Oral History

Literatures in English Thesis (Ph.D.)--Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, 1997.

Presents a written version of an academic play in four acts that was performed at the Native American Literature Symposium on November 30, 2000. It begins with historical essays on Lakota oral tradition and ends with discussion on comtemporary Native theater. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to page 32.

History Thesis (Ph.D.)--Western Michigan University, 2000.

Ethical principles of gathering plants, from an Indigenous healer 's perspective, with emphasis on respect, purpose, stewardship, and regeneration.

Comments on the Indigenous writers who have influenced author's work.

Story of creation by the Manitou, Wi'sa'kä.

Argues that different historical perspectives between Native and non-Native cultures impact on writings about Native populations and suggests methodology of community input into writing local histories.

Education Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Ottawa, 1995.

History Thesis (M.A.)--University of British Columbia, 2009.

An interview with Ernest Debassigae who gives his opinion of the education of Indian people, the role of Indians in the Canadian military and in the Canadian constitution. Transcribed by Joanne Greenwood.

An interview with Ernest Debassigae who gives an account of his experiences during and after World War II and his travels around Canada and the United States. Transcribed by Joanne Greenwood.

An interview with Ernest Debassigae who recounts the history of the Manitoulin Island Indians and problems with Indian agents. Transcribed by Joanne Greenwood.

Interviewee gives a general description of his life. No index terms are provided.

Interviewee gives a general description of his life. No index terms are provided.

Interview lacks abstract information and subject terms.

Interviewee is asked about school, work history, social life, religion, food and clothing, politics, the Depression, and family history. No index terms are provided.

Relates the events leading to the forced relocation of the residents of Island Cache in Prince George B.C. in the early 1970s and how community research needs to be ethical.

Consists of an interview that includes detailed descriptions of plant remedies; a story of Striped Walker who killed a Cree; the difference between medicines that are discovered and those that are revealed in dreams.

Interviewee gives a general description of her life and family. No index terms are provided.

Interviewee gives a general account of her life. No index terms are provided.

Consists of an interview where she gives a lengthy discourse on Indian medicines. She also gives a description of basket making and an account of being lost in the woods.

Consists of an interview where she mentions certain stories told to her as a child.

Discusses her participation in the Walpole Island fair.

Summaries of a number of speeches on topics such as loss of Indian culture and values, problems with alcohol, a need to return to the old ways, etc.

Evelyn Fiddler talks about the early meetings of the Metis Association in Prince Albert.

Interviewee gives a general description of her life. Describes how various food items were prepared and preserved. No index terms are provided.

The person being interviewed is giving the proper pronunciation of Indian terms and place names from a written text. No indexed terms given.

The person being interviewed is giving the proper pronunciation of Indian terms and place names from a written text. No indexed terms given.

General reminiscences of her life and work.

General reminiscences of her life.

Looks at whether the promises and obligations of Treaty Six have been met.

Discusses the impact of the Delgamuukw decision with respect to acceptance of verbal versus written accounts in land title lawsuits.

Interdisciplinary Studies [Indigenous Studies]--(M.A.)--The University of British Columbia, 2010.

Discusses how LeAnne Howe’s writing combines historic and contemporary cross-cultural interactions to bridge the gaps between sovereignty, issues of land and place, history, and culture. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 13.

Canadian Plains Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Regina, 2005.

Author notes that in spite of evidence within the anthropological record of nonbinary gender categories in Inuit Culture and tradition, there is still a lack of archeological study of the concept; suggests a framework for study that might be more inclusive of gender diversity.

Note: This tape has not yet been translated into English. (Joanne Greenwood, transcriber).

Book review of: Faces in the Forest by Michael D. Blackstock. To access this review, scroll to page 129.

Argues that judges' interpretations of history, which cannot be separated from the context from which it arises, does indeed become "fact" because of the nature of the legal process.

Brief introduction to oral history and its relation to the courts. [This file has been saved and made available online with permission from the Indian Claims Commission website before it closed down in March 2009.]

Book review of: Family Origin Histories as told by Tyee Bob, Sa:ya:sh'pis, William Qwishanishim et al. and edited by Eugene Arima, Henry Kammler, Terry Klokeid and Katherine Robinson.

Books reviewed: In the Shadows of the State: The United Fruit Company, Popular Struggle, and Agrarian Restructuring in Ecuador, 1900-1995 by Steve Striffler. Cutting the Wire: The Story of the Landless Movement in Brazil by Sue Branford and Jan Rocha. Feeding the Market: South American Farmers, Trade and Globalization by John Hellin and Sophie Higman.

Discussion of the signing of Treaty 8 at Fort Chipewyan, and treaty promises; relationship between Crees and Chipewyans; and how the location of schools has forced people to settle in areas where they are unable to pursue traditional lifestyles.

The interviewee is one of many people who lost their treaty status in 1942/43, and is not sure why.

The interview includes discussion concerning home, work and social situations.

Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--McMaster University, 1994.

Information in brief document comes from a combination of historical documents and oral histories.