Media & Communication

English Manual. or, Prayers and Catechism in English Typography

Documents & Presentations
Description
Prayers and Catechism in English Typography; Catechism; Prayers and Catechism in English (Phonography); English Prayers; English Catechism; Chinook Manual; Latin Manual or Hymns and Chants in use by the Indians of British Columbia; and Latin Manual of Hymns and Chants in Use by the Indians of British Columbia.

Historical note:

Attributed to Father LeJeune "With the approbation of Right Rev. P. Durieu" (Bibliography of British Columbia).
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Eskimo Telephone Operator

Images » Photographs
Author/Creator
Bell Telephone Company (photographer)
Description
Portrait of Inuk female telephone operator seated in front of cordboard.
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Eskimos n.d.

Archival » Archival Items
Description
File containing correspondence and other information relating to the Inuit people, the Eskimo Affairs Conference, Inuit in Quebec, a press release entititled "Eskimo Voice at Eskimo Affairs Committee", typewritten comments about Diefenbaker denying the Quebec Premier's statements about treaties and the Inuit, treatymaking, the transfer of Northern Quebec Inuit affairs to the Quebec provincial government, treatment of Inuit in transfer to Quebec, debates on the transfer, a newspaper clipping "Quebec to have Eskimo Control" , services for the Inuit in Arctic Quebec, and an Inuktuk translation of
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Ethnic Health Data in Hawai'i: Describing the Databases

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Henry M. Ichiho
Claire Hughes
Pacific Health Dialog, vol. 8, no. 2, Health of the Hawaiians, 2001, pp. 340-352
Description
Introduces a number of sources of data on the internet that offer health data relevant to Native Hawaiians and other minority populations in the State of Hawai'i.
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Ethnography and Communication: Approaches to Aboriginal Media

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Marian Bredin
Canadian Journal of Communication, vol. 18, no. 3, [Crossing Borders: Issues in Native Communications], Summer, 1993, pp. [297-313]
Description
Assessment of anthropological analyses of "culture" and the use of ethnography in aboriginal media; concludes with a reading of pertinent studies in the field of exposure and use of mass media by indigenous peoples.
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The Face Pullers: Ch.3 Images - "Knitting and Spinning at St. Albert School"

Alternate Title
The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939
Birth of the West: History Teaching Series
Images » Photographs
Author/Creator
Charles W. Mathers
Description

Black and white photograph of a class of young Indigenous girls learning to knit and spin at the St. Albert industrial school. From the book The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939 by Brock Silversides.

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The Face Pullers: Ch.3 images - "Learning Saddlery and Bootmaking, St. Albert School, 1898"

Alternate Title
The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939
[Birth of the West: History Teaching Pictures]
Images » Photographs
Author/Creator
Charles W. Mathers
Description

Black and white photograph of a class of Indigenous youths learning saddlery and bootmaking at the St. Albert industrial school. From the book The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939 by Brock Silversides.

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The Face Pullers - Unused Photos - "Cree Indians Trading at H.B. Cos Fort Pitt 1884""

Alternate Title
The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939
Images » Photographs
Description
Black and white photograph of a group of five Cree men trading at Fort Pitt. They are from Left, Four Sky Thunder, Sky Bird, Matoose, Napasis, and Big Bear. Unused photograph from the book The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939 by Brock Silversides.
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The Face Pullers - Unused Photos- "Must-Took-No-Kow"

Alternate Title
The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939
Images » Photographs
Description
Black and white photograph of a Cree man, "Must-took-no-kow" in a beaded buckskin costume. Unused photo from the book The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939 by Brock Silversides.
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Fairclough, Ellen

Documents & Presentations
Description
File includes a letter from Ellen Fairclough to Prime Minister Diefenbaker mentioning that she would like to talk to him about Saskatchewan Indians.
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Fantastic Topographies: Neo-Liberal Responses to Aboriginal Land Claims in British Columbia

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
David Rossiter
Patricia K. Wood
Canadian Geographer, vol. 49, no. 4, Winter, 2005, pp. 352-366
Description
Analysis of the provincial Liberal administration's 2002 referendum seeking public decision-making on land claims. Article illustrates use of arguments based in economics used and by way of systemic bias disregarding historical context of issues.
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Federal-Provincial Welfare Services -- Indian and Eskimo Welfare -- Newfoundland

Archival » Archival Items
Description
File containing correspondence related to the indigenous people of Labrador. The correspondence between various government officials surrounds the current and past level of assistance given the Inuit and Indigenous people in the area. In particular, the amount of funding to be given for housing. Also included is an article entitled "The Bitter Plight of Labrador's Indians", sent to the PM's office in the hope that it might initiate action.
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[Filmmaker Lisa Meeches Gives Back to the Storytelling Circle]

Alternate Title
Trailbreakers ; Episode 300079755
Media » Sound Recordings
Author/Creator
Don Kelly
Lisa Meeches
Description
Former reporter and host of Sharing Circle discusses her previous experiences and her latest production, We Were Children, which deals with residential schools. Episode of Trailbreakers which aired August 21, 2012. Duration: 27:30.
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Fine Day Interview #11

Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
D.G. (Dr.) Mandelbaum
Fine Day
Indian History Film Project
Description
Consists of an interview where Fine Day describes various methods of signaling as well as various healing practices.
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First Nations Culture: Who Knows What?

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Charlotte Townsend-Gault
Canadian Journal of Communication, vol. 23, no. 1, [Monopolies of Knowledge in the University and Society], Winter, 1998, pp. [31-?]
Description
Questions about art and whether it should be referred to in the western sense or whether art is the repository and communicator of those with culturally specific knowledge.
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First Nations HIV/AIDS

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Helen Young
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 20, no. 2, March/April 1996, pp. 49-50
Description
Overview of health promotion and services provided by the Manitoba Regional HIV/AIDS Steering Committee.
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First Nations SchoolNet

Web Sites » Organizations
Description
Contains links to: helpdesk, youth program, services, resources for educators, students, administrators and resources in the areas of First Nations History and Politics, First Nations Languages, Native Studies, etc.
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First Nations to Benefit from Improved Internet Access

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Marie White
Windspeaker, vol. 26, no. 8, November 2008, p. 21
Description

Reports on the joint venture of three Indigenous organizations that created the first inter-provincial community-owned-and-operated broadband satellite in Canada to serve northern Manitoba, Ontario and Quebec.

Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.21.

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Fond du Lac Priest Recalls 54 Years

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Graham Guest
Denosa, December 1981, pp. 16-18
Description
Father Charles Gamache recalls fifty-four years in Fond du Lac. Page one: portrait of Father Charles Gamache and Brother Jean Marie Labonte. Page two: picture of church.
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