Leaders

Gerald Willoughby's book describes his arrival from England to Saskatoon in 1883, and he was among Saskatoon's first citizens. His peaceful dealings with Louis Riel and various chiefs are detailed, particularly those with Chief Whitecap. Willoughby offers an assessment of the lives of aboriginals living near Saskatoon and notes numerous similarities between "the Red Men and the White Men."

Historical note:

Gerald Willoughby (1866-1933) was one of the first citizens of Saskatoon, NWT.

Book reviews of: Through Dakota Eyes: Narrative Accounts of the Minnesota Indian War of 1862 edited by Gary Clayton Anderson, Alan R. Woolworth. Abstracts of Native Studies, Volume 1. Abstracts of Native Studies, Volume 2 edited by R. C. Annis. Fools Crow by James Welch. The Seminole by Merwyn S. Garbarino. The Legacy of Conquest: The Unbroken Past of the American West by Patricia Nelson Limerick. Southeastern Pomo Ceremonials: The Kuksu Cult and Its Successors by Abraham M.

Book reviews of: Indian Water Policy In a Changing Environment: A Symposium on Indian Water Policy edited by Patricia Zell. Languages and Their Roles in Educating Native Children by Barbara Burnaby. Changing Economic Roles for Micmac Men and Women by Ellice B. Gonzalez. Native American Art at Philbrook by N. P. Paper. The Upward Moving and Emergence Way by Father Berard Haile. People of the Sacred Mountain: A History of the Northern Cheyenne Chiefs and Warrior Societies, 1830-1879; with an epilogue, 1964-1974 by Father Peter John Powell.

Book reviews of: Mat Hekid O Ju/When It Rains edited by Ofelia Zepeda. The Navajo Nation by Peter Iverson. Historic Hope Ceramics: The Thomas V. Keam Collection of the Peabody Museum of Archaelogy and Ethnology, Harvard University by Edwin L. Wade and Lea S. McChesney. The George Rogers Clark Adventure in the Illinois, and Selected Documents of the American Revolution at the Frontier Posts by Katherine Wagner Seineke. Life Is With People: Household Organization of the Contemporary Southern Paiute Indians by Martha C.

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.

Discusses trial for high treason in light of new Bill S-35 introduced in the Senate which would declare the conviction "vacated."

Atlantic Canada Studies Thesis (M.A.)--Saint Mary's University, 2000.

Recollections of the past one hundred years of Aboriginal history on the eve of Saskatchewan's centennial.

File contains a letter written by Diefenbaker regarding Louis Riel's conviction and execution, as well as Dumont's involvement, a photocopied photograph of Gabriel Dumont and "The Halfbreed General" from the History Magazine, an article entitled "Gabriel Dumont and Friends Meet Dr. Gatling's Travelling Salesman, or Plainsman Versus Mechanical Man", and a copy of the Canadian Historical Review containing Dumont's account of the North-West Resistance.

A brochure (en francais) put out by L'Union Nationale Metisse Saint-Joseph du Manitoba in commemoration of Louis Riel's contribution towards the birth of Manitoba. Contains historical information on the Red River Resistance of 1869-1870 from an early twentieth century Metis perspective as well as historical notes on the Metis of the North West by Judge L.A. Prudhomme.

On-line tour of the Métis leader's family home. Provides links to history of the Métis, biography of Louis Riel and visitor information.

File containing excerpts from "The Great North Trail By Dan Cushman :The Great Whisky Trail", and "Louis Riel: Exovedate and Execution" by George F.G.Stanley. An article from the Ottawa Journal "Wants Ottawa Made a Federal District", and an advertisement "The Giants", about Riel. House of Commons debates regarding Centennial Commemoration of Riel, and a memo about the Resistance's lesson of the need for a Trans-Canada Railway.

Response to the newspaper article "Friendship with Jailer Inspired Riel Poem" Edmonton Journal, November 15, 2006.

Book review of: The False Traitor: Louis Riel in Canadian Culture by Albert Braz.

Government of Saskatchewan promotional pamphlet presenting passages from Louis Riel's 1885 Diary in French and English. Released in commemoration of the 1985 Centennial of the Northwest Resistance.

