Oral History

Researcher relates oral histories about members of the Peepeekisis Reserve concerning the experimental agricultural farm that was established to continue the work of the residential schools and to keep students from returning to their "uncivilized" ways.

History and reclaiming of this schoolhouse in Indiana.

Media Thesis (M.A.)--University of Adelaide, 2010.

Personal narrative of Inuit Elder from Labrador.

Looks at oral narratives which link the past, present and future and comments on the value of remembrance.

Stories from interviews with Métis war veterans, many who have passed on, regarding their experiences in World War I, World War II or the Korean Conflict.

Public History Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Union Institute, 1997.

Discusses the development and progress of two participatory video projects conducted with Métis communities in British Columbia.

History Thesis (M.A.)--The University of British Columbia,1994.

A collection of objects presents an Aboriginal approach to telling stories about the removal of Aboriginal children from their families.

Author discusses his understanding of the attitudes toward, relationships held, and some stories told about snakes and amphibians.

Book review of: Reserve Memories by David W. Dinwoodie. To access this review, scroll to page 129.

History and Philosophy and English, Media and Performance Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of New South Wales, 2007.

Rebuttal to a fellow anthropologists criticism of his witness report and sworn testimony.

Author uses archives, historical narratives, and or histories to reconstruct a biography of the historic chief.

Discussion of Anishinaabe clan stories, colonial ideas about clan relationships and restorative justice.

Book reviews of: Nee Hemish: A History of Jemez Pueblo by Joe Santo. Noon Neemepoo by Allen P. Slickpo Sr. and Deward E. Walker Jr. Our Home Forever: A Hupa Tribal History by Bryan Nelson. Walker River Paiutes: A Tribal History by Edward C. Johnston. The Southern Utes: A Tribal History by James Jefferson. Ogaxpa by Joy Reed.

Review of: A Sacred Path: The Way of the Muskogee Creeks by Jean and Joyotpaul Chaudhury. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.

Book reviews of: They Called it Prairie Light: The Story of Chilocco Indian School by K. Tsianina Lomawaima To Change Them Forever: Indian Education at the Rainy Mountain Boarding School, 1893-1920 by Clyde Ellis Shingwauk's Vision: A History of Native Residential Schools by J.R. Miller.

Discusses the use of oral histories as a resource and the importance of land and place when examining the history of Aboriginal education.

Book reviews of: First Personal Plural by Sophie McCall. Oral History on Trial by Bruce Granville Miller

Article from 1993 Conference proceedings, explores the issues facing First Nation witnesses presenting oral testimony in Courts and use of ethnocentric biases and technical rules in Treaty and Aboriginal title cases. Excerpt from Continuing Poundmaker & Riel's Quest: Presentations Made at a Conference on Aboriginal Peoples and Justice compiled by Richard Gosse, James Youngblood Henderson, Roger Carter.

Book reviews of: The Trickster of Liberty: Tribal Heirs to a Wild Baronage by Gerald Vizenor. Nairne's Muskhogean Journals: The 1708 Expedition to the Mississippi River edited by Alexander Moore. The Adventures and Sufferings of John R. Jewitt, Captive of Maquinna annotated and illustrated by Hilary Stewart. A Creek Warrior for the Confederacy: The Autobiography of Chief G. W. Grayson edited by W. David Baird. Native American Baskertry: An Annotated Bibliography complied by Frank W.

Book reviews of: Beyond the Reach of Time and Change: Native American Reflections on the Frank A. Rinehart Photograph Collection edited by Simon J. Ortiz. Bringing Indians to the Book by Albert Furtwangler. A Broken Flute: The Native Experience in Books for Children edited by Doris Seale and Beverly Slapin. Children of Coyote, Missionaries of Saint Francis: Indian-Spanish Relations in Colonial California, 1769–1850 by Steven W.

Book reviews of: American Indian Activism: Alcatraz to the Longest Walk edited by Troy Johnson, Joane Nagel, and Duane Champagne. As We Are Now: Mixblood Essays on Race and Identity edited by William S. Penn. Cahokia: Domination and Ideology in the Mississippian World edited by Timothy R. Pauketat and Thomas E.

