Elders

Residential schooling on the Onion Lake Reserve provided an education but Annie had to learn language and culture later from Elders.

Memories and social commentary from Igloolik elder as part of the Department of Indian and Northern Affairs Library Oral History Project.

Discusses the protest of Spain's 500 years celebration and the boarding of a Columbus expedition to demand an apology for mass cultural genocide. The article also discusses two projects - one for fishing and one to protect the environment.

Comments on perceived barriers for communicating with youth and the support elders can provide to young people.

Book review of: Inuksuit by Norman Hallendy. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 47.

Comments on the passing of two elders, their long marriage and history together. Article located by scrolling to page 5.

Examines the effects of colonialism in biographies and draws on examples from Life Lived Like a Story by Julie Cruikshank, which relates the lives three women Elders.

Comments on successful partnerships, between Elders, communities and individuals, that facilitate the transmission of Indigenous knowledge.

Conversation with a professor from First Nations University, Regina Campus, regarding her research work on HIV/AIDS and coordinating the National First Nations Environmental Contaminants Program. Duration: 30:17.

Book review of: Kiviuq, An Inuit Hero and His Siberian Cousins by Kira Van Deusen.

International Indigenous Youth and Elder Gathering regarding land and cultural relations held at Little Red River, Saskatchewan in 1992. Duration: 27:54.

Looks at how and in what ways gender was paramount in obtaining and losing land in the context of immigrants and American Native people.

Depicts Elder Yvonne Carter's experiences with literacy from her earlier days at the residential school through to an Adult Basic Education program.

Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.52.

Book review of: Legends of the Elders by John W. Friesen.

[History] Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Guelph, 2010.

Authors document the life the Californian Indigenous man purported to be 121 years old and "last of his race" in 1873 and contemplate what can be learned from investigating the true stories of Indigenous centenarians; discusses the discourse of extinction surrounding centenarians, and the role it plays in the imagination of settler culture.

Book review of: Maps of Experience by Andie Diane Palmer.

Includes numerous maps of plant gathering places, trapping locations, traplines, hunting and fishing areas, and berry picking locations.

Discusses an experimental Masters degree program held in a Saskatchewan First Nation community.

Highlights the contributions Joesph Medicine Crow has made towards tribal education.

Book review of: Medicine Trail by Melissa Jayne Fawcett. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page

Highlights Métis historical resistance, communities, Elders and veterans through a various types of media.

Study gathered background information on the current situation in the city, examined successful projects and made recommendations to improve housing after consultations with elders. Report forms part of the Bridges and Foundations Project on Urban Aboriginal Housing.

Métis Elder shares life lessons and stories of origin. Duration: 48:44.

Banquet held in Lac La Ronge for Senator Angus Mirasty and Dale McShane.

Biography and interview with Burarra Aboriginal elder and retired senior Aboriginal health worker (SAHW) with over 40 years experience in Northern Territory, Australia. NOTE: pdf displays incorrect information (vol. 30 no.6 November/December 2006)

Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Oklahoma, 2003.

FSI Senator John Tootoosis of the Poundmaker Reserve addresses University of Regina students. Reprinted from the Regina Leader Post.

Author shares cultural knowledge that he learned from O'odham elders. Chapter from American Indian Language Development Institute: Thirty Year Tradition of Speaking From Our Heart edited by Candace K. Galla, Stacey Oberly, G.L. Romero, Maxine Sam, Ofelia Zepeda.

Comments on a group of Elders who are taking action to ensure their children stay connected to their community, heritage and culture.

Kinesiology and Health Studies Thesis (M.Sc.)--University of Regina, 2014.

Depicts the life of Gladys Cook who was one of the first Aboriginal people to speak out about residential school abuse.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Connecticut, 2003.

Thesis (D.MIN.)--Drew University, 2010.

Remembrance of Gladys Johnson, one of the pioneers of First Nations activism in Saskatchewan.

Looks at the Caregiver Ratio Index (CRI), the number of potential caregivers divided by the number of potential frail elders, and its usefulness as a demographic tool.

Uses correspondence to and from Joseph Brown to explore his personal philosophy and his process of transcribing and editing The Sacred Pipe: Black Elk’s Account of the Seven Rites of the Oglala Sioux

Author reminisces about her grandmother.

Education Thesis (Ph.D.)--Simon Fraser University, 2008.

Looks at project developed to help parents understand the importance of behaviours that promote attachment with their infants and children, and the traditional teachings that support these practices.

Discusses youth making good choices such as staying away from drugs and alcohol. Article found by scrolling to page 18.

Film review of: Northern Justice produced and directed by Simcha Jacobovici and Elliott Halpern. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 54.

Brief article gives a summary of the accomplishments of the noted activist. To access this article scroll down to page 41. .

Gus Waskewitch of Onion Lake appointed to the Order of Canada.

Book review of: Oral History of the Yavapai by Mike Harrison and John Williams, edited by Sigrid Khera and Carolina C. Butler.

Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--Pennsylvania State University, 1999.

Photographs, short interviews and statements appearing in earlier publications of the Saskatchewan Indian Cultural Centre (SICC) Saskatchewan Indian Elders, Enewuk, and All Nations