Churches

Selected from the Aboriginal Healing Foundation's three-volume Truth and Reconciliation series. Book club edition.

Excerpts from speech given in Edmonton about genocide of the Aboriginal Peoples through the residential schools.

This file contains a handwritten manuscript, probably by Annie Cameron, about Lucy M. Baker in Makoce Waste Indian Reserve. In the story Lucy hosts a prayer time with the Indians, and together they pray for rain so their crops will germinate.

Update on congregations belonging to the former Caribou Diocese that closed its offices due to the financial burden of settlements for abuse occurring at St. George's School in Lytton.

Brief historical overview followed by discussion of the Federal government's and churches' changing responses to the issue, and judicial decisions which clarified liability in sexual abuse cases.

General discussion of the establishment and operations of schools and student life, followed by in-depth look at St. Anne's and 41 pages of photographs of students.

Comments on the reasons organizers invited the St Francis Mission athletes to the Catholic Tournament.

Archaeology Thesis (M.A.)--University of Saskatchewan, 2003.

History Thesis (M.A.)--University of Missouri-St. Louis, 2007.

Book review of Standing Up with Ga’axsta’las by Leslie A. Robertson and the Kwagu’ł Gixsam Clan. Entire review section on one pdf. To access this review, scroll to p. 228.

Photograph of group of indigenous women with young infants and children standing in a field in foreground. Visible in background is Stanley Mission Church (Anglican) built in 1850s by Rev. Hunt. Trip of Christina Bateman and Annie McKay to La Ronge, 1919.

Interior view of Stanley Mission Church facing alter. Trip of Christina Bateman and Annie McKay to La Ronge, 1919.

Interior view of Stanley Mission Church to the rear of the building. Image shows pews and stained glass window. Trip of Christina Bateman and Annie McKay to La Ronge, 1919.

Brief discussion of the lives of Egerton and Robert, sons of Rev. Henry B. Steinhauer, the first Aborigiinal Christian in Alberta.

Presents 21 stories of healing and activities from different Canadian Anglican parishes.

Examines shape-shifting, soul loss, spirit travel, animal identity spirit and mixing of Christian ideas and Inuit cosmologies.

History Thesis (Ph.D.)--The University of Toledo, 1997.

Theology Thesis (D.Min.)--Fuller Theological Seminary, 2001

Religious Education Thesis (M.A.)--Brigham Young University, 1964.

Discusses consequences of loss of culture through eradication of language, destruction of family unit, forced Christianization, and abuse. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll down to appropriate page.

Looks at churches' involvement in a system which was characterized by neglect and abuse.

Sixty-three elders' interviews from the Treaty 8 area were reviewed for references to land, and of these, all but fourteen contain some sort of statement about land.

Author uses various anthropological and historical sources to throw some light on the way in which the Indians of the Treaty 6 and 7 regions might have interpreted the treaty promises.

Bishop Andrew Atagotaaluk becomes first Inuit Anglican Bishop.

Using the example of E.B. v. Oblates of Mary Immaculate in the Province of B.C., argues that the Court and civil law failed to hold governments and public institutions accountable for the abuse of children in their care. Excerpt from: Sexual Assault in Canada: Law, Legal Practice & Women's Activism edited by Elizabeth Sheehy. Entire book on one pdf. To access chapter scroll to p. 151.

Explores Tohono O'odham Swallow songs in the context of the Tekakwitha Conference.

Description of the process leading to the election of Canon Terrence Buckle of Yellowknife as suffragan (assistant) bishop of the Arctic.

Religious Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--McMaster University, 2002.

Negotiations with federal government continue over issues such as capping compensation for victims of residential school abuse.

Explores the contemporary relationship between First Nations communities and the historical mission church.

Anthropology and Sociology Thesis (M.A.)--University of British Columbia.

Inuit Anglican clergy and Canadian Bible Society completes monumental task.

Brief description of commandments painted on the walls of Christ Church Anglican, The Pas, Manitoba.

Discusses the Arthur Turner Training School for those studying for the ministry, and its ordination of 18 people between 1970-2000.

Documentary on the historical and contemporary relevance of the Longhouse religion. Duration: 13:18.

Argues that Indigenous peoples must be allowed to discern their own truth, in their traditions and symbols.

Book review of: Thomas Crosby and the Tsimshian by Clarence Bolt.

He talks about traditional lifestyle while growing up in northern Saskatchewan and compares life today with life when he was a child.

Three articles on missionary life, the first describing events of Christmas 1888 in Bella Bella, BC. The second article is a letter from Rev. John Nelson, dated 7 March 1889, discussing the Mountain Stoney Aboriginal population present in the Saskatchewan District. The third article is a letter from Rev. A.E. Green, dated 11 February 1889, concerning the frustration relating to the land issue in the Naas River, BC, area.

History Thesis (Ph.D.) -- University of Calgary, 1997.

History Thesis (Ph.D.)--Michigan State University, 1989.

On back of photo: Tombstones at Batoche, Saskatchewan mark the final resting place of many of Louis Riel's companions. Riel's grave is in Winnipeg, where he was born. The Batoche church is in the background and the rectory, to the left of the church, is now a museum.

Aboriginal Anglicans attending meeting find emphasis placed on finances rather than healing and reconciliation.

Documentary chronicles the life of a residential school survivor. Duration: 55:03.

Discusses the retirement of two bishops including Bishop Idlout who was elected suffragan (assistant) bishop of the diocese of the Arctic in 1996.

Reprint of works originally published in London, 1647-[1652?].