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 review of: Blood Struggle: The Rise of Modern Indian Nations by Charles Wilkinson. Chinnubbie and the Owl: Muscogee (Creek) Stories, Orations and Traditions by Alexander Posey. Choctaw Women in a Chaotic World: The Clash of Cultures in the Colonial Southeast by Michelene E. Pesantubbee. A Colonial Complex: South Carolina’s Frontiers in the Era of the Yamasee War 1680–1730 by Steven J.

Book reviews of: The American Indian Integration of Baseball by Jeffrey Powers-Beck. The Apache Indians: In Search of the Missing Tribe by Helge Ingstad. Assimilation’s Agent: My Life as a Superintendent in the Indian Boarding School System by Edwin L. Chalcraft. Coming to Shore: Northwest Coast Ethnology, Traditions, and Visions edited by Marie Mauzé, Michael E. Harkin, and Sergei Kan. Every Day Is a Good Day by Wilma Mankiller. Friends and Enemies in Penn’s Woods: Indians, Colonists, and the Racial Construction of Pennsylvania edited by William A.

Book reviews of: The Crown of Columbus by Michael Dorris and Louise Erdrich A Second View: The Crown of Columbus by Michael Dorris and Louise Erdrich Baptism of Desire: Poems by Louise Erdrich Interior Landscapes: Autobiographical Myths and Metaphors by Gerald Vizenor Griever: An American Monkey King in China by Gerald Vizenor Native Writers and Canadian Writing edited by W.H.

Book review of: Drum Songs: Glimpses of Dene History by Kerry Abel.

Discusses ways of revitalizing the Ngoni culture, traditions and governance through personal historical memories, sacred oral histories & documented written sources.

Looks at the gaming experience of a culturally appropriate system that provides a convenient mode for preserving and promoting cultural heritage.

Human and Social Development Thesis (M.A.)--University of Victoria, 2006.

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

Discusses Language Keepers project which includes the development and production of a new dictionary, audio recordings, and a video archive of natural group conversations.

Analysis of interviews with Haudenosaunee (Six Nations or Iroquois) Reservation in Western New York.

Anthropology and Sociology Thesis (M.A.)--The University of British Columbia, 2000.

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

Robert Dalby talks about life in the north of Saskatchewan in the 1950s. He discusses the political parties in the north and why some of the CCF programs failed. He also compares the personalities and styles of Jim Brady and Malcolm Norris.

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 discusses various plants used for medicine.

Robert Goodvoice tells a story about the journey of a group of Sioux from the United States to Canada, through Portage la Prairie, Manitoba to Prince Albert, Saskatchewan. He tells of a settlement of the Wahpaton (Round Plain) Reserve in Saskatchewan and the division of the Sioux tribe. He also talks about Indian medicine and curing practices and reflects on the loss of knowledge of the old ways.

He gives an account of the Sioux participation in the War of 1812 on the side of the British, and the Sioux interpretation of the reward promised them by the British Crown; tells the history and whereabouts of the King George III medals given to the Sioux for their loyalty to the British Crown during the War of 1812; tells the story of two Sioux chiefs who were kidnapped in Manitoba and returned to the United States, presumably for their part in the 1862 Sioux uprising (Minnesota Massacre); tells of the dispersal of the Sioux in their flight from the U.S.

He tells a number of stories of people and objects which were lost, and how they were found with the help of "people with the power to find things" (prophets).

He tells stories of treachery by Americans against the Sioux who had fled to Prince Albert, Saskatchewan after the 1862 Minnesota Massacre, including distribution of disease-infested clothing and food. NOTE: Attempt to verify with R.C.M.P. records. He also sings and explains a very old Dakota song sung by children when rabbit-hunting.

He tells a story about the origins of the Dakota (Sioux) guardian spirit and his powers; and how Iktomi differs from the equivalent Cree spirit power (Wisakedjak).

He tells a story of a woman who was taken prisoner and carried off to live in an enemy camp; her treachery against her brothers and husband when they came to rescue her; how she was killed by her own mother because of her treachery; her mother's atonement after the killing.

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.