Biography

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The Vérendryes and Their Successors, 1727-1760

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Antoine Champagne
Transactions of the Historical and Scientific Society of Manitoba, no. 25, Series 3, 1968-1969, p. [?]
Description
Overview of prominent individuals in the early exploration and operations of the west.
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Vern Bellegarde

Articles » General
Saskatchewan Indian, Election Special, October 1984, p. 11
Description
Vern Bellegarde focuses on resource development while district representative for the Touchwood File Hills District Qu'Appelle Tribal Council.
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Walking Alone

Alternate Title
First Stories
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Gerald Auger
Description
Short film tells story of rap group that turned into a gang. Duration: 6:46.
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Wayne Ahenakew

Articles » General
Saskatchewan Indian, Election Special, October 1984, p. 9
Description
Goals and accomplishments of Wayne Ahenakew of Sandy Lake while working for the Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations.
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Who Am I?

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Karl Menninger
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 4, no. 3, May 1965, pp. [27-32]
Description
Author explores the concept of self-identity by looking at his own family background.
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Will Rogers's Indian Humor

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Roumiana Velikova
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 19, no. 2, Summer, 2007, pp. 83-103
Description
Contends that humorist Will Rogers, who was a member of the Cherokee Nation, was appropriated and mainstreamed as a mythic American figure and consequently has been denied a prominent place in Native American literary history. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 83.
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Will the Real Tomochichi Please Come Forward?

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Julie Anne Sweet
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 32, no. 2, Spring, 2008, pp. 141-177
Description
Article examines the ways that the Yamacraw Leader Tomochichi has been represented and misrepresented in historical texts and narratives surrounding the settlement of the Georgia; works to reconstruct a more accurate biography.
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William Apess

Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Michael Berthold
Description
Includes biographical and critical essay about William Apess, most famous for his autobiography, A Son of the Forest: The Experience of William Apess, A Native of the Forest, Comprising a Notice of the Pequot Tribe of Indians and a list of his writings.
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Yellowknives Dene Leader Gets Respect From All Sectors

Alternate Title
Yellowknives Dene Leader Gets Respect From All Sectors [Yellowknives Dene First Nation Leader Darrell Beaulieu Receives an Economic Developer Recognition Award]
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Joan Taillon
Windspeaker, vol. 18, no. 7, November 2000, p. 37
Description

Brief profile of Yellowknives Dene leader Darrell Beaulieu, chief executive officer of Deton'Cho Corporation, who received the 2000 Council for the Advancement of Native Development Officers (CANDO) award.

Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.37.

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You Can Go Back

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Don McLauchlan
Kay Lou McLauchlan
Inuktitut, no. 82, 1997, pp. 55-63
Description
Reminiscences of an RCMP officer and his wife stationed at Baker Lake during the late 1940s and comparisons with the community of today.
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The Zuni Man-Woman

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Raymond E. Hauser
Ethnohistory, vol. 40, no. 1, Winter, 1993, pp. 126-128
Description
Book review of: The Zuni Man-Woman by Will Roscoe.
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