Book review of: Riel's Defence edited by Hans V. Hansen.

Book review of Riel’s Defence edited by Hans V. Hansen.

Play script.

History Thesis (Ph.D)--Stony Brook University, 2007.

2nd edition.

Robert Goodvoice tells a story of the Sioux Indians' first contact with Europeans and prophecies regarding the Europeans. He gives accounts of the 1851 Treaty made at Fort Laramie between the Sioux and the American Government and of the 1862 Minnesota Massacre. He also tells of the establishment of the Wahpaton (Round Plain) Reserve in Saskatchewan, and its chiefs.

He gives an account of the 1862 Minnesota Massacre and, in its aftermath, the movement of a group of Sioux (Dakota) to Prince Albert, Saskatchewan under the leadership of Tarasota (?). He also gives an account of the 1885 Riel Rebellion and its effect on the Sioux (Dakota) living in the Prince Albert, Saskatchewan district.

File contains a series of negatives from a meeting between Roland Crowe and Civic Officials in Prince Albert. The officials are posing for a portrait in all three. Crowe was Chief of the Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations at the time, and is on the far left of the negatives. The individual on the far right of all three negatives is Gordon Kirkby, mayor of Prince Albert.

Book reviews of: Sovereign Selves: American Indian Autobiography and the Law by David J. Carlson The Indian Chief as Tragic Hero: Native Resistance and the Literatures of American, From Moctezuma to Tecumseh by Gordon M. Sayre.

Chiefs of the Federation of Saskatchewan Indians remember Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations (FSIN) Senator Roy Musqua of the Keeseekoose First Nation.

RCAP 116 contains files from a sitting of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples at the Nipissing First Nation Band Complex, North Bay, Ontario on Monday, May 10, 1993. This sitting of the Commission contains official and individual presentations from members of the Nipissing First Nations.

File contains an opening prayer and welcoming remarks from the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples at the Nipissing First Nation Band Complex, North Bay, Ontario on Monday, May 10, 1993. Following an opening prayer by Alfred Fisher, and welcoming remarks by Nipissing's Chief Gerald Beaucage, Commissioners Bertha Wilson and Mary Sillett discuss the mandate, goals, and composition of the Commission.

RCAP 120 contains a transcript of the sitting of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples at the Chippewa Community Centre, Sarnia, Ontario, Monday, May 10, 1993. This sitting of the Commission includes presentations by various individuals, Aboriginal and community groups.

RCAP 137 contains files for a sitting of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples at The Coast Inn of the West Terrace, British Columbia, on Tuesday, May 25, 1993. The file contains a variety of presentations on behalf of First Nations, individuals, and the Kermode Friendship Centre.

RCAP 160 contains a transcript of the sitting of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples at the Chief Louis Complex, Kamloops, British Columbia. The file contains a variety of presentations on various subjects by the Secwepemc Nation.

RCAP 161 contains a transcript of the sitting of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples at the Chief Louis Complex, Kamloops, British Columbia. The file contains a variety of presentations by Aboriginal organizations and community groups.

RCAP 28 contains files from the sitting of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples at the Thomas Cheechoo Memorial Centre, Moose Factory, Ontario. This sitting of the Commission contains verbal and written presentations primarily by elders in the Moose Factory area relating to education, the Indian Act, Aboriginal women's rights, self-government. Each submission can be viewed individually on this site.

RCAP 47 contains files from the sitting of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples in Native Canadian Centre, in Toronto, Ontario. This sitting of the Commission contains presentations from a variety of First Nations and Metis organizations. Each presentation can be viewed individually on this site.

The file contains opening remarks from the sitting of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples at Inuvik, Northwest Territories on May 5, 1992. Following an opening prayer by Tom Wright, Commissioner Rene Dussault discusses the mandate, goals, and composition of the Commission. Chief James Firth also welcomes the Commission to Inuvik.

File contains an opening prayer, welcoming remarks, and opening remarks from the sitting of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples at the Hotel Confortel in Val D'or, Quebec, Monday, November 30, 1992. Following an opening prayer, Chief Albert Tenasco Jr. of the Algonquin Anishnabeg Nation, and Mayor of Val D'Or Ronald Tetreault welcome the Royal Commission to the city. Commissioner Rene Dussault then discusses the composition of the Commission, its mandate and goals. Commissioners Viola Robinson and Allan Blakeney also deliver brief introductory remarks.

