An examination of the not well documented use of tattoos by female students attending schools in the South West. Discusses why, how and what the tattoos represented for the Indigenous students.

Comments on boarding schools, mission and day schools, and education policies

Examines changes in the United States Bureau of Indian Affairs residential schools, and looks at how many students are at risk.

Compares the forced removal of American Indian and Aboriginal children in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, arguing that governments intentionally removed indigenous children to institutions as acts of colonial control, not assimilation. Chapter from Boarding School Blues: Revisiting American Indian Educational Experiences edited by Clifford E. Trafzer, Jean A. Keller, Lorene Sisquoc.

Reproduction of engraving from Harper's Weekly, showing three Aboriginal male youths seated in various stages of snowshoe construction. Indoor scene at Lorette, MB; sketch by E.R. Morse.

Historical note:

Published from 1857 to 1916, the original Harper's Weekly ("Journal of Civilization"), distinguished itself by criticizing New York's corrupt Tammany Hall (via the cartoons of Thomas Nast) and by publishing numerous lithographs that documented the progress of the Civil War. Revived briefly as a granola-scented broadsheet in the 1970s, the Weekly was more successfully relaunched in 2000.

Explores the development of the the "captivity" genre and changing images in the American experience.

A photograph titled: Indian caravan in Saskatoon. A Native woman and child pose before covered wagon near Tudhope Anderson farm machinery Co. on Avenue A in Saskatoon. A man in suit leans against wagon, back to camera.

Highlights the findings of the U.S. Indian Child Welfare Act administered by the Administration for Children, Youth and Families and the Bureau of Indian Affairs.

Respondent challenges the judgment of the Court of Appeals which terminated her parental rights to her son.

Report presents descriptions of improvements and the effective work of the field nurses in Southern California.

An panoramic image of the residential school gardens taken from the front entrance to the school looking out. Several Aboriginal children can be seen working in the courtyard, but they are distant and not clearly recognizable. A man, holding what appears to be a hoe, stands in the circular centre of the garden which is surrounded by a roadway.

Discusses how public schools can destroy Winnebago children and how parents must organize and be overseers in order that their children not become institutional victims.

File contains 6 negatives showing students from the Prince Albert Student Residence preparing to return to their homes across northern Saskatchewan for the holiday season. Scanned image shows a portrait of six children in winter clothing. (bad quality photo)

Examines the removal of children from reserves in Saskatchewan by the Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development.

Brief comments on the Medicine Chest Task Force, Phil Fontaine's life after politics, Colin Thatcher's book, and an Australian governments admission.

36 images (6 scanned here) of a Native Dancer performing for young people at a Saskatoon school on February 14, 1979.

Indian dancers from St. Mary's School poses in front of the stage in the Pensioners and Pioneers Pavilion where they had performed at a potluck supper held by the association's member. The hoop dancers wear matching blue shirts. The girl in the red dress performed a shawl dance.

A photograph of an Indian family seated in front of their camp. Written underneath the photograph is: Big Jack and family and two wives. There is a teepee, a military style tent and camp supplies in the background. Probably taken near Moose Jaw

Photo of family (2 grandparents(?), one mother with toddler on back). Elderly man wears cross around his neck and holds a walking stick. Mother with patterned blanket and beaded necklace and earrings.

Image depicts an elderly couple posing in front of their teepee with 3 young children. Elderly man holds a stick and is wearing a cross around his neck. They all wear western style dress, though the children have traditional beadwork around their necks. Teepee and rack clearly visible in background. Inscription on back reads: "Indian Family & tee-pee Cree tribe".

Discusses the need for the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) to be fully honoured and implemented in order to meet its intention.

A photograph of an Aboriginal family in front of their teepee wearing western clothing. Taken in Prince Albert District, NWT [1901].

Historical note:

Theodore Henry James Charmbury or T. H. J. as he was known, was an assistant to photographer Samuel Gray in Prince Albert for two years before starting his own studio there in 1902. He moved to Saskatoon in 1918, and was mainly a portrait photographer there until he retired in 1938. He photographed several Native leaders including Fine Day and Kahneepotaytayo. Two fires (1931, 1942) destroyed a huge portion of his negative collection.

