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Changes in Saami Socioeconomic Institutions in Jokkmokk Parish 1720-1890

Alternate Title
Changes in Sami Socioeconomic Institutions in Jokkmokk Parish 1720-1890
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Roger Kvist
Robert Wheelersburg
Arctic Anthropology, vol. 34, no. 2, 1997, pp. 1-11
Discusses the changes in socioeconomic structures and the cooperative hunting/herding model resulting in loss of land and resource rights.
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Changing Times

Alternate Title
Métis Development and the Canadian West ; 2
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Calvin Racette

Overview of Métis history from the 1840s to 1875. Discusses the collapse of the buffalo hunting economy, the establishment of the community of St. Laurent, passing of laws to establish order, and the arrival of the North West Mounted Police. 

Includes questions for students.

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Chapter XIV -- "The Cypress Hills Slaughter"

Alternate Title
The Story of Saskatchewan and Its People
E-Books
Author/Creator
John Hawkes
Chapter XII from "The Story of Saskatchewan and its People." This is a account of the killings of Assiniboine by White traders representing American companies from Fort Benton. Hawkes goes discusses his opinions, with some historical context, under the heading "Indian Fights in Saskatchewan". The chapter includes a section entitled "Six Hundred Blackfeet Killed in 1866" which recalls the conflict between the Blackfoot and Cree at Red Ochre Hills.
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Chapter XVII -- "The Hudson's Bay Company"

Alternate Title
The Story of Saskatchewan and its People
E-Books
Author/Creator
John Hawkes
Chapter XII from "The Story of Saskatchewan and its People." The chapter is entitled "The Hudson's Bay Company" and is broken down in to the following sections to give some account of the history of the Hudson's Bay Company in Saskatchewan: "Radisson and Groselliers"; "Fabulous Fur"; "Naval Battle in Hudson's Bay"; "The Battle of Sevenoaks"; "Something About the H.B.CO in Saskatchewan"; "Lord Southesk at Fort Pelly"; "H.B., H.B.C. and Rum"; "Fort Ellice". Illustrations of various forts.
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The Character and Influence of the Indian Trade in Wisconsin : A Study of the Trading Post as an Institution

E-Books
Subtitled a "Study of the trading post as an insitution", this monograph is a reworking of an address to the State Historical Society of Wisconsin in 1889 and published by Johns Hopkins Press. Turner discusses the great influence trade has had on the many great civilizations throughout history and narrows his focus from North American settlements to Wisconsin. Various comments surrounding the presence and participation of indigenous people are included.
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Charlie Chief 2 Interview

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Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Charlie Chief
Mary Mountain
Indian History Film Project
An interview that describes some boyhood memories. The interviewee also describes two dances, the Give Away and Wolf Feast ceremonies.
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Chief Dick Lattie Interview

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Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Dick Lattie
Imbert Orchard
Indian History Film Project
Consists of an interview where he explains the uses of various ceremonial instruments.
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Chief Martin Morigeau Interview

Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Martin (Chief) Morigeau
Imbert Orchard
Indian History Film Project
Consists of an interview with Chief Martin Morigeau where he gives general reminiscences of his life, including an amusing prank that he played on a preacher.
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Chief One Gun Interview

Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Chief One Gun
Christine Welsh
Tony Snowsill
Indian History Film Project
An interview where Chief One Gun tells of his father's recollections of the signing of an unspecified treaty. He also tells of a Brave Dog Society prayer meeting.
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Christopher Columbus and Bartolome de Las Casas: Worshipping Christ Versus Following Jesus — Spiritual Roots of Their Twin Christian Legacies

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Native American Symposium ; 9th, 2011
Where No One Else Has Gone Before: Proceedings of the Ninth Native American Symposium
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Richard Mize
Discusses the religious and ethical beliefs of Christopher Columbus and Bartolome de Las Casas in an attempt to explain their actions.
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Christopher Columbus: Lost Havens in the Ruins of Representation

