Reserves

File contains presentations by Damon Johnson, Chief, Andrew Kirkness, Grand Chief, Donna Glover, Indian Council of First Nations of Manitoba.

This file contains a transcript of part of a portion of a sitting of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples at Prince George, British Columbia. This part includes opening remarks by Karin Hunt, the moderator for the session and presentations by Rena Kinney, Jessica Lafond, Geraldine Thomas, Brenda Thomas, Rosalind Caldwell, Gloria Lerat, Lillian George, Sophie Thomas, and Betty Ann Barnes and others on the various topics of racism, self-government, Aboriginal woman's issues, taxation, land claims, sexual abuse,healing and the issues of Metis women.

This file contains a portion of a transcript of a sitting of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples at The Citadel Inn, Ottawa, Ontario. This portion is of the Round Table session moderated by Gilles Rheame between Elder Noel Knockwood, David Perley, Joyce Goodstriker, Carola Lane, Ruth Bushby, Karen Allen, Don Robertson, Eber Hampton, Charles Coocoo, Gerald Vandezande and Harvey McCue who focused on the provided Discussion Papers on education in the Aboriginal Community.

This file contains a Wampum Belt Reading by Chief Oren Lyons that continues with the same topics discussed by Jake Thomas, the previous presenter who also did a Wampum Belt Reading. Lyons believes that the Commission's mandate should be focused on peace between all First Nations and non-Aboriginal people.

An interview with Rufus Goodstriker, born in 1924 on the Blood Indian Reserve and attended a residential school. He tells of the origins and significance of the transfer of Indian names, especially within his own family. He also talks about Indian medicine and the power of faith; the Indian spiritual way vs. the Western technological way;of herbs, animal spirits, sweat bath in healing etc.

Nine elders in discussion at Saddle Lake Reserve. They talk about aspects of life before contact with whites, Treaty #6, the history of amalgamations and land sales, and a traditional story of a boy raised by buffalo.

The Saddle Lake Telegraph Office and Indian Agency (background) circa 1900. Saddle Lake, NWT.

Cites examples from basic readers which reflect European middle class concepts and conflict with those experienced by Navajo children. Scroll to appropriate article.

The former chief of the Beaver Lake Reserve tells what he knows of the history of the reserve.

He gives a description of the difficulties encountered on reserves and the efforts made to combat them.

Focuses on the outstanding treaty land entitlement claim and examines the history including the 1913 and 1930 Order in Councils and problems regarding historical population counts. Commissioners include: Renée Dupuis, Daniel J. Bellegarde, and Alan C. Holman. [This file has been saved and made available online with permission from the Indian Claims Commission website before it closed down in March 2009.]

FILES CAN ONLY BE ACCESSED USING FIREFOX BROWSER. Consists of historical documents, maps, legal documents, correspondence/letters, Field notes, excerpts, submissions, transcrips and the Inquiry Report in French and English. [These files were created and compiled by the ICC and provided to the Indigenous Studies Portal in 2009 to make widely available in online format.]

Discusses how Muskoday First Nation received compensation for land it was promised but never received.

Statistics on demographics, opioid overdose, immunization, communicable disease, social determinants of health, and diabetes,

A variety of texts created by the Saskatchewan Indian Cultural College. Includes: "Kataayuk: Saskatchewan Indian Elders," "Remembering Will Have to Do," Two Forms of Art," and "Learning About the Indian Reserve."

List of Aboriginal bands, reserves and band code numbers for Saskatchewan by unknown author.

Negotiated settlement to end outstanding Treaty land entitlements for 26 Bands in Saskatchewan.

Final report examines an alleged shortfall of land and a claim for land under the provisions of Treaty 8. Commissioners include: Renée Dupuis, Daniel J. Bellegarde, and Jane Dickson-Gilmore. [This file has been saved and made available online with permission from the Indian Claims Commission website before it closed down in March 2009.]

Discussion of the problem of alcohol abuse among native peoples. Raising children: comparison with earlier days. Establishment of the Shesheep, Sakimay and MuscowpetungReserves. Many lectures about their histories and their hopes for the future of their people.

Book review of: Saving the reservation... by John Fahey.

Looks at women's role to maintain economy and culture of reservation life. Chapter one from, Circle of Goods: Women, Work, and Welfare in a Reservation Community by Tressa Berman.

Outlines a study conducted of schoolchildren in the remote Ojibwa-Cree community of St Teresa Point First Nation to detect early signs of type-2 diabetes, and recommends screening for all people aged 7 years and older.

Author uses archival census and records and counts to examine the changing family dynamics of the Crow peoples during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

1 file containing: March 7, 1959: Agenda for the day's cabinet meeting. Includes discussion on sale of a portion of Sarnia Indian Reserve land developers. - April 14, 1959: Agenda for the day's cabinet meeting. Includes discussion on compensation to Indians for air weapons range. - May 19, 1959: Agenda for the day's cabinet meeting. Includes discussion on the sale of Sarnia Indian Reserve lands. - September 2, 1959: Agenda for the day's cabinet meeting. Includes discussion on extension of liquor privileges to Ontario reserves.

Looks at the state of eye care, access, barriers, and social determinants in a community in Northern British Columbia.

Paper from The Proceedings of the 17th Annual History of Medicine Days edited by Melanie Stapleton, Jennifer Lewis and Frank Stahnisch.

Sociology Thesis (M.A.)--Lakehead University, 2011.

History Thesis (M.A.)--University of Victoria, 2003.

Criminal Justice Thesis (M.A.)--Pennsylvania State University, 2009.

Miawpukek First Nation, Moose Cree First Nation, Oujé-Bougoumou Cree Nation, Peigan First Nation, Six Nations of the Grand River and Westbank First Nation.

Comments on a prolific Native American author.

English Thesis (M.A.)--East Carolina University, 2010.

An image of a large group of Aboriginal people in ceremonial clothing with a large house in the background. The picture is of their backs as they are watching a dance.

Correspondence by John Diefenbaker regarding honorary chieftainship from Sioux thanking Chief Little Crow for being named Chief Walking Buffalo.

Documentary about the role clan mothers played in the conflict that took place near Caledonia, Ontario over a proposed housing development on Six Nation traditional territory. Access study guide. Duration: 43:24

Developed to accompany the National Film Board documentary Six Miles Deep which deals with the conflict that took place over land development near Caledonia, Ontario.

Discusses agriculture, housing, and the Indian Training School on a reservation recently visited by author.

Concludes that Aboriginal people in the United States live in an adverse and violent environment that places them at higher risk for exposure to traumatic experiences.

Explains Native American values in terms of adaptation to their environment and offers suggestions for changing behaviours.

Looks at the devastating effects of settlement on Zuni tribal lands in northwestern New Mexico and the current land restoration plans.

This 86-year-old gentleman discusses Treaty #10 and his understanding of the terms. The informant was present at the signing.

Interview discussing the boundaries of Wabasca Reserve, and Treaty #8 promises.

Study focuses on movement from reservations to urban areas, finding that migration out did not significantly change unemployment situation on reservations.

The author uses numerous examples of how the legal system works against aboriginals in Canada. Case subjects include practicing medicine without a license, hunting on unoccupied Crown lands in the Northwest Territories, and income tax and traffic laws on reserves. The author calls for examinations of the reserve system and the Indian Act.

Addresses the economic feasibility of some First Nations communities.

Analysis of how reservations in USA were formerly held in trust by the Federal Government, however title has become progressively more complicated due to state and local jurisdiction.