. Purdy.

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The Algonquian-Wendat Alliance: A Case Study of Circular Societies

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Georges E. Sioui
Kathryn Magee Labelle
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 34, no. 1, 2014, pp. 171-183
Description
Explores relationship forged through military campaigns, political agreements, trade initiatives and a system of cultural and economic exchange.
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Ali'i Selective Appropriation of Modernity: Examining Colonial Assumptions in Hawai'i prior to 1893

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kamanamaikalani B. Beamer
AlterNative, vol. 5, no. 2, Ke Ala Hou: Breaking Trail in Hawaiian Research and Development, 2009, pp. 138-155
Description
Discusses the origin and overthrow of the Kingdom of Hawaii, and examines how the Ali'i (native Hawaiian chiefs) used their knowledge of law to advance their own existing Indigenous structure.
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All My Relations: A Work of Art

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Barb Nahwegahbow
Windspeaker, vol. 30, no. 10, January 2013, p. 22
Description

Looks at an enormous art mural featuring five themed paintings including a memorial for missing and murdered Aboriginal women.

Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.22.

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All My Relations (Identity and Indigeneity)

Alternate Title
Daniels: In and Beyond the Law
All My Relations: Making Kin and Kindred in a Postgenomic World
Ancestry, Genes, and a Colony Chief: Peguis’ People and the Red River Métis
Kinship vs. Race: Reconciling Metis-First Nations Historical Relations
Reflections on Daniels v Canada, Reconciliation and Redress: Setting the Agenda
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Robert Innes
Harold Robinson
Rick Smith
Jessica Kolopenuk
Description
Emphasis on racial distinctions between Métis and First Nations, ignores intermarriage, kinship ties, and shared cultural understandings; recommendations for agenda items for changes in Canada-Indigenous relations in light of the Daniels decision Duration: 1:50:08. Presentations are part of the conference "Daniels: In and Beyond the Law" held at University of Alberta, Jan. 26-27, 2017.
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All Saints Basketball Team Senior Men

Images » Photographs
Description
File contains 14 negatives from the Senior Mens Basketball team from the All Saints Residential School in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, November 26, 1966. Scanned image shows a male basketball player from the All Saints team.
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All Saints Grade VIII Grads

Images » Photographs
Description
File contains 1 image of Grade Eight graduates from the All Saints Residential School in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan on June 6, 1962.
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All Saints Indian School Hunter Safety Program

Images » Photographs
Description
File contains 4 negatives showing scenes from a Hunter Safety Program held for students at the All Saints Residential School in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan on May 13, 1966. Scanned image shows female students seated in a classroom with what appears to be a group of male students or instructors standing in the background.
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Allotment Knowledges: Grid Spaces, Home Places, and Storyscapes on The Way to Rainy Mountain

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Marcel Brousseau
NAIS: Journal of the Native American and Indigenous Studies Association, vol. 5, no. 1, Spring, 2018, pp. 136-167
Description
Looks at Kiowa responses to allotment by comparing N. Scott Momaday’s canonical literary work to Mark Palmer's "Indigital" cartography in terms of understanding, recording and remembering the process and effects of the United States government’s policy in the Oklahoma territory.
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Almighty Voice Siege

Images » Photographs
Description
A photograph of the siege which pitted the NWMP against Almighty Voice and his two companions. The bluff where Almighty Voice dug in is visible in this panoramic shot from across the prairies, as is artillery fire on the left.
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Alternative (Hi)stories in Stolen Generation and Residential School Narratives: Reading Indigenous Life Writings by Doris Pilkington and Shirley Sterling

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Martina Horáková
BRNO Studies in English, no. 33, 2007, pp. 143-156
Description
Examines two life writing narratives by Indigenous women writers from Australia and Canada to demonstrate the ways in which they present alternative (hi)stories of removed Indigenous children.
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Alternative Perspectives on the Battle of Wolf Creek of 1838

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Mary Jane Warde
Ingenious Nations Studies Journal, vol. 2, no. 2, Fall, 2001, pp. 3-13
Description
Compares oral accounts of the battle in Oklahoma by the Cheyenne, Arapaho, Kowa, Comanche, and Plains Apache to non-Indian historical description.
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Ambroise Lepine

Images » Photographs
Description
Portrait of Ambroise Lepine. The "Lepine Flat" District between St. Laurent and St. Louis, Saskatchewan was settled by Lepine.
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