Forts, Curriculum, and Indigenous Métissage: Imagining Decolonization of Aboriginal-Canadian Relations in Educational Contexts
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Dwayne Trevor Donald
First Nations Perspectives Journal, vol. 2, no. 1, 2009, pp. 1-24
Description
Argues that the fort is a significant mythic symbol that reinforces colonial divides that continue to affect Aboriginal-Canada relations.
Forty-Fifth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1927-1928
E-Books
Author/Creator
H. W. Dorsey
Description
Report includes the following papers:
Report of the Chief Clerk by H. W. Dorsey
The Salishan Tribes of the Western Plateaus by James A. Teit, edited by Franz Boas
Tattooing and Face and Body Painting of the Thompson Indians, British Columbia by James A. Teit, edited by Franz Boas
Ethnobotany of the Thompson Indians of British Columbia by Elsie Viault Steedman
The Osage Tribe: Rite of the Wa-xo'-be by Francis La Flesche
Forty Years in the North-West
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
W.J. Carter
Description
Reminiscences of W.J. Carter on life in the early Canadian North-west. Includes a wealth of material on First Nations, the Northwest Resistance, Metis (French and English), and early European settlement in Saskatchewan and Alberta.
Historical note:
W.J. Carter was a carpenter in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan (NWT).Foucault and Colonial Strategy in Douglas C. Jone's Arrest Sitting Bull
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Peter G. Murphy
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 28, no. 2, 2004, pp. 47-65
Description
Demonstates how the novel incorporates Natives, soldiers, civilians, and the press into the political process of suppressing the culture and will of Native American people.
[Four Sky Thunder]
Alternate Title
Loyal till Death: Indians and the North-West Rebellion
Images » Photographs
Description
Photograph. Caption: One of the fugitive Indians (possibly Four Sky Thunder) who surrendered at Battleford instead of fleeing to the United States.
From the book Loyal till Death: Indians and the North-West Rebellion by Blair Stonechild and Bill Waiser.
Fr. Louis Cochin
Alternate Title
Loyal till Death: Indians and the North-West Rebellion
Images » Photographs
Description
Image of Father Louis Cochin, O.M.I. At the time of the 1885 Rebellion, Father Louis Cochin was a Catholic missionary to the Cree Indians in the Battleford district. He was taken prisoner by Poundmaker.
From the book Loyal till Death: Indians and the North-West Rebellion by Blair Stonechild and Bill Waiser.
Framing Canada's Aboriginal Peoples: A Comparative Analysis of Indigenous and Mainstream Television News
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Brad Clark
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 34, no. 2, 2014, pp. 41-64
Description
Compares coverage of events on Global Television, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), and CTV to that of the Aboriginal Peoples Television Network (APTN). Stories covered: shooting of Chelsea Yellowbird, vote buying at Esgenoopetitj First Nation, Air Canada, Winnipeg and First Nation flood evacuees, Truth and Reconciliation Commission, and Keystone XL pipeline protest.
Framing Redress After 9/11: Protest, Reconciliation and Canada's War on Terror Against Indigenous Peoples
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lindsay Balfour
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 34, no. 1, 2014, pp. 25-41
Description
Focuses on protests over ecological and environmental issues, their relation to land claims, and how they have been framed in mainstream media and public policy.
Francis Harper Interview
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Francis Harper
Mary Mountain
Iris Baker
Indian History Film Project
Description
Interview includes a discussion of the role of spirit powers in the traditional lifestyle. Also included is a description of inter-tribal interaction involving feats of bravery.
Fred Paulhus Interview
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Fred Paulhus
Carol Pearlstone
Indian History Film Project
Description
Mr. Paulhus is of French descent, not Metis. He is married to a Metis and has lived most of his life in a Metis community in the Duck Lake/Batoche area. He gives his impression of the Riel Rebellion, the causes, the battles and views of Riel and Dumont.
French and Indians in the Heart of North America, 1630–1815
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Jay H. Buckley
Canadian Historical Review, vol. 95, no. 3, September 2014, pp. 461-463
Description
Book review of French and Indians in the Heart of North America, 1630–1815 edited by Robert Englebert and Guillaume Teasdale.
