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Chief One Arrows Spirit Returns Home to People

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Doug Cuthand
StarPhoenix, August 31, 2007, p. A11
Description
Describes how a series of misunderstandings, poor interpretation and hysteria contributed to a unjust sentence for the Willow Cree leader and restrictions for the Beardy's Band.
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Chief Roland Crowe

Articles » General
Saskatchewan Indian, Election Special, October 1984, p. 10
Description
Roland Crowe's portfolios while working for the Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations.
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Chief Solomon Sanderson

Articles » General
Saskatchewan Indian, Election Special, October 1984, pp. 7-8
Description
Solomon Sanderson's accomplishments in his role as Chief of the Saskatchewan Federation of Indian Nations (FSIN) and in national and international areas.
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A Choctaw Odyssey: The Life of Lesa Phillip Roberts

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Charles Roberts
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 14, no. 3, Summer, 1990, pp. 259-276
Description
Author describes the life of his grandmother, articulating the ways that the United States has changed and developed since her birth in 1890, discusses the effects of these changes and and developments on the Choctaw Nation.
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Cochise: Chiricahua Apache Chief

Alternate Title
Civilization of the American Indian Series; vol. 204
[North American Indian Thought and Culture]
E-Books
Author/Creator
Edwin R. Sweeney
Civilization of the American Indian Series
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The Contribution of C.C. Uhlenbeck to Eskimo-Aleut Linguistics

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Hein van der Voort
Études/Inuit/Studies, vol. 32, no. 2, Franz Boas et les Inuit / Franz Boas and the Inuit, 2008, pp. 85-105
Description
Examines the career of the noted Dutch linguist who suggested the connection between the Eskimo language family and Aleut languages.
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Craig Carpenter and the Neo-Indians of LONAI

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Brian D. Haley
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 42, no. 2, Spring, 2018, pp. 215-245
Description
Explores the relationship between the phenomenon of people who lack expected ancestry or affiliation claiming Native American identity, the Hopi Traditionalist movement and League of North American Indians. Concludes with the paradox that many modern Indians, neo-Indians, and New Agers draw their beliefs, practices, and identities from a common source.
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Dahcotah

Alternate Title
Dakota
Life and Legends of the Sioux Around Fort Snelling
E-Books
Author/Creator
Mary Henderson Eastman
Description
Narrative about missionaries and missionizing.
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Daniel Williams Harmon

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Author/Creator
John H. Archer
Saskatchewan History, vol. 4, no. 2, Spring, 1951, pp. 62-67
Description
Discusses the journal of Harmon, an employee of the North-West Company (NWC) from 1800 to 1819. Entire issue on one pdf file, scroll to page 62.
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Days Gone By

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Abel Atsatata
Inuktitut, no. 86, 2000, pp. 35-42
Description
Personal recollections of Abel Atsatata, an Inuk man from Labrador, who was born in 1916.
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Death of a Liberator

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lennard Sillanpaa
The Beaver, vol. 70, no. 1, February/March 1990, pp. 27-?
Description
Describes the unsuccessful 1838 American invasion of Upper Canada led by Nils Gustaf von Schoultz to expel the British.
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Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online

Web Sites » Governmental
Author/Creator
Ramsay Cook
Réal Bélanger
Description
First phase of an archival project providing biographies of people whose death occurred between the years 1000 and 1930 or whose last known date of activity falls within these years.
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Dictionary of Manitoba Biography

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Lyle Dick
Canadian Historical Review, vol. 82, no. 2, June 2001, p. 380
Description
Book review of: Dictionary of Manitoba Biography by J. M. Bumstead.
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Dr. Oliver Brass: In Remembrance

Articles » General
Saskatchewan Indian, vol. 27, no. 1, April 1997, p. 11
Description
Biography of Dr. Brass of the Peepeekisis First Nation and past president of the Saskatchewan Indian Federated College.
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Dr. Thomas A Bland, Critic of Forced Assimilation

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Thomas W. Cowger
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 16, no. 4, 1992, pp. 77-97
Description
Examines Bland's background influences which helped motivate him to act as an advocate against the practice of assimilation.
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Editorial

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Aileen Moreton-Robinson
Maggie Walter
International Journal of Critical Indigenous Studies, vol. 4, no. 1, 2011, p. 1
Description
Introductory editorial on themed issue highlighting the work of emerging scholars in the field of Indigenous Studies.
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Edmund Bull

Articles » General
Saskatchewan Indian, vol. 29, no. 2, Powwow issue, 1999, pp. 2, 5, 9, 10-11, 16, 25
Description
Career of Red Bull Drum Group lead singer, manager and drum keeper from Little Pine First Nation.
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Educator Uses Talents for the Good of All

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Author/Creator
Cheryl Petten
Windspeaker, vol. 23, no. 2, May 2005, p. 9
Description

Describes why Eber Hampton, an educator, was recognized in 2005 with a National Aboriginal Achievement Award.

Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.23.

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Edward Keskatagan

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Ivy Pewapisconias
Saskatchewan Indian, vol. 21, no. 4, June/July 1992, p. 18
Description
Edward Keskatagan of Little Pine celebrated his 100th birthday.
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