Leaders

Trial transcript of the trial of Louis Riel which was held in Regina, Saskatchewan on Friday, July 31, 1885.

Photograph of Chief Fine Day posing with rifle and wearing battle dress. Caption: "War chief Fine Day of the Strike-Him-on-the-Back band directed the Cree counter-attack at the Cut Knife battle." From the book Loyal till Death: Indians and the North-West Rebellion by Blair Stonechild and Bill Waiser.

History of Chief Poundmaker and what has become know as the Northwest Resistance of 1885.

Consists of an interview where Fine Day describes the punishment for violation of their hunting code. He also describes the selection and duties of ceremonial officers and the use of buffalo pounds.

Consists of an interview with Fine Day where he gives a brief description of the duties of a chief, a description of treatment for successful warriors and a description of the ceremonialism involved in the Sundance.

A long, general incoherent monologue which will be of little value to researchers.

A close up portrait of Fine Day on horseback. Fine Day was Poundmaker's Chief Warrior at the Battle of Cut Knife Hill during the Riel Rebellion of 1885. He is shown wearing an elaborate headpiece mounted with buffalo horns and trimmed with weasel skins. Fine Day died on January 8, 1942 at the age of 94.

Detailed lesson plan (two class periods) for intermediate/senior level.

A photograph of unidentified First Nations Chiefs meeting in Prince Albert, SK, May 19, 1971.

A photograph of unidentified First Nations Chiefs in traditional dress. Taken in Prince Albert, SK. No date given.

50 images (12 of which have been scanned here) of First Nations leaders speaking to guests at the Bessborough Hotel in Saskatoon on April 22, 1976. Many wear full head dresses. It appears to be a gathering to discuss treaty issues led by Federation of Saskatchewan Indians Chief David Ahenakew.

Educational Administration Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Saskatchewan, 2005.

A row of First Nations men by a tipi at the North-West Mounted Police Memorial opening at Battleford, SK. June 24, 1948.

Recalls historic events between First Nations peoples and the RCMP going back to the North West Resistance of 1885.

Consists of an interview with George First Rider where he discusses the construction and rituals connected with Holy Lodges. Note: Dave Melting Tallow, interpreter. Joanne Greenwood, transcriber.

Three-quarters length portrait of Flying Buffalo of the Dakota (Sioux), taken in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan. He is wearing a feathered headdress and holding aloft a stick, highly decorated with feathers. His leggings show extensive, detailed beadwork.

Forms part of Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History, v. 13 (p.217-557).

Discusses the task of electing a new national chief for the Assembly of First Nations formerly filled by Phil Fontaine. Fontaine was the first high-profile First Nations leader to reveal the abuse he suffered in a residential school which eventually led to compensation payments and an official apology from the Prime Minister.

Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Washington, 2013.

A Federation of Saskatchewan Indians conference in Regina pays tribute to past Chiefs John Tootoosis, David Knight, Wilfred Bellegarde and Walter Deiter.

Audio recording of Métis author speaking about community and the importance of storytelling. Duration: 55:06.

This book is a handwritten copy of a journal kept by W.F. Wentzell while he was stationed at Grand Marais on the Peace River in the North West Company's Athabasca Department. In the journal, he refers to 'Forsyth's Potties', XY Company traders, the English Chief and other individual Indians; to the Beaver Indians, Cree and Montagnais. This journal offers a description of the interactions between traders and Natives, including the use of rum as a trading agent.

Book review of: Framing Chief Leschi by Lisa Blee.

Looks at early 20th century research about the history of the traditional economic system, its origin and development.

Gives the history of the Frog Lake Reserve and the taking of and interpretation of Treaty #6.

A poster of Gabriel Dumont with the slogan "Free the North," and the description "Gabriel Dumont Armed" upon it.

Historical note:

Original photograph from the Public Archives of Canada. Cited as a CUS Poster, 197-. [Possibly a political poster produced by the Canadian Union of Students].

History Thesis (M.A)--University of Manitoba/University of Winnipeg, 2014.

Reaction to this article may be found in the Edmonton Journal, November 20, 2006, p. A19 entitled, "Riel Poem Isn't That Noteworthy".

Book review of: The Frog Lake Reader by Myrna Kostash.

Looks at the evolution of the Cherokee legal system, from traditional blood feuds to a traditional tribal court system. However, the signing of the New Echota Treaty in 1835 saw the return to blood feuds within the Cherokee Nation.

Provides account of students from Canadian Mennonite Bible College visit to an Ojibwa community to learn from Elders.

Book review on: From Chochise to Geronimo by Edwin R. Sweeney. Review located by scrolling to page 171.

Looks at three conferences held during 1939, 1966 and 1997 to examine the changing awareness of Aboriginal issues within academic circles.

[History?] Thesis (Ph.D.)--Bowling Green State University, 1997.

Comments on four commissioned portraits by Verelst that are among the first painted portraits of Native Americans from the colonial period.

Discusses greater emphasis that is currently placed on social history of Métis communities and concludes that further investigations should consider the importance of class as well as comparisons of relevant experience of parallel peoples in other lands.

1 file containing: Speech at "Frontier Days" in Swift Current, Saskatchewan. Diefenbaker speaks of the meaning of Saskatchewan in Cree. As well, he briefly discusses Cree life in Saskatchewan in the mid-19th century.

Book review of: Frontier Diplomats by Lesley Wischmann.

File contains 4 negatives from a Federation of Saskatchewan Indians convention held in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan on March 30, 1971. Four scanned negatives show various scenes of participants at the conference.

Looks back at the Union of Saskatchewan Indians and the first president John Tootoosis.

Negative of an artists representation of Gabriel Dumont

Black and white photograph of Gabriel Dumont in buckskin jacket with rifle.

A studio portrait of Gabriel Dumont with Napoleon Nault and ? Gladue. Dumont and Gladue hold rifles.

A portrait of Metis Gabriel Dumont posing with his rifle. He wears a fringed buck skin coat and a wide brimmed hat.

A photograph taken on August 8, 1933 at the Saskatoon Exhibition of a gathering of pioneers from the 1883-1889 era. Lieutenant Governor Hugh Edwin Munroe is making an address. An Aboriginal woman is seated at the centre, while a group of seven Aboriginal Chiefs in head-dresses stands at the right. There is a full orchestra behind the group and they are all on an elaborately decorated stage.

Introduces two books addressing Métis heroism during the 1885 Resistance. Article located by scrolling to page 12.

Photograph. Caption: "A triumphant Middleton poses in a buckskin outfit in an Ottawa photo studio." .

Discusses Cheyenne cooperation with the United States Military following the Battle of Little Big Horn.