History
- Early History to Royal Proclamation (-1763)
- Royal Proclamation to Confederation (1763-1870)
- Numbered Treaty Era (1871-1944)
- Post World War to White Paper (1945-1968)
- White Paper to Truth and Reconciliation Commission (1969-2007)
- Truth and Reconciliation Commission to Present (2008-Present)
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Awakening Siberia. From Marginalization to Self-Determination: The Small Indigenous Nations of Northern Russia on the Eve of the Millennium
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
William J. Couch
Northern Review, no. 32, Spring, 2010, pp. 178-181
Description
Book review of, Awakening Siberia. From Marginalization to Self-Determination: The Small Indigenous Nations of Northern Russia on the Eve of the Millennuim by Lennard Sillanpää.
Away from Home: American Indian Boarding School Stories
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Heard Museum
Description
Website produced to accompany an exhibition of the same name mounted by the Heard Museum. Information divided into six sections: Introduction; Journey and Arrival; Health and Running Away; Student Experiences; Reforms and Changes; and Choices and Legacies.
AWCS Host Conference to Create an Awareness
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Chereise Morris
Windspeaker, vol. 26, no. 7, October 2008, p. 11
Description
Author discusses the first World Conference of Women's Shelters arguing that governments need to understand that social problems have an economic and historical social basis.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.11.
B.C. First Nations Studies [Textbook]
Alternate Title
BC First Nations Studies [Textbook]
E-Books
Author/Creator
Kenneth Campbell
Charles Menzies
Brent Peacock
Carrie J. Reid
John Borrows
Description
Accompanying material:
Teacher's Guide.
Integrated Resource Package.
Back from the Brink: Canada's First Nations' Right to Preserve Canadian Heritage
Alternate Title
Cultural Protection: The Story of a Saanich Bowl
Part I: Cultural Protection: The Story of a Saanich Bowl
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Diana Henry
University of British Columbia Law Review, Special Issue: Material Culture in Flux: Law and Policy of Repatriation of Cultural Property, 1995, pp. [5]-11
Description
Member of the Saanich Native Heritage Society describes efforts to prevent the sale of an ancient West Coast Saanich bowl to an American dealer, and to have this cultural property returned to their people.
Back to the Future: Modern Pioneers, Vanishing Cultures, and Nostalgic Pasts
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Paige Raibmon
BC Studies, no. 135, Perspectives on Aboriginal Culture, Autumn, 2002, pp. 187-193
Description
Review essay on the books: The Inlet: Memoir of a Modern Pioneer by Helen Piddington, Off the Map: Western Travels on Roads Less Taken by Stephen Hume, and Light at the Edge of the World: A Journey through the Realm of Vanishing Cultures by Wade Davis.
Back to the Future: The Confederation Treaties and Reconciliation
Alternate Title
Environment, Sustainability and Society Lecture Series
MacKay Lecture Series
Reconciliation: Responsibility for Shared Futures
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Michael Asch
Description
Author of We are All Here to Stay: Between Canadian Sovereignty and First Nations' Self-Determination speaks about the need to return to the original intent of treaties as agreed upon by the British Crown, not as interpreted by subsequent governments.
Duration: 1:23:24.
Background Paper: Bill C-31 Equality or Disparity?: The Effects of the New Indian Act on Native Women
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Joan Holmes
Description
Discusses amendments to the Act involving reinstatement of status that had been lost due to gender discrimination in the previous Act, the issue of transmission of status to children, difficulties in producing documentation, and band membership vs. status.
The Bagot Commission: Developing a Corporate Memory for the Indian Department
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
John Leslie
Journal of the Canadian Historical Association: Historical Papers, vol. 17, no. 1, 1982, pp. 31-52
Description
Examines how an investigation into reforms needed to improve living conditions and reduce operational costs instead resulted in a permanent and expanded Indian Department.
The Balance Destroyed: The Consequences for Māori Women of the Colonisation of Tikanga Māori
Alternate Title
The Balance Destroyed: The Consequences for Maori Women of the Colonisation of Tikanga Maori
The Consequences for Maori Women of the Colonization of Tikanga Maori
Theses
Author/Creator
Annie Mikaere
Description
Law Thesis (M.Jur.)--University of Waikato, 1995.
