Social Life & Customs

Discusses why the Okanagan Indians failed to successfully integrate into the European socio-economic society because of institutional discrimination.

Article examines the ways that Indigenous cultures reflect people’s relationships with different plants and animals in their immediate environments; explores how environmental and climate changes have affected and are affecting those relationships and how those effects are in turn reflected culturally.

Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Washington, 2015.

Discusses the use of story telling as part of the education system of the Sámi people.

Study evaluates the impact of an eight week wellness program designed to support Indigenous women’s efforts to increase physical activity levels, improve nutrition, and develop support systems for improved health. Results show that program was well-received and has potential for wider implementation.

Analyzes effects of western ideas of self, other and feminism on women who migrate between altered states of consciousness in order to heal and mediate with the spirit world (Machi).

Provides suggestions for repairing fractured communities: reinstating traditional inclusiveness, help to heal tribal member from historical trauma and destructive behaviors, renew traditional knowledge, support tribal development and inclusive communication.

Brief article looks at North American Native approaches to social and spiritual internal harmony and balance. Access article through table of contents.

Book review of: Life at the Kiowa, Comanche, and Wichita Agency by Kristina L. Southwell and John R. Lovett.

Book reviews of: America’s Second Tongue: American Indian Education and the Ownership of English, 1860–1900 by Ruth Spack. Anthropologists and Indians in the New South edited by Rachel A. Bonney and J.

Book reviews of: The View From Officers' Row: Army Perceptions of Western Indians by Sherry L. Smith. Indians of the Northwest Coast by Maximilien Bruggmann and Peter R. Gerber. Oklahoma Seminoles, Medicine, Magic, and Religion by James H. Howard in collaboration with Willie Lena. American Indian Identities: Today's Changing Perspectives edited by Clifford E. Trafzer. Oil Age Eskimos by Joseph G. Jorgensen. The Western Abenakis of Vermont, 1600-1800: War, Migration, and the Survival of an Indian People by Colin G.

Book reviews of: An Aleutian Ethnography by Lucien M. Turner ; edited by Raymond L. Hudson. The Arapaho Language by Andrew Cowell and Alonzo Moss Sr. Broken Treaties: United States and Canadian Relations with the Lakotas and Plains Cree, 1868–1885 by Jill St. Germain. Canada’s Indigenous Constitution by John Borrows. Cave Archaeology of the Eastern Woodlands: Essays in Honor of Patty Jo Watson edited by David H. Dye. Cherokee Thoughts: Honest and Uncensored by Robert J.

Book reviews on: Coast Salish Essays by Wayne Suttles. Phoenix Indian School by Robert Trennert. The Good Red Road: Passages into Native America by Kenneth Lincoln with Al Logan Slagle. The Indians of Texas: An Annotated Research Bibliography by Michael L. Tate. The Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains by John C. Fremont. Among the Sioux of Dakota: Eighteen Months' Experience as an Indian Agent, 1869-70 by D. C. Poole. Sovereignty and Symbol: Indian-White Conflict at Ganeinkeh by Gail H.

Book reviews of: An Account of the Antiquities of the Indians by Fray Ramon Pané, José Juan Arrom et al. American Indians in the Marketplace: Persistence and Innovation among the Menominees and Metlakatlans, 1870-1920 by Brian C.

Looks at women missionaries and missionary wives who came to the arctic with pre-conceived ideas and a lack of understanding of native culture.

Law Thesis (LL.M.)--University of Manitoba, 2013.

Highlights the modern day powwow.

Book review of: Rifles, Blankets, and Beads by William E. Simeone.

Looks at the traditional role of grandparents and options available for maintaining a connection when a grandchild is in the care of the Alberta Government. Duration: 21:20.

Historical overview of land management, ownership and programs for villages and discusses new opportunities for pastoral communities arising from land policy and legislation. To access this article, scroll down to page 38.

Author describes the process of gaining and using ritual knowledge in a Hopi context; examines some of the misunderstandings created by anthropologists about those who hold ritual knowledge.

Robert Goodvoice tells a story about the journey of a group of Sioux from the United States to Canada, through Portage la Prairie, Manitoba to Prince Albert, Saskatchewan. He tells of a settlement of the Wahpaton (Round Plain) Reserve in Saskatchewan and the division of the Sioux tribe. He also talks about Indian medicine and curing practices and reflects on the loss of knowledge of the old ways.