Image of one Aboriginal man, three women and seven children posing in a group beside a campfire. A non-Aboriginal man and two non-Aboriginal women on bicycles look on in background.

File contains 2 negatives featuring a man and two children in traditional dress, presumably from Prince Albert, Saskatchewan or area, taken on January 29, 1966.

Image of an Aboriginal girl standing in front of a canopy and holding a pole. An Aboriginal woman is seated on the ground on the left. Tents and carts in background; summer scene.

Appears to be part of a series of 11 images from slide show of Inuit artifacts. Title on file: Eskimo Artifacts.

Discusses the impact of Public Law 93-638 on the IHS (Indian Health Services) delivery of eye care, deficiencies in the system and recommendations for improvement.

Community and Regional Planning Thesis (M.A.)--University of British Columbia, 1981.

A photograph of seven Aboriginal children in front of a Christmas Tree at the North Battleford Indian Hospital. The four small boys in the front are (l-r) Edgar Pete, Gordon Angus, Douglas Awasis and Raymond Pete (names found in newspaper clipping on page 18 of scrapbook (A-792-2).

"National publication for the Indians of Canada". Focus on Indigenous issues, events at residential schools and legal decisions. Articles reflect the attitudes and policies of the time.

Quarterly magazine published by the Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation. Numerous articles on various topics including notes on the nation of the Mistassini and a report on a visit to a Chert quarry.

File contains 12 negatives depicting a city-wide "Indian Playground" held as part of the City of Prince Albert's summer playgrounds program involving all city playgrounds. 2 scanned negatives show playground events (poor quality images).

42 images (10 scanned here) of First Nations people of all ages, leaders and elders taking part in Pow-wow ceremonies in Saskatoon on December 29, 1979.

"National publication for the Indians of Canada." Focus on Indigenous issues, events at residential schools and legal decisions. Previously published as Indian Missionary Record. Articles reflect the attitudes and policies of the time.

"National publication for the Indians of Canada". Focus on Indigenous issues, events at residential schools and legal decisions. Previously published as Indian Missionary Record. Articles reflect the attitudes and polices of the time.

"National publication for the Indians of Canada." Focus on Indigenous issues, events at residential schools and legal decisions. Previously published as Indian Missionary Record . Articles reflect the attitudes and policies of the time.

"National publication for the Indians of Canada". Focus on Indigenous issues, events at residential schools and legal decisions. Previously published as Indian Missionary Record. Articles reflect the attitudes and polices of the time.

"National publication for the Indian of Canada". Focus on Indigenous issues, events at residential schools and legal decision. Previously published as Indian Missionary Record. Articles reflect the attitudes and policies of the time.

"National publication for the Indians of Canada". Focus on Indigenous issues, events at residential schools and legal decisions. Previously published as Indian Missionary Record . Articles reflect the attitudes and policies of the time.

"National publication for the Indians of Canada". Focus on Indigenous issues, events at residential schools and legal decisions. Previously published as Indian Missionary Record . Articles reflect the attitudes and policies of the time.

"National publication for the Indians of Canada." Focus on Indigenous issues, events at residential schools and legal decisions. Previously published as Indian Missionary Record . Articles reflect the attitudes and policies of the time.

"National publication for the Indians of Canada." Focus on Indigenous issues, events at residential schools and legal decisions. Previously published as Indian Missionary Record . Articles reflect the attitudes and policies of the time.

"National publication for the Indians of Canada." Focus on Indigenous issues, events at residential schools and legal decisions. Previously published as Indian Missionary Record . Articles reflect the attitudes and policies of the time.

"National publication for the Indians of Canada." Focus on Indigenous issues, events at residential schools and legal decisions. Previously published as Indian Missionary Record . Articles reflect the attitudes and policies of the time.

"National publication for the Indians of Canada." Focus on Indigenous issues, events at residential schools and legal decisions. Previously published as Indian Missionary Record . Articles reflect the attitudes and policies of the time.