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Gerald Vizenor
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 16, no. 4, Shamans and Preachers, Color Symbolism and Commercial Evangelism: Reflections on Early Mid-Atlantic , Autumn, 1992, pp. 521-532
Author engages with the narrative surrounding Christopher Columbus and the sociocultural implications of that narrative in the USA.
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[The Chukchee: Social Organization]

Alternate Title
Memoirs of the American Museum of Natural History ; v. 11
[Publications of] the Jesup North Pacific Expedition ; v. 7, pt. 3]
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Waldemar Bogoras
Memoirs of the American Museum of Natural History
Forms part of Memoirs of the American Museum of Natural History, v. 11 (p. [537]-733).
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Civilized, Roughly: Gender, Race, and the politics of Leisure in Colonial British Columbia, 1860-1871

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Alice Gorton
BC Studies , no. 200, 50th Anniversary, Winter, 2019, pp. 273-299
Article examines the construct of white masculinity in the interior of British Columbia during the Cariboo Gold Rush; discusses how the intersection with the settler-colonial agenda created a socially enforced code of behavior that demanded that men both subscribe to Victorian values, but also present with a roughness or heartiness about their person. Also illustrates how this construct of white masculinity justified violence towards women and racialized persons.
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Clash at Clayoquot: Manifestations of Colonial and Indigenous Power in Pre-Settler Colonial Canada: (The Overlooked 1792 Journals of David Lamb and Jacob Herrick)

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Keith Thor Carlson
Colin Murray Osmond
Western Historical Quarterly, vol. 48, no. 2, Summer, 2017, pp. 159-188
Looking at the journal entries from the fur trade era to discuss colonialism prior to settler colonialism. Portions of the journals entries of traders David Lamb and Jacob Herrick are included.
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Clearing the Plains Study Guide

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[University of Regina Press?]
To accompany award-winning book by James Daschuk which examines ecological, economic, and political factors affecting Aboriginal health and mortality from the early 1700s to the end of the 19th century.
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Clippings re: Edgar Mapletoft

Alternate Title
Friendship and Fun at the Fruit Festival
History Buff Turns Past into Present
Sask. Farm Vacations Offer Alternative
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Ellen Loos
Peter Wilson
Clippings relating to Edgar Mapletoft and his interest in preserving the history of the Fort Pitt-Frenchman's Butte area.
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Cold Comfort

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Ken McGoogan
Canada's History, vol. 90, no. 2, 2010, pp. 53-55
Book reviews of: Arctic Labyrinth: The Quest for the Northwest Passage by Glyn Williams and Joseph-Elzéar Bernier: Champion on Canadian Arctic Sovereignty by Marjolaine Saint-Pierre.
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The Collaboration of James Mutch and Franz Boas, 1883-1922

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kenn Harper
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 32, no. 2, Franz Boas et les Inuit / Franz Boas and the Inuit, 2008, pp. 53-71
Investigates the contributions made by manager of the whaling station to the emerging anthropologist and chronicles the three decade period of correspondence between the two.
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Collection of Historic Artifacts from La Loche House

Images » Photographs
Author/Creator
Don Steer
On information card: Collection of the historic artifacts found at La Loche House including a brass shoe buckle, cufflinks, buttons, clay pipes and tinkle cones. Methy Portage, SK.
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Colonial Encounters: The Worlds of Arthur Wellington Clah, 1855-1881

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
R. M. Galois
BC Studies, no. 115/116, Native Peoples and Colonialism, Autumn/Winter, 1997/1998, pp. 105-148
Diaries kept by Clah show the evolution of the colonial Tsimshian culture and his interactions with parts of the non-Native economy and the missionary promoters.
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"Colonial Genocide and Historical Trauma in Native North America: Complicating Contemporary Attributions."

Alternate Title
Colonial Genocide in Indigenous North America
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Joseph P. Gone
Chapter 12 from book: Colonial Genocide in Indigenous North America edited by A. Woolford, J. Benvenuto and A.L. Hinton. Comments on historical trauma caused by the settlers and the pattern of European dispossession of Indigenous people.
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