He gives an account of the Sioux participation in the War of 1812 on the side of the British, and the Sioux interpretation of the reward promised them by the British Crown; tells the history and whereabouts of the King George III medals given to the Sioux for their loyalty to the British Crown during the War of 1812; tells the story of two Sioux chiefs who were kidnapped in Manitoba and returned to the United States, presumably for their part in the 1862 Sioux uprising (Minnesota Massacre); tells of the dispersal of the Sioux in their flight from the U.S.

He tells a story about the origins of the Dakota (Sioux) guardian spirit and his powers; and how Iktomi differs from the equivalent Cree spirit power (Wisakedjak).

He tells a story of a woman who was taken prisoner and carried off to live in an enemy camp; her treachery against her brothers and husband when they came to rescue her; how she was killed by her own mother because of her treachery; her mother's atonement after the killing.

He describes the movement of the Dakota Sioux to Canada. He also mentions various plants used for medicine

Forms part of Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, v.8 (p.227-230).

Rod Bishop was raised in Green Lake, Saskatchewan Upon returning to Saskatchewan in the early 1960s, he became involved in the reorganization of the Metis Association of Saskatchewan and was vice president of the amalgamated Metis Society.

Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--Michigan State University, 2002.

The interview is an account of Ron J. Camponi's life.

Defines inquiry learning and looks at the steps of traditional education in First Nations societies.

Interview includes a general account of Rose Bertha Fleury's life.

Traces Pete Standing Alone's last round up of his horses and how his life has changed in the last twenty years. Accompanying material: An Integrated Educator's Guide. Duration:18:02.

Describes an encounter with a sasquatch.Description of the Hamatsa dance ceremony.

File contains a presentation by Bernard Saladin D'Anglure, Department of Anthropology of Laval University. D'Anglure discusses his work and experiences with Aboriginal culture, particularly with regard to the Inuit people. D'Anglure discusses how he thinks cultural development and education is key to healing Aboriginal societies, and that political autonomy, while important, is not the only thing which must be done. Following his presentation the assembled Commissioners thank him for his thoughts.

File contains a presentation by Jeff Baldwin, Canadian Catholic Organization for Development and Peace. Baldwin discusses his organization's view of Canadian Aboriginal issues, particularly with regard to economic and spiritual concerns. One key problem he highlights is a great deal of ignorance of Aboriginal society and culture amongst Non-Aboriginal peoples, or as he puts it "We can see this quite easily as a problem for the non-Aboriginal society. Aboriginal people are compelled to encounter our society and our culture. We are not.

File contains a presentation by Mark Wedge of the Yukon Indian Development Corporation. Wedge discusses his views on education and how different cultures have different basic definitions of the concept. Wedge discusses some traditional Tlingit and Hopi views, as well as educational legislation and constitutional issues. Following his presentation the assembled Commissioners engage Wedge in a discussion on the issues raised.

File contains a presentation by Mireille Sioui, Michel Gros Louis (Tare Dan Deh), and Annette Vincent (Wat Ron Yon Non Nen) of the Akiawenrak Long House. The three deliver a presentation discussing the structure of the Long House, its place in Huron society, its spiritual and cultural significance. A dispute is mentioned between the Huron-Wendat and the City of Lorrettville over the territory on which the longhouse is.

An interview with Rufus Goodstriker, born in 1924 on the Blood Indian Reserve and attended a residential school. He tells of the origins and significance of the transfer of Indian names, especially within his own family. He also talks about Indian medicine and the power of faith; the Indian spiritual way vs. the Western technological way;of herbs, animal spirits, sweat bath in healing etc.

Looks at the historical concept of Maori and how colonial Maori masculinity was created from the 1880s to the early twentieth century.

Very brief commentary on how Aboriginal communication differs from Western norms.

Looks at the collapse of traditional Maori sports and exclusion from settler organized sports.

Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--University of Calgary, 1990.

Briefly discusses the relationship of reindeer herders within Sami society and the looming threat to their livelihood.

Looks at the past and present reindeer pastoralists from 1960's to present day.

Poem about the powwow trail.

Article voices the concerns and commentary of Tlingit elders surrounding the effects of secular performance of sacred song and dances and weighs the value of creating cross-cultural understanding against the devaluation of ceremonial practices.

Looks at the Pueblo Clowning groups and similar behavior.

Pages 301-398 from the Seventh Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1885-1886