Leaders

This edition issued in 3 vols.

This edition issued in 3 vols.

"Comprising a full and impartial account of the origin and progress of the war ... scenes in the field, the camp, and the cabin; including a history of the Indian tribes of North-Western Canada," including chapters about Poundmaker.

Biographical sketch as well as description of his efforts to free Geronimo and his followers from imprisonment at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, and ensure they received their just allotments. Special combined issue of Studies in American Indian Literatures and American Indian Quarterly. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 291.

Discusses the introduction of the fur trade in Southern Alberta and the role of the Siksika leader. Excerpt from Disability Studies & Indigenous Studies. Entire book on one pdf. To access paper, scroll to p. 81.

A Blood ceremony for making Governor General Viscount Alexander an honorary Chief. Chief Shot-Both-Sides on left, Governor-General, second from left.

Reviews Hopi autobiographers focusing on the novel Born a Chief: The Nineteenth Century Hopi Boyhood of Edmund Nequatewa by Peter Whiteley.

An image of ten Aboriginal men dressed in ceremonial regalia and standing in a semi-circle.

Black and White photograph of the only remaining son of Chief Big Bear, his youngest, Horse Child, dressed in European clothing.

Consists of an interview giving an account of the last long distance horse races at Stand Off, Alberta. Includes a story of gambling between a Blood Indian and a Snake Indian; a story of the Holy Lodge; a story of the girl who married a star and the origin of the Holy Turnip; a story of a camp where the children were abandoned; a story of a man who eloped.

Consists of an interview with George First Rider where he gives an account of the original Holy Lodge. (It is a follow-up to IH-AA.112)Note: Dave Melting Tallow, interpreter. Joanne Greenwood, transcriber.

History Thesis (M.A.)--University of Saskatchewan, 2005.

History of the company, its employees and products over 300 years.

History Thesis (M.A.)--Queen's University, 1999.

Presents an historical overview of the Huron-Wendat First Nation in Quebec and a photograph of Max Gros-Louis, Grand Chief of the Huron-Wendat First Nation.

Book reviews of: I Knew Two Métis Women: The Lives of Dorothy Scofield and Georgina Houle Young by Gregory Scofield. Red Blood: One (Mostly) White Guy's Encounters with the Native World by Robert Hunter. The Visions and Revelations of St. Louis the Métis edited by David Day.

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

Chapter 7 from book: Empowering Settings and Voices for Social Change edited by Mark Aber, Kenneth I. Maton and Edward Seidman. Comments on final words of Gros Ventre medicine person, Buffalo Bull Lodge.

The author contends that Black Hawk (Ma-ka-tai-me-shekia-kia, Black Sparrow Hawk) and Parker both used writing in order to be heard but withheld information, which becomes significant to each narrative.

English Thesis (Ph.D.)--Miami University, 1998.

History Thesis (M.A.)--University of Calgary, 2007.

Image of Chief Jacob Johnstone (Kah-kee-ka-pow), Cree, of the Mistawasis reserve, located approximately 20 miles west of Shellbrook, Saskatchewan. Chief Jacob is standing out of doors near a log fence, and is wearing treaty medals. Johnstone was the chief of the Mistawasis reserve from 1904 to 1915. He received a fractured jaw in a Cree-Blackfoot battle at Buffalo Lake that permanently disfigured his face. Inscription on back of original postcard reads, Chief Jacob- who had his lower jaw fractured by a bullet when he refused to join Riels' rising in the west.

Portrait of "Gentleman Joe" and Chief Mistawasis (Big Child).

Portrait of Chief Abis-tos-quos.

Portrait of Sotanah (Rainy Chief) -- Head of North Bloods and one of the signatories to Treaty No 7.

Book review of: Imagining Geronimo by William M. Clements. Scroll down to page 177 to read review.

Head and shoulders image of Imasees, son of Big Bear. Caption: "Big Bear's son, Imasees, contradicted his father at every opportunity and eventually assumed leadership of the band." From the book Loyal till Death: Indians and the North-West Rebellion by Blair Stonechild and Bill Waiser.

Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--University of Manitoba, 2010.

Examines the relationship between Chief Big Bear and Henry Ross Halpin, a Hudson's Bay Company clerk during the 1885 Riel Resistance, and how Halpin came to Big Bear's defense after he was charged with treason.

Memorial article written about a Russian Sámi activist who was shot to death on March 17, 1998.

English Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Toronto, 1991.

File contains an extract from an address by Diefenbaker to establish an Indian Claims Commission

1 file containing a memorandum for the committee for the Queen's visit; a newspaper article from the Saskatoon Star-Phoenix regarding Jack Pickersgill; letter to Diefenbaker from E.R. McFarland, President of the official body of Honorary Chiefs Blood Indian Tribe; newsletter detailing the year of 1962 as experienced by the residents of the Blood Reservation.

File contains 3 negatives from an all candidates meeting (presumably held in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan) addressed by Jim Sinclair on July 24, 1980. Three images show Jim Sinclair delivering his address, flanked by other participants. (bad quality photos)

Book review of: The Indian Association of Alberta by Laurie Meijer Drees. Studies the evolution of the organization from about 1939 to 1970.

Book review of: The Indian Association of Alberta by Laurie Meijer Drees.

Image of an Aboriginal male chief wearing a suit jacket and trousers, seated in a chair; outdoor scene. The man is facing the camera with his right arm aloft and pointing his finger at the sky.

The author states in the preface: "In presenting this volume to the public, the writer has three objects in view. First, to give a concise description of the character of the aborigines of British North America; their superiority over many other pagan nations in intellect, oratory and generosity. Also, their increasing desires when brought under the influence of civilization, to abandon the wandering habits of the savage, and become agriculturists and citizens, and cultivate the habits of industry and frugality.

An artist's impression of Sitting Bull. His head and shoulders portrait is surrounded by drawings of a axe, spears and a peace pipe.

An image of six Aboriginal men standing and dressed in ceremonial regalia. Three have on full head dresses. Colours have been added to the photograph in a chromolithograph process.

An image of a large group of Aboriginal men dressed in ceremonial regalia. They are standing on a roadway with unidentified buildings in the background. Colours have been added to the photograph in a chromolithograph process.

File contains 1 negative of unidentified Chiefs receiving plaques, presumably in Prince Albert, SK on October 30, 1969.

1 file containing various correspondence, clippings and press releases for activities during Pion-Era. One release describes Chief Bill Eagle's totem pole project and the various indigenous people from the surrounding area. Another article in the Western Farm Scene: "Sun Dance was Important to Indians Spiritual Life". Transcript of "An Address of the Saskatchewan Minister of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation" (5 pages)

The program of the Indian Diamond Jubilee celebration commemorating the signing of Treaty no. 6 at Carlton, Saskatchewan, August 11 - 12, 1936. The ceremony was attended by Baron and Lady Tweedsmuir from England. There were hymns, songs by local bands, and several presentations to and by First Nations leaders. There was also a dramatic re-enactment of part of the treaty negotiations in which Chief Sam Swimmer, Chief Joseph Dreaver, Joseph Johnson, Norman Johnson, George Bird and Harry Dreaver all took part.

Discussion of how an obscure lieutenant governor affected the course of Anglo-American relations, including revision talks of 1783 Treaty and mediation of boundary issues between America and First Nations.