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Cincinnati’s Wild West: The 1896 Rosebud Sioux Encampment

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Susan Labry Meyn
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 26, no. 4, 2002, pp. 1-20
Description
Looks at the 89 people who travelled over a thousand miles by train to take part in the Wild West show that imitated the William F. “Buffalo Bill” Cody’s Wild West shows that were capturing the imagination of crowds across the United States.
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Claiming Europe: Native American Literary Responses to the Old World

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lee Schweninger
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 27, no. 2, 2003, pp. 61-76
Description
Discusses writers that have chosen to challenge mainstream conceptions of what constitutes Indian literature by offering Native American critiques of Europe.
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Clara Pratt Interview #1

Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Clara Pratt
Alex Cywink
Indian History Film Project
Description
Consists of an interview where she gives a general account of reserve life. She gives a description of Indian games and tells of the establishment of the Gordon Reserve, Saskatchewan
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Clara Pratt Interview #2

Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Clara Pratt
Alex Cywink
Indian History Film Project
Description
Consists of an interview where she shares general reminiscences of her life.
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Clarence Joe Interview #1

Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Clarence Joe
Imbert Orchard
Indian History Film Project
Description
Consists of an interview where Clarence Joe speaks of the conversion of the Sechelt Indians to Roman Catholicism and he discusses at various points the industry and initiative of the Sechelt Indians.
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Clarence Joe Interview #2

Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Clarence Joe
Imbert Orchard
Indian History Film Project
Description
A general discussion about the background of the Sechelt Indians.
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Clarence Oliver Interview

Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Clarence Oliver
Burton Jacobs
Patricia Soney
Indian History Film Project
Description
General discussion of ferry boats that serviced Walpole Island.
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Closure in James Welch's Fools Crow

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Bette Weidman
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 18, no. 3, Fall, 2006, pp. 90-97
Description
Argues that James Welch's work Fools Crow constructs the story of first contact from within Native American subjectivity and redefines the meanings of religion, culture and virtue by exploring the gap that exists between official national histories, early novels by Euroamericans, and the voice of Native Americans. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 90.
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The Coast Salish of Canada

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
H. G. Barnett
American Anthropologist, vol. 40, no. 1, New Series, January-March 1938, pp. 118-141
Description
Dances, clothes, winter ceremonies, kinship systems, rituals are some of the topics covered.
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Cold Lake First Nation, Primrose Lake Air Weapons Range Inquiry, Public Release

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Indian Claims Commission
Description

FILES CAN ONLY BE ACCESSED USING FIREFOX BROWSER. Consists of minutes, transcripts, statements, correspondence/letters, submissions, and reports regarding the historical claim grievances of two First Nations who had 4,500 square miles of land seized to create the weapons range. Commissioners include: Harry S. LaForme, Daniel J. Bellegarde, and P.E. James Prentice. [These files were created and compiled by the ICC and provided to the Indigenous Studies Portal in 2009 to make widely available in online format.]

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Cold Lake Trappers Interviews

Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Richard Lightning
Indian History Film Project
Description
Several interviews with elders of Cold Lake Reserve.
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Colin Trindle Interview

Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Colin Trindle
Alfred J. Beaver
Indian History Film Project
Description
Mr. Trindle, aged 78, has spent most of his adult life in the Trout Lake/Peerless Lake area and is a former chief--talks about promises of a reserve in the area; surveying of boundaries; duration of occupation of area; and traditional lifestyles.
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Colonialism and First Nations Women in Canada

Alternate Title
Chapter 2: Colonialism and First Nations Women in Canada
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Winona Stevenson
Description
Provides an overview of the historical colonization of First Nations women from contact to the end of the early reserve era. Chapter in Scratching the Surface: Canadian, Anti-racist, Feminist Thought edited Enakshi Dua and Angela Robertson. To view article scroll down to page 49.
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The Comanche Empire

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Mariah F. Wade
Great Plains Quarterly, vol. 29, no. 3, Summer, 2009, p. 241
Description
Book review of: The Comanche Empire by Pekka Hämäläinen.
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Coming Day Interview

Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
D.G. (Dr.) Mandelbaum
Coming Day
Indian History Film Project
Description
Consists of an interview that is primarily general recollections of traditional lifestyle.
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"Commendable Progress": Acculturation at the Cherokee Female Seminary

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Devon Abbott
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 11, no. 3, Summer, 1987, pp. 187-201
Description
An investigation into the successful implementation of a Cherokee Female Seminary, modeled after seminaries in Massachusetts. The Cherokee Nation embracing a non-Indigenous education with fewer tribal traditions to adhere to leading to less feelings of alienation for the students.
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Comments on the Wood Cree Indian

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Viscount Milton
W.B. Cheadle
Manitoba Pageant, vol. 3, no. 2, January 1958, p. [?]
Description
Outlines distinctions between the way of life of Plains and Wood Cree peoples in 1862-3; excerpted from The North-West Passage by Land.
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Community and Aboriginality in an Aboriginal Community: Relating to Histories in and of Île-à-la-Crosse

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Katya MacDonald
Saskatchewan History, vol. 61, no. 2, Glimpses of Métis Society and History in Northwest Saskatchewan, Fall, 2009, pp. 18-28
Description
Two-part paper first examine the history of Île-à-la-Crosse in the context of mainstream histories, then examines how local community histories have become markers of Aboriginality. Entire Issue on one .pdf, scroll to page 18.
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Compensation for the Plundering of $18 Billion of Sioux Gold, Silver and Other Natural Resources from the Black Hills is Unjust and Unacceptable

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Phillip J. Stevens
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 4, no. 1, Spring, 1988, pp. 49-50
Description
Argues that the United States government did not properly compensate the Sioux Nation for taking $18 Billion worth of natural resources, negatively affecting future generations.
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A Concise History of Canada's First Nations

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
John W. Friesen
Canadian Historical Review, vol. 92, no. 2, June 2011, pp. 355-357
Description
Book review of: A Concise History of Canada's First Nations by Olive Patricia Dickason, with William Newbigging.
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Conspiracy of Legislation: The Suppression of Indian Rights in Canada

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Joe Mathias
Gary R. Yabsley
BC Studies, no. 89, In Celebration of Our Survival: The First Nations of British Columbia, Spring, 1991
Description
Cites examples of both federal and provincial legislation which aimed at eradicating First Nations through restricting or impairing their ability to act.
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