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“The Most Good to the Indians”: The Reverend James Nisbet and the Prince Albert Mission

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
W.D. Smiley
Saskatchewan History, vol. 46, no. 2, Fall, 1994, pp. 34-47
Description
Describes the Reverend James Nisbet’s journey what in now Prince Albert, where he set up the mission and later founded the town, both by the same name. Details many of the different people and communities that Nibet was able to engage and form relationships with. Entire Issue on one .pdf, scroll to page 34.
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Mr. George Clutesi #1 and Mrs. Annie Hayes

Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
George Clutesi
Mrs. Annie Hayes
Indian History Film Project
Description
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.
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Mr. Paupanakis 2

Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Max Paupanakis
Mrs. Paupanakis
Margaret Stobie
Indian History Film Project
Description
General discussion of early missionaries. No date given, possibly in the 1970's.
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Mrs. Ada Ladue and Mrs. Beatrice Nightraveller Interview

Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Ada (Mrs.) Ladue
Christine Welsh
Beatrice Nightraveller
Indian History Film Project
Description
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.
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Mrs. (Florence) Bob Davidson Interview

Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
(Florence) Bob Davidson
Indian History Film Project
Description
Consists of an interview where she discusses arranged marriages in her youth and the artistic tradition in her family.
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Mrs. Lucinda Froman Interview

Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Jocelyn Keeshig
Lucinda (Mrs.) Froman
Indian History Film Project
Description
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.
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Mrs. Mary Jacobson Interview

Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Mary (Mrs.) Jacobson
Carol Pearlstone
Indian History Film Project
Description
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.
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Mrs. R. Hunt

Images » Photographs
Description
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.
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Mrs. Ralph Hall (Lisette) Interview

Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Mrs. Ralph Hall
Lisette Hall
Imbert Orchard
Indian History Film Project
Description
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.
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Mrs. Shelagh Dehart Interview

Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Shelagh Dehart
Imbert Orchard
Indian History Film Project
Description
Consists of an interview where she discusses the historical movement of the Shuswap people and the meeting of the Shuswaps with David Thompson.
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My Album of Memories - Leslie Garrett. - Book. - [1976?].

E-Books
Author/Creator
Leslie Garrett
Description
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.
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Narrative Robustness, Post-Apology Conduct, and Canada's 1998 and 2008 Residential Schools Apologies

Alternate Title
Palgrave Handbook of State-Sponsored History after 1945
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Matt James
Description
Looks at why the more extensive apology was not followed by actions that would indicate substantive engagement with Aboriginal issues. Chapter 45 from The Palgrave Handbook of State-Sponsored History after 1945 edited by Berber Bevernage and Nico Wouters.
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Native American Traditions

Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Pluralism Project
Harvard University
Description
Provides links to a collection of essays on issues involving Native American religious and cultural freedom.
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Native and Christian: Religion and Spirituality as Transcultural Negotiation in American Indian Novels of the 1990s

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Karsten Fitz
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 26, no. 2, 2002, pp. 1-15
Description
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.
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Native Peoples' Cultural and Human Rights: An Unfinished Agenda

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Suzan Shown Harjo
Arizona State Law Journal, vol. 24, no. 1, Spring, 1992, pp. 321-328
Description
Comments on the American Indian Religious Freedom Act (AIRFA) and the Native American Grave Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA)
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Natives and Nationalism: The Americanization of Kateri Tekakwitha

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Alan Greer
Catholic Historical Review, vol. 90, no. 2, April 2004, pp. 260-272
Description
Looks at the significance of Kateri Tekakwitha, and the nostalgic, fictionalized autobiography The Life and Times of Kateri Tekakwitha written by Ellen Walworth.
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The New McKay School

Images » Photographs
Description
The new McKay school at La Ronge, Saskatchewan. Date unknown. Run by the Anglican Church of Canada.
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Nineteenth Century Women and Reform: The Women's National Indian Association

