Churches

This article describes the author's experiences as an Anglican missionary in Ontario in the mid-1950s. Aspects of Aboriginal life covered include marriage, kinship, education, value system and religion.

This file contains three reports on the missionary and other work of the Church of England, mainly in Canada, in the early 20th century: "The Diocese of Qu'Appelle (1908?)," "M.S.C.C. Report of Committee on work among Indians and Eskimos, Montreal October, 19th, 1916," and "Report of the Missionary Society of the Church of England in Canada for the year 1903." The first two booklets are mainly financial reports, while the latter report gives a short history of the church in Canada, and the activity of Indians in the various missions. Part of this report was scanned.

Book review of Mississauga Portraits by Donald B. Smith.

Comments on the launch of a virtual Sunday School which consists of weekly lessons aimed at children in rural and aboriginal communities.

Church facing bankruptcy due to legal fees and residential school settlements.

Anglicans gather to discuss issues of interest to the Aboriginal parishioners.

Discusses the members of the Diocese of Moosonee who chopped 900 cords of wood for victims of the 1998 ice storm in southern Ontario and Quebec.

1999 BCSC [British Columbia Supreme Court] 1341Docket 7838. Judgement regarding St. George's Indian Residential School (Anglican Church of Canada) and the sexual abuse of children. Findings of liability made in relation to federal Crown and Anglican Church for actions of dorm supervisor Derek Clarke.

NDP MP for Winnipeg-Transcona comments on statement about the consequences of residential schools lawsuits.

Consists of an interview where George Clutesi discusses at length his role in the cultural reawakening of his people, particularly the dance group he organized. There is also discussion of the preparation of bark clothing.

General discussion of early missionaries. No date given, possibly in the 1970's.

Ada Ladu was born on the Mistawasis Reserve, worked for wages in the 1930s, married and mother of five. Beatrice Nightraveller, daughter of Josie Cuthand, was born on the Little Pine Reserve, Saskatchewan, worked for wages in the 1930s, also married with five children.They share: a story of a white baby girl abducted and raised by Indians in the Prince Albert, Saskatchewan district; accounts of the Riel Rebellion (1885), especially the aftermath in the North Battleford district; philosophies of child-rearing; loss of portions of Little Pine Reserve and the death of Little Pine.

File contains a single negative from Olive Diefenbaker's official opening of a library at the All Saints Residential School in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, on January 17, 1964. Scanned image shows Mrs. Diefenbaker sitting and talking with a variety of male and female students in uniform.

Consists of an interview where she discusses arranged marriages in her youth and the artistic tradition in her family.

Consists of an interview with Mrs. Lucinda Froman, who is a Mohawk Indian originally from the Six Nations Reserve, Ontario. She gives an account of migration from the United States to Canada. She also talks of encounters with evil spirits and how to ward them off.

Consists of an interview with Mary Jacobson, the daughter of a Hudson's Bay manager. She talks about job discrimination against Indian and Metis, how welfare payments have destroyed the old way of life and tells a story of the Riel Rebellion of 1885 that her mother told her.

Mrs. R. Hunt from the "Report on Indian Missions, 1909." Presumably the wife of Anglican Reverend R. Hunt of Stanley Mission, SK.

Historical note:

See also S-B6550.

Consists of an interview where she tells of an encounter between James Douglas and the Indians. She also discusses various early missionaries who came to her people.

Consists of an interview where she discusses the historical movement of the Shuswap people and the meeting of the Shuswaps with David Thompson.

Autobiography of Leslie Garrett, born 1898 into a religious family in England. He became a minister of the Church of England after emigrating to Canada in 1913. In 1923 he was assigned to Big Trout Lake, ON, and did missionary work among the Aboriginal population for 31 years. In 1953 he moved to Loon Lake, SK, as a senior missionary for the Northern Canada Evangelical Mission.

Central inventory of school records to be compiled in order to make copies available to Truth and Reconciliation Commission as per Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement.

Residential schools working group's mandate to be examined and decision made about extending its work and funding past 1995.

Provides information on the National Indigenous Bishop.

Funding in place for the office; appointment expected by August.

Presents the Anglican Church of Canada's first national Indigenous bishop, Mark L. MacDonald.

Anglican Council of Indigenous Peoples (ACIP) forced to cancel Anglican Indigenous Sacred Circle because of insufficient financial support.

Lesson plan for Grades 6-8 teaching about the experiences of Native youth in Indian boarding schools.

Author reflects on personal experiences within the Native American Church, including the Half-Moon Way, and his involvement within Peyotism.

Book review of: Native Americans and the Christian Right: The Gendered Politics of Unlikely Alliances by Andrea Smith. Scroll to page 309 to read review.

Native American gathering criticizes imposition Western structures and doctrine on indigenous communities and calls for a new relationship with churches.

Explores how transculturation or a middle ground, one that balances Indigenous and Christian religions, is used as a strategy for defining how religion is dealt with in three books. The three books used are: Linda Hogan’s Mean Spirit, Diane Glancy’s Pushing the Bear, and Sherman Alexie’s Reservation Blues.

Discussion of a new covenant that places Aboriginal people into a self-determining church within the Anglican Church of Canada.

Anglican Council of Indigenous Peoples (ACIP), formed in 2003, provides update on activities and issues.

Second urban native congregation established at Holy Trinity Church in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, with some services to be held in Cree.

Catherine Morrison, the youngest ordained Aboriginal woman in North America, to be sent to British Columbia diocese, which was the site of residential school named in lawsuit.

Changes in language require new version of Bible every fifty years. This revision to be ready in 2008.

Residential schools compensation agreement announced November, 2002 draws both positive and negative reactions.

Introduction and archival black and white on the development of health care facilities on the Blackfoot and Blood reserves.

Explains that delegates of the General Synod in Winnipeg, June 2007, will notice greater visibility from aboriginal Anglicans, including welcoming the first national indigenous bishop.

Indigenous people and clergyman standing outside of a building, flag pole and bell tower to their right. Women and children sitting in front.

Highlights of opinions expressed about homosexuality at General Synod of the Anglican Church of Canada.

Anglican Council of Indigenous Peoples (ACIP) outlines five goals in discussion paper presented.

Residential schools and land rights among topics of discussion at meeting with largest ever Aboriginal representation.

Presents several perspectives about residential school issues expressed by members of the Aboriginal communities in Canada.