First Nations & Reserves

[History] Thesis (Ph.D.)--Oklahoma State University, 2002.

Educational Foundations Thesis (M.Ed.)--University of Saskatchewan, 1994.

History Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of California, Riverside, 1999.

History Thesis (M.A.)--University of British Columbia, 2010.

Author asserts that previous studies on Indigenous people’s engagement in the American Revolution focus on the role played by tribes and their members rather that the effects of the war on Indigenous communities. Article reconsiders the Revolutionary war from the perspective of the Shawnee people.

History Thesis (M.A.)--University of Saskatchewan, 2012.

Discusses James A. Teit (1864-1922), an anthropologist and translator who advocated for the people in south central British Columbia.

History Thesis (Ph.D.)--Duke University, 2002.

Relates how colonization and Western influences have caused societal problems in Indian cultures. Restorative justice models by the Navajo and Haudenosaunee are also explored.

Examines evidence, from the seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries, on how the involvement in the fur trade altered the social and economic lives of the Western James Bay Cree.

Looks at the Ahousat, a Central Nootkan group and the establishment of a Ahousat chieftainship.

Presents a look at Native American sports through the years, including traditional, boarding school, reservation, and professional sports.

Looks at concerns and themes presented to the Royal Commission almost a century ago, which continue to be concerns today, including secure access and control of the traditional resource base and participation in the economy.

Examines First Nations peoples unique methods to preserve an Indigenous heritage site.

Political Science Thesis (Ph.D.)--Carleton University, 2000.

These brief 19th century observations about the potlatch were initially published in the American Antiquarian and Oriental Journal.

Studies the religious symbolism in creation stories of the Arikara.

Book review of: White Mother to a Dark Race by Margaret Jacobs.

Book review of: The White Path; The Way South; and The Long Way Home by Robert J. Conley. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.

Author presents evidence which suggests that there were not just nine, but ten people killed at Frog Lake on April 2 1885. Entire issue on one .pdf, scroll to page 13.

Education Thesis (M.Ed.)--Lakehead University, 2010.

Traces the history of archaeological digs and subsequent Western theories about the identity of the peoples who inhabited the Lower Fraser River area of BC.

Interdisciplinary Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of British Columbia, 2007.

Author offers some perspective on the process of colonization in the period between 1849 and 1890 and on everything that was lost in in that time to the Sioux peoples; also discusses the current moves towards healing, resurgence and cultural reclamation.

Provides colonial perspectives on Vancouver Island First Nations including Ahts, Nitinaht, Klah-oh-quots (Clayoquot) and Nootka.

General discussion about the Walpole Island Reserve.

Negotiations of Treaty #8 regarding promises made, and requests for reserve land at Fort MacKay.

William Okeymaw was 12 years old at the time when he attended the Treaty #8 negotiations.He describes the negotiations and his understanding of the promises made; the role of the missionaries; talks of some of the Indian agents; and the abundance of buffalo in Lesser Slave Lake area at one time.

William Okeymaw attended the signing of Treaty 8 when he was 12 years old. He talks about: signing of treaty; treaty promises; establishment of reserves around Lesser Slave Lake; and expansion of these reserves as population grew; and the present need for further expansion.

Interviewee talks about the signing of Treaty #8, the establishment of Wood Buffalo National Park, and requests for a reserve at Garden River.

Deals with a farming operation on Walpole Island.

Historical background and submission to the Indian Claims Commission (ICC) regarding what lands the Bands occupied around Missioner Creek and Williams Lake in 1861 and if Canada had an obligation to protect the settlement. ICC held that the village sites should have been set aside for the Band and that Canada should accept the claim. [This file has been saved and made available online with permission from the Indian Claims Commission website before it closed down in March 2009.]

Includes an account of the signing of Treaty #7; allocation of lands;leasing land to Mormons; trust fund.

A brief description of the signing of Treaty 7, and how the Mormons came to live in Cardston.

Discusses archaeological research which indicates that the birds Beothuks hunted for food, also played a role in their mortuary customs.

Consists of an interview where she tells the story of the first encounter between Captain James Cook and the Nootka Indians.

History Thesis (M.A.)--University of Calgary, 1999.

Illustrates, by use of a landmark court case, a parallel between 1492 and the present regarding First Nations in British Columbia and the recognition of Aborignal title.

Collection of historic photographs of the Maliseet people who live in New Brunswick, Quebec and Maine.

History Thesis (Ph.D.)--Kansas State University, 2001.