File contains a prayer, opening ceremony, welcoming and opening remarks from the sitting of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples at the Maniwaki Community Hall, Maniwaki, Quebec, Wednesday, December 2, 1992. File contains welcoming remarks by Chief Jean-Guy Whiteduck of the Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg Council, and Robert Coulombe, Mayor of Maniwake. File also includes opening remarks by Commissioner Rene Dussault who besides explaining the Commissions mandate, composition, and goals introduces Commissioner for the day Leonard Odjick.

File contains opening remarks from the sitting of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples by the Manawan Community Centre at Manawan, Quebec, on Thursday December 3, 1992. Facilitator Gilles Ottawa, Chief Henri Ottawa of Manawan, and Commissioner Rene Dussault all deliver opening remarks. After words of welcome by the Ottawas, Dussault gives an overview of the Commissions mandate, composition and goals. Commissioner Robinson and Commissioner for the day Paul-Emile Ottawa also make some brief introductory remarks.

The file contains closing remarks by Chief Nathan Matthew and a closing prayer by Mary Thomas, Elder.

File contains an individual presentation by Ann Bayne that first provides a history of the Kaska First Nations and the Liard Indian Band. Bayne describes her Band's struggle with a referendum addressing a hereditary system or elected system in determining the position of Chief. She believes that residents should have a choice in determining their leadership. Bayne also discusses abolishing the Indian Act, the need for personal development programs and calls for more treatment centres for substance abuse. Following the presentation is a discussion with Commissioner Allan Blakeney.

This file contains an individual presentation by Raynald Vachon on employment and salary inequities between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal workers. Vachon recommends that an organization be established that could be called "the Association of Aboriginal Workers in Quebec." The association could bring together all the Aboriginal communities in Quebec.

This file contains a transcript of a sitting of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples at The Citadel Inn, Ottawa, Ontario. These are the opening remarks made by Elder Noel Knockwood and the prayer by Elder William Commanda.

File contains opening remarks by Chief Norm Wesley who introduces Commissioners Georges Erasmus and Viola Robinson, Pat Chilton, and Derek McLeod, Youth Commissioner for the Day.

File contains opening remarks by Chief Pat Chilton welcoming attendees to the evening potlatch and hearing. Chilton explains the purpose of the Commission and emphasizes that elders have a large role to play with their presentations. He introduces Chief Norm Wesley of Moose Factory.

File contains a presentation by Alice Kruta and Lorraine Dennis discussing the plight of Aboriginal people trying to negotiate through the Aboriginal system where it is unjust. They state that there are no appeal processes for those who question their Band or First Nations leadership. The women call on the Commission to help make Aboriginal leadership accountable to their own members. Following the presentation is a question-and-answer session with the Commissioners.

File contains a presentation by Acting Chief Elaine Myers, Bartlett's Harbour Indian Band Council. Myers discusses the history of the Band Council, which represents approximately 550 Non-Status people. Myers highlights a variety of concerns including unemployment, education, social problems, policing, family issues, housing issues, a lack of recreation facilities, economic problems, fisheries, literacy concerns, and the need for the Band to be registered. Following this Chief Myers discusses some of these issues with Commissioners Erasmus and Robinson.

This file contains a portion of a transcript of a sitting of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples at Hotel Saskatchewan, Regina, Saskatchewan. This portion of the Commission includes a presentation by Bernard Gordon concerning the provision of Treaty Rights to the Aboriginal Community on and off reserves. Questions from the assembled commissioners are also present.

File contains a presentation by Bernice Cree, Chief, Fort McMurrary No. 468, First Nations. Cree gives an overview of her First Nation and its reserve including demography, economy, and some of the social issues it faces. Cree also comments on government policy regarding her First Nation.

File contains a brief presentation by Charlie Francis. Francis discusses his view of band governance, arguing the Chiefs have too much authority, Economic development, the need for a constitution or charter for band governance, and the Premier of Quebec who he refers to as "the next Hitler in our country."