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Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Historical Background by Deputy Chief Francois Vincent, Council of the Huron-Wendat Nation

Alternate Title
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples - Transcriptions of Public Hearings and Round Table Discussions
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Francois Vincent
File contains a presentation by Assistant Chief Francois Vincent giving an overview of the history of the Huron-Wendat people, and specifically the people who settled at Lorette, near Quebec City.
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Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by George Behn, Grand Chief

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Returning Men to Honour: A Guidebook for Developing Intervention and Education Programs for Men Who Batter in Native Communities
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
George Behn
File contains a presentation by Grand Chief George Behn, Fort Nelson First Nation. Behn relays the history of his people from the time they signed Treaty 8 until the present. Behn discusses problems with the government and resource companies, and the settlement which his First Nation made for oil royalty revenue. Following the presentation Commissioner Erasmus discusses resource use and pollution issues with Behn.
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Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Ken Pruden, Lac La Biche Canadian Native Friendship Centre

Documents & Presentations
File contains a presentation by Ken Pruden relating to the difficulties Canadian Friendship Centres have in providing services for its target audience. Pruden says that funding cuts by the Canadian government are inhibiting the Friendship Centres' ability to assist persons and calls on the Commission to bring this matter to the government's attention. Pruden introduces Ray Fox, also of the Lac La Biche Canadian Native Friendship Centre.
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Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Mike Mercredi, Director of Athabasca Tribal Corporation

Documents & Presentations
File contains a presentation by Mike Mercredi, Director of Athabasca Native Development Corporation. Mercredi describes the mandate and goals of his organization which represents Metis and First Nations people throughout Northern Alberta, and works to provide economic opportunity for them. Mercredi discusses some of the challenges his organization has faced, and some of the structural problems confronting northern economic development. Following the presentation are some remarks by Commissioner Paul Chartrand.
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Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Unidentified Male Speaker

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Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples - Transcriptions of Public Hearings and Round Table Discussions
Documents & Presentations
File contains a presentation by an unidentified male speaker, a director on the British Columbia Indian Housing Council. Statistics provided show 6000 new homes required on British Columbia First Nations, and the speaker recommends increasing government housing subsidies to meet this need.
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Sacajawea

Alternate Title
[North American Indian Thought and Culture]
E-Books
Author/Creator
Harold P. Howard
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A Saponi by Any Other Name Is Still a Siouan

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Heriberto Dixon
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 26, no. 3, 2002, pp. 65-84
Examines the power of names in regards to Native Americans history, culture and tradition.
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Saskatchewan - Saskatchewan News

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Saskatchewan News
File contains copies of Saskatchewan News, the February 16, 1948 issue of which discusses new educational facilities in Northern Saskatchewan to serve the whole population, including indigenous persons.
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Saskatchewan Veterans Reach Out to Country

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Paul Barnsley
Windspeaker, vol. 17, no. 6, October 1999, p. 7

Presents the views held by the Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations and the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs regarding unfulfilled veterans’ benefits. The feeling is that First Nations veterans need to get organized, on a national level, to lobby the federal government in order to be heard.

Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.7.

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Saskatoon Indian Metis Friendship Centre Day Care Request

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
City of Saskatoon
Includes Saskatoon City Council minutes from a meeting on Monday, February 4, 1980 related to a request by the Saskatoon Indian Metis Friendship Centre to establish a Day Care facility in the city.
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Saskatoon Tribal Council

Articles » General
Saskatchewan Indian, vol. 33, no. 1, Winter, 2003, pp. 20-21
Introduces Tribal Chief, Glen Johnstone of the Saskatoon Tribal Council, whose membership includes seven First Nations located within 250 kilometers of Saskatoon.
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Scowlitz: A Preliminary History

Alternate Title
Ethnohistory Field School Report 2011
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Stephanie Bellissimo
Delves into the ancient history as well as the colonial era of the Scowlitz Band using existing records and original interviews with community members.
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Seeds of a Community Healing Process

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Hollow Water First Nation
Justice as Healing, Winter, 1995, p. [?]
Excerpt from Appendix 3 of the Interim Report of the Hollow Water First Nations Community Holistic Circle Healing describing their activities from 1993-94. Note: This is a sample article from the publication. Subscriptions are available from the Native Law Centre.
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A Selective Bibliography of the Mohawk People

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Larry Garrow
Richard Jock
Ray Cooke

Approximately 343 sources, dated from 1762 through 1972, focusing on the St. Regis Reservation in New York, but equally applicable to Mohawks of Akwesasne in Ontario and Quebec. Citations are arranged by subject and subdivided by author.

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Self-Sufficiency, Personal Empowerment, and Community Revitalization: The Impact of a Leadership Program on American Indians in the Southwest

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jeanette Hassin
Robert S. Young
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 23, no. 3, Special Issue on Disease, Health, and Survival Among Native Americans, 1999, pp. 265-286
Explores how participants of the program translated the training into self-sufficiency at both the personal and community levels.
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The Seven Nations of Canada: An Alliance and a Treaty

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
David Blanchard
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 07, no. 2, 1983, pp. 3-23
Discusses the 1796, Seven Nations Treaty, the context in which it was concluded, whether entered into lawfully, not ratified by congress, and its applicability to Mohawk land claims in 1974.
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Shaping First Nations Broadband Policy in Canada: Indigenous Community Intermediary Organizations in the Age of Austerity

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Rob McMahon
Tim Whiteduck
Brian Beaton
Looks at how rural and remote First Nations have formed organizations which mediate relationships with federal and provincial agencies while using the e-Community ICT model. The model operates under five broad themes: capacity building, infrastructure and connectivity, human resources, information management and service delivery. Discusses the First Nations Education Council in Quebec as a case study.
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Shawn Atleo: A Very Different Leader

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Robin Sears
Inside Policy, June/July 2013, pp. 27-32
Profiles the life of a National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 27.
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Short Career for Vellacott

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Doug Cuthand
Leader Post, May 15, 2006, p. B1
Discusses the events leading to the resignation of a Saskatoon MP who was chairman of a parliamentary committee.
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The Significance of the Indian in American History

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Gerard Reed
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 8, no. 1, 1984, pp. 1-21
Explores the evidence and interpretations which compel people to consider how Native Americans helped shape America.
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Sioux Chief [in Prince Albert, SK]

Images » Photographs
A photograph of a Dakota (Sioux) Chief in Prince Albert, likely sometime in the latter half of the nineteenth century. The Chief is seated on a horse in traditional garb, flanked by two other Dakota people, with carriages and a building in evidence in the background.
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Smoke Case Metaphor for Canadian Racism

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Doug Cuthand
StarPhoenix, January 18, 2002, p. A13
Story about Charlie Smoke who comes from the Akwasasne Mohawk Nation by way of the Oglala Nation in South Dakota and his quest to be recognized by the Canadian government.
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Smoking Needs to be Taken More Seriously

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Doug Cuthand
Leader Post, January 28, 2008, p. A3
Discusses the high incidence of smoking in the First Nations' community and why the problem needs to be addressed.
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