Map of Methy Portage Region

Images » Photographs
Author/Creator
Don Steer
Description
On information card: Map of the Methy Portage region with the location of the historic sites found and excavated by Don Steer in the 1971-1972 season. Methy Portage, SK.
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Mapping History: Lessons in History from Township Map of the Qu’Appelle Valley, Township 21, Range 13, West of the 2nd Meridian

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Christine Charmbury
Saskatchewan History, vol. 67, no. 2, Fall, 2015, pp. 42-47
Description
An assemblage of images and historical vignettes from the Qu’Appelle Valley; includes pieces on the Métis, First Nations, land surveyors, Settlers, reserve lands and residential schools. Entire Issue on one .pdf, scroll to page 42.
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Maps, Mapmaking, and Map Use by Native North Americans

Alternate Title
Cartography in the Traditional African, American, Arctic, Australian, and Pacific Societies
The History of Cartography; vol, 2, bk. 3
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
G. Malcolm Lewis
Description
Attempts to describe Native American ways of representing worlds and landscapes. Chapter 4 in book: Cartography in the Traditional African, American, Arctic, Australian, and Pacific Societies edited by David Woodward and G. Malcolm Lewis.
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Massacre at Cypress Hills

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Paul F. Sharp
Saskatchewan History, vol. 7, no. 3, Autumn, 1954, pp. 81-99
Description
An account of the events that took place in early May of 1873 in which a conflict between American hunters and Assiniboine people resulted in the deaths of more than 20 Assiniboine and at least one American. Entire issue on one pdf file, scroll to page 81.
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Max Ireland Interview #2

Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Max Ireland
Alex Cywink
Indian History Film Project
Description
Consists of an interview where he gives accounts of storytelling amongst the Oneida; accounts of the educational system and its abuses.
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Max Paupanakis Interview

Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Max Paupanakis
Mrs. Paupanakis
Margaret Stobie
Indian History Film Project
Description
Discussion of the connection between Canada's native communities and Scotland; the Scottish background of many native families. Discussion of transportation by York boat. No date given, probably in the 1970's.
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Memorandum in Support of an Address to Her Majesty from the Inhabitants of Red River Settlement, Praying to be Formed Into A Crown Colony

Alternate Title
The Red River Settlement. Memorandum to His Grace, the Duke of Buckingham, Secretary of State for the Colonies
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Red River Settlement Inhabitants
Description
Reviews the history of the settlement as a means of arguing that it should be purchased by the government from the Hudson's Bay Company and therefore become a colony.
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Memory and Place in Rudy Wiebe's A Discovery of Strangers

Alternate Title
Place and Memory in Canada: Global Perspectives=Lieu et Mémoire au Canada: Perspectives Globales
[Congress of Polish Association for Canadian Studies ; 3rd]
[International Conference of Central European Canadianists ; 3rd]
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Monica Bottez
Description
Conference paper from: Place and Memory in Canada: Global Perspectives: 3rd Congress of Polish Association for Canadian Studies and 3rd International Conference of Central European Canadianists, April 30-May 3, 2004, Cracow, Poland edited by Magdalena Paluszkiewicz-Misiaczek, Anna Reczyńska, and Anna Śpiewak. Discusses book about the Franklin overland expedition 1819 to 1821.
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Memory, History, and Contested Pasts: Re-imagining Sacagawea/Sacajawea

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Sally McBeth
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 27, no. 1, 2003, pp. 1-32
Description
An investigation into Native Americans worldviews in relation to many versions of the life and death of Sacajawea, the interpreter who accompanied Lewis and Clark.
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The Métis

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Barry Karp
Description

Intended for use with elementary school students. Some language is outdated due year of publication (1980).

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Métis in Canada: History, Identity, Law and Politics

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Jennifer Hayter
BC Studies, no. 184, Winter, 2014/2015, pp. 141-142
Description
Book review of Métis in Canada edited by Christopher Adams, Gregg Dahl, and Ian Peach. Entire book review section on one PDF. To access this review scroll to p. 141.
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Métis Trappers and Hide Working

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Patrick Young
Todd Paquin
Darren R. Préfontaine
Description
Briefly discusses trapping from the fur trade to present day, methods of trapping and process of tanning hides for use later in items such as clothing and bedding.
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Militia to North-West Fifty Years Ago Today - Newspaper clippings. - 5 July 1923.

Articles » General
Description
Folder of clippings relating to the 50th anniversary of the Northwest Resistance. All clippings from the Saskatoon Star-Phoenix except where noted. Clippings glued to paper: 1. Almighty Voice's Prison; 2. Poundmaker's Surrender Highlight of Rebellion; 3. Last Buffalo Herds Seen On Western Plains in 1881; 4. Poundmaker's Forces Had Advantage at Cut Knife; 5. Surrender of Big Bear Marked End of Rebellion. Loose clippings: 6. Back in the Bone Age (clipping and photograph); 7. Bloody Massacre, Fifty Years Ago, at Frog Lake Climax of Indian Revolt; 8. Mounties in Riel Rebellion (photograph); 9.
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Minnesota Red River Trails

Alternate Title
Minnesota Red River Trails, 1835-1871
National Register of Historic Places Multiple Property Documentation Form
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service
Description

Trails were originally used during the fur trade for trade between the Red River region and American trading posts, but became the routes for most overland transportation.

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Minority Mental Health: Issues for Black and Indian Americans

Articles » General
Author/Creator
John Urbach
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 11, no. 1, March 1987, pp. 45-57
Description
Looks at the historical and social context in the United States, current sociologic issues, and issues for psychiatric treatment.
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Missed Opportunity: John Milloy's The Plains Cree

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
David Smyth
Prairie Forum, vol. 17, no. 2, Native Studies, Fall, 1992, pp. 337-354
Description
Critiques John S. Milloy's The Plains Cree: Trade, Diplomacy and War, 1790-1870 describing the books lack of primary research and inadequate attention to the facts.
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Missionaries, Merchants, and Inuit Entrepreneurs: An Examination of Trade Relations Along the Labrador Coast

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Amelia Fay
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 39, no. 1, Les Inuit au Labrador méridional / Inuit in Southern Labrador, 2015, pp. 141-164
Description
Paper provides documentation in support of Inuit entrepreneurs as catalysts for the abundance of trade goods rather than the missionaries or the merchants.
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