Basil H. Johnston's Indian School Days (1988): An Autobiographical Account of Experiences at the Spanish Indian Residential School
Alternate Title
Place and Memory in Canada: Global Perspectives=Lieu et Mémoire au Canada: Perspectives Globales
[Congress of Polish Association for Canadian Studies ; 3rd, 2004]
[International Conference of Central European Canadianists ; 3rd, 2004]
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Katarzyna Juchnowicz
Description
Paper from: Place and Memory in Canada: Global Perspectives edited by Magdalena Paluszkiewicz-Misiaczek, Anna Reczyńska, and Anna Śpiewak.
"Bateman, Christina"
Documents & Presentations
Description
This file contains excerpts from a type-written diary called "Northern Saskatchewan Holiday," by Annie M. (Nan) McKay and Christina Bateman, 9 August to 16 September 1919. It highlights their trip to Lac la Ronge. There is also a list of photographs from the trip that are held at Saskatchewan Archives Board.
Batoche Historic Site: Public Comment on the Themes and Objectives
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Parks Canada
Description
Report dealing with the National Historic Park at Batoche and discussing various proposed improvements and difficulties. Includes discussion of archeaology, classification, preservation, tourist facilities, ecology, historical representation and other issues encountered by the Park.
Battleford on the flats south of Battle River prior to its removal in 1886 to high ground across the battle.
Images » Photographs
Description
Battleford on the flats south of Battle River prior to its removal in 1886 to high ground across the Battle River. The two small buildings to the left on the low ground belonged to the telegraph office, the long peaked-roof structure to the right was Alexander Macdonald's store, and the square cottage-shaped building was the Saskatchewan Herald Office. P.G. Laurie's home can be seen to the right of the trail winding up the hill, and the government buildings along the horizon.
Battleford Remembers Stockade Days
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Saskatoon Star-Phoenix
Mrs. C. Wetton
Description
Articles in the Saskatoon Star-Phoenix relating to the 50th anniversary of the Northwest Resistance, with articles on Charles Parker, NWMP member,; Ben Prince, Chief Fine Day, and sketches of the Battleford Stockade.
"Battleford's History, 1933-1962."
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Cecilia Wetton
Description
This folder contains articles written about the Battleford area by Mrs. Wetton and Mrs. Storer. Clippings from other sources are also included. There is a good section of articles that reveal popular non-Aboriginal views of the 1885 resistance.
Historical note:
Battles, Syntheses, Revisions, and Prophecies: Histories and
Modernities in the Phoenix Indian School's Native American,
1901–1916
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jennifer Bess
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 29, no. 3, Fall, 2017, pp. [29]-63
Description
Reviews alumni/ae publications free of boarding school censorship, supplemented by archival information to place students in Robert Warrior's nonfiction tradition.
Beadwork Masterpieces: Native American Bandolier Bags
Alternate Title
Nebraska State Historical Society Brown Bag Lecture Series
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Tom Myers
Description
Discusses Native American art and compares essential elements and designs of beaded bags in northern and southern styles. Uses bandolier bag in Benjamin Rush's painting, Death of General Wolfe as one example.
Duration: 45:11.
Bear Pole Plaque
Images » Photographs
Author/Creator
Institute for Northern Studies
Description
The plaque at the base of the Bear Pole. Victoria, B.C. On plaque: "1966 Project of Native Indians' participation Centennial Sub-Committee to Commemorate the Union in 1866 of the Colonies on Vancouver Island and the Mainland as British Columbia Kwakiutl Bear Pole carved by Mr. Henry Hunt of the Kwawkewlth Indian Band at Victoria, B. C. Log donated by MacMillan, Bloedel & Powell River Limited."
Beardy Grants a Historic Absolution
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Solange De Santis
Anglican Journal, vol. 127, no. 7, September 2001, p. Insert
Description
Oji-Cree Bishop accepts apology from Archbishop Peers, originally offered in 1993, with respect to the abuses of the residential school system.