Entire book review section on one pdf. To access this review, scroll to p. 461.
The French-Canadian Press and 1885
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
A.I. Silver
Native Studies Review, vol. 1, no. 1, 1984, pp. 2-15
Description
Argues that while the Quebeçois did not support the Métis rebellion per se, they also viewed the response as an effort by Ontarians to repress French-Catholics.
The French in Huronia: The Structure of Franco-Huron Relations in the First Half of the Seventeenth Century
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Bruce G. Trigger
Canadian Historical Review, vol. 49, no. 2, June 1968, pp. 107-141
Description
Looks at Huron society before the fur trade, their importance as a trading partner after the arrival of the French,the period of Jesuit control, and the attacks by the Iroquois which led to the destruction of their nation.
Freud, Marx and Chiapas in Leslie Marmon Silko’s Almanac of the Dead.
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Debora Horvitz
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 10, no. 3, Series 2; [Special Issue on] Almanac of the Dead, Fall, 1998, pp. 47-64
Description
Discusses the novel's theme of a political revolution which will ultimately result in the disintegration of European power over Aboriginal peoples.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
Frog Lake Cairn
Images » Photographs
Description
Image of cairn/monument at Frog Lake.
Historical note:
"Although it was not a military engagement, the incident known as the Frog Lake Massacre proved to be one of the most influential events associated with the North-West Resistance. Incited by hunger and mistreatment rather than political motives, a breakaway element of the Plains Cree murdered nine White men on the morning of April 2, 1885, in Frog Lake, North-West Territories (now Alberta).Frog Lake Massacre
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Edgar Mapletoft
Description
Pages of notebook written by Mapletoft relating to the Frog Lake Massacre and to future planning of the Frenchman's Butte Museum. Also included is a letter from CN permitting the donation of a caboose to the Frenchman's Butte Museum.
From Bartolomé de las Casas to President Clinton: Apologies, Reconciliation, and Reparation in Guatemala
Alternate Title
[Harvest of Hope: A Symposium on Reconciliation ; pt.6]
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Victor Montejo
Description
Speaker discusses the genocide of Mayan people committed by military forces during the thirty-year civil war and efforts to engage in a process of reparations and reconciliation.
Duration: 21:12.
From Captives to Slaves: Commodifying Indian Women in the Borderlands
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Juliana Barr
The Journal of American History, vol. 92, no. 1, June 2005, pp. 19-46
Description
Discusses captured and enslaved Indian women used as currency by Mexican Spaniards, Frenchmen from south Illinois and Canada and Apaches, Comanches and Wichitas in north-central Texas.
From Dog Days to Horse Warriors: Montana's People, 1700-1820
Alternate Title
Montana: Stories of the Land
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Krys Holmes
Description
Discusses the lifeways of Indigenous peoples of Montana just prior to contact and the impact that Europeans had on them.
Chapter from Montana: Stories of the Land by Krys Holmes.
From Fireside to TV Screen Self-Determination and Anishnaabe Storytelling Traditions
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Cory Silverstein
Zeek Cywink
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 20, no. 1, 2000, pp. 35-66
Description
Discusses how oral narratives can not only impart practical lessons, but can influence socio-political structures as well.
From Independence to Wardship: The Legal Process of Erosion of American Indian Sovereignty,1810-1903
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Walter L. Williams
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 7, no. 4, 1983, pp. 5-32
Description
Describes the mechanisms employed by the United States Government to gradually subdue Native tribes and nations.
From Mauka To Makai: The River of Justice Must Flow Freely
Alternate Title
From Mauka To Makai: The River of Justice Must Flow Freely: Report on the Reconciliation Process Between the Federal Government and the Native Hawaiians
Documents & Presentations
Description
Contains report and plan of action needed to continue the reconciliation process and urges the Federal Government to use the process to rectify injustices and compensation for harm.
From Palace to Longhouse: Portraits of the Four Indian Kings in a Transatlantic Context
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kevin R. Muller
American Art, vol. 22, no. 3, Fall, 2008, pp. 26-49
Description
Comments on four commissioned portraits by Verelst that are among the first painted portraits of Native Americans from the colonial period.