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Valerie Sherer Mathes
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 14, no. 1, Winter, 1990, pp. 1-18
Description
Article examines the role that was played in the formation of Indian Policy in the United States by the Women's National Indian Association (WNIA). Describes the influence of evangelical Christianity, the Protestant ethic, and Victorian ideals of womanhood in this organization.
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"None Excel Them in Virtue and Honesty": Ecclesiastical and Military Descriptions of the Gila River Pima, 1694-1848

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
David H. Dejong
American Indian Quarterly , vol. 29, no. 1/2, Winter-Spring, 2005, pp. 24-55
Description
Author compiles serval descriptions of the of the Pima people (of what are now the San Pedro and Santa Cruz Valleys) made by various religious and military figures. Descriptions document the adaptations of the Pima culture during the period of American colonization.
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North American Indians

E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Aborigines Protection Society
Description
Section from Report of the Parliamentary Select Committee on Aboriginal Tribes, British Settlements by the Aborigines Protection Society. Relevant materials found on pages 5-8.
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A Note on Cherokee Theological Concepts

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Alan Kilpatrick
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 19, no. 3, Summer, 1995, pp. 389-405
Description
Author examines 19th century liturgical texts adapted and translated to the Cherokee language. Semantic analysis reveals several representational and conceptual problems that had to be overcome in order to create effective translations of the texts.
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Notes on Forty Algonkin Versions of the Lord's Prayer

Alternate Title
Notes on Fourty Algonquian Versions of the Lord's Prayer
E-Books
Author/Creator
James Hammond Trumbull
American Philological Association
Description
The earliest version republished was first printed in 1632, and was presented during the proceedings of the American Philological Association in 1872.
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Nunavut: Our Land

Alternate Title
Aiviaq (Walrus Hunt) ; Episode 9
Angiraq (Home) ; Episode 5
Auriaq (Stalking) ; Episode 6
Avaja ; Episode 2
Avamuktulik (Fish Swimming) ; Episode 8
Qaisut ; Episode 10
Qarmaq (Stone House) ; Episode 3
Qimuksik (Dog Team) ; Episode 1
Qulangisi (Seal Pups) ; Episode 7
Quviasaukvik (Happy Day) ; Episode 13
Tugaliaq (Ice Blocks) ; Episode 4
Tuktuliaq (Caribou Hunt) ; Episode 11
Unaaq ( Harpoon) ; Episode 12
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Zacharias Kunuk
Norman Cohn
Description
Thirteen part TV series follows five fictional Inuit families through an Arctic year. Episodes feature whale and polar bear hunting, Elder's advice, and suicide prevention strategies for youth. Each episode is approximately 30 minutes. English subtitles.
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Off-Reservation Boarding School Versus the Stolen Generations: A Comparative Study on Indigenous Educational Policies in the United States and Australia During the Assimilation Period

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Peng Tong
Review of International American Studies, vol. 6, no. 1-2, Decoding American Cultures in the Global Context, Spring-Fall, 2013, pp. 131-144
Description
Comments on the similarities of educational policies and practices in the late 19th and early 20th century. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 131.
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Olive Robinson Interview

Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Olive Robinson
Alma Roy
Indian History Film Project
Description
Interviewee gives a general account of her life.
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On the Call for a Residential Schools National Monument

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Trina Cooper-Bolam
Journal of Canadian Studies, vol. 52, no. 1, Winter, 2018, pp. 57-81
Description
Article discusses the differences between the National Program of Historical Commemoration and the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) in perceptions of and motivations for commemorative monuments. Notes the changes in policy necessary to make Survivor-oriented commemoration possible.
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The Origin of Alcohol-Related Social Norms in the Saami Minority

Alternate Title
The Origin of Alcohol-Related Social Norms in the Sami Minority
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Svein Larsen
Addiction, vol. 88, no. 4, April 1993, pp. 501-508
Description
Reports alcohol-related social norms came from the Laestadian (Lutheran) revival movement.
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