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A Winters Trapping / My First Silver Fox

Archival » Archival Items
Author/Creator
Reginald Bird Beatty
Description
This chapter of Reginald Beatty's diary relates to his patient pursuit of a silver fox, the origin of 'made beaver' currency, and Beatty's total fur hunt run for the winter. Item found within folder 'Reginald Bird Beatty Papers.'

Historical note:

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Wisconsin War Stories: Wounded Warriors

Media » Film and Video
Description
Veterans of World War II and the War in Kuwait discuss their experiences during combat and difficulties they have experienced since returning home. Duration: 26:46
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Wissler Memo

Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
D.G. Mandelbaum
Clark Wissler
Indian History Film Project
Description
A memorandum from Clark Wissler pertaining to listing the names of the Cree bands at the time of settlements on the reservations and other related matters.
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"With Anything Manmade There is Going to be Danger": The Cultural Context of Navajo Opinions Regarding Snowmaking on the San Francisco Peaks

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Adam Dunstan
Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 21, no. 2, Proceedings of the 2010 Western Social Science Association American Indian Studies Section, Summer, 2010, pp. 1-6
Description
Comments on the objections to use artificial snow made from reclaimed treated sewage water, due to the sacred nature of the peaks.
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Women and Health: Experiences in a Rural Regional Health Authority

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Jan Roberts
Marcelle Falk
Description
Presents a study that looks at the opinions and life experiences of women in order to shape and plan for health services within Manitoba's rural South Eastman regional health authority (RHA). Published by the Prairie Women's Health Centre of Excellence.
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Women, Contemporary Aboriginal Issues, and Resistance

Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Rita Shelton Deverell
Shirley Bear
Dorothy Christian
Ruth Cuthand
Joan Glode
Ursula A. Johnson
Mount Saint Vincent University
Description
Four women from across Canada who are artists, scholars, activists discuss topics such as racism, leadership, contemporary life, culture, popular misconceptions about Aboriginal peoples, and cross cultural relations. Duration: 1:22:38.
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A Women's Game of the Blood Indians

Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
George First Rider
John Hellson
Indian History Film Project
Description
Consists of an interview that tells about the war games of the Blood Indians and a dice game for women.
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Women's Narratives from the St. John's Native Friendship Centre: Digital Storytelling to Inform Community-based Healing and Violence Prevention Programs: Final Report

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
St. John's Native Friendship Centre
Ashely Hong
Description
Recommendations developed in areas education and training, economic development, programs and services, traditional materials/medicines, support services and staff, terminology and evaluation.
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Working With Water: Goulais Mission Memories

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Sheila F. Devlin
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 22, no. 2, 2002, pp. 269-326
Description
Eight residents reflect on their lives in the community. Information was gathered through a series of conversational interviews.
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Workshop 12 Transcription Notes

Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Smith Atimoyoo
Harry Broba
Choco Lachance
Ernest Tootoosis
Alex Bonaise
Indian History Film Project
Description
Elders present songs and prayers with discussion about the loss of traditions and values, evils of alcohol, role of elders, etc. Also stories of adventures in intertribal warfare ; a story of a man who married a thunderwoman.
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Writing Indian, Native Conversations by John Lloyd Purdy

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Kenneth M. Roemer
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 23, no. 3, Fall, 2011, pp. 132-136
Description
Book review of Writing Indian, Native Conversations by John Lloyd Purdy. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p. 132.
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Writing Life

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Beth Brant
Journal of Lesbian Studies, vol. 4, no. 4, December 2000, pp. 21-34
Description
Beth Brant discusses the role of writing in her life and her relationships with loved ones.
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Writing the Circle: Native Women of Western Canada

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Barbara Belyea
Prairie Forum, vol. 17, no. 2, Native Studies, Fall, 1992, pp. 366-371
Description
Book review of: Writing the Circle: Native Women of Western Canada edited by Jeanne Perreault and Sylvia Vance.
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Writing the Talking Stick: Alphabetic Literacy as Colonial Technology and Postcolonial Appropriation

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Laura E. Donaldson
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 22, no. 1/2, Winter-Spring, 1998, pp. 46-62
Description
The author uses Out of the Depths, Isabel Knockwood’s autobiography about her time in Indian Residential School, to discuss English alphabet writing as a colonizing tool and as consider different ways that Indigenous peoples have appropriated English writing as a form of cultural survivance.
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Writing Whiteness: The Personal Turn

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Anne Brewster
Australian Humanities Review, no. 35, June 2005
Description
Essay looks at the current autobiographical approach taken in whiteness studies.
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Wylie Tales: An Interview with James Welch

Articles » General
Author/Creator
William Bevis
James Welch
[Weber Studies], vol. 12, no. 3, Native American Special Issue, Fall, 1995, p. [?]
Description
Interview with author about his thoughts on Aboriginal life, films and literature. Discusses Welch's books Fools Crow and Killing Custer.
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