War & Conflict

Analyzes period before the conflict as well as the war itself in order to address the questions about leadership and sovereignty.

Comments on a bestselling book, Why Weren't We Told by Henry Reynolds, which reveals suppressed Australian history regarding race relations.

Brief discussion of the play Battles of Fire and Water by Dave Hunsaker. The playwright used oral and written histories about battles (in 1802 and 1804) fought by Russians and the Tlingits over land, as the basis for the play.

Discusses how the 24 ethnic groups in Guatemala have been separated by history and how groups are trying to work together to improve relations.

Discusses motivations for involvement such as old feuds, loyalty to treaties with the government, and proving patriotism.

Highlights the Wichita tribal migration oral history as recorded by Indian Agent Dr. John Sibley in the early nineteenth century.

Author offers some perspective on the process of colonization in the period between 1849 and 1890 and on everything that was lost in in that time to the Sioux peoples; also discusses the current moves towards healing, resurgence and cultural reclamation.

Comments on difficulties experienced by Americans adjusting to modernity, by firstly looking at the unconventional behaviour of audiences to the Wild West show.

An interview with Wilfred and Harriet Chocan about the joys and challenges in their lives from childbirth to caring for the elderly and death.

William and Helen Trudeau discuss the traditional ways of gathering, preserving and storing food. They also talk about the origins of some traditional stories. Interpreter : E. Debassigae ; transcribed by J. Greenwood.

Photograph of Chief Factor at Fort Pitt in 1885; taken in a photo studio. Caption: "W.J. McLean, the HBC factor, realized that Pitt was indefensible and agreed to surrender voluntarily to Wandering Spirit." From the book Loyal till Death: Indians and the North-West Rebellion by Blair Stonechild and Bill Waiser. William James McLean (1841-1929) was in command of the Hudson's Bay Company trading posts at Fort Qu'Appelle, Ile a la Crosse and Fort Pitt.

Negotiations of Treaty #8 regarding promises made, and requests for reserve land at Fort MacKay.

William Okeymaw was 12 years old at the time when he attended the Treaty #8 negotiations.He describes the negotiations and his understanding of the promises made; the role of the missionaries; talks of some of the Indian agents; and the abundance of buffalo in Lesser Slave Lake area at one time.

William Okeymaw attended the signing of Treaty 8 when he was 12 years old. He talks about: signing of treaty; treaty promises; establishment of reserves around Lesser Slave Lake; and expansion of these reserves as population grew; and the present need for further expansion.

Includes an account of the signing of Treaty #7; allocation of lands;leasing land to Mormons; trust fund.

Focuses on political aspects of the decision to enlist and the struggle of servicemen and their families to access military wages and repatriation benefits

Links to video and audio interviews with nine veterans.

Discusses racism and sexism at the 16th Annual Conference of the Canadian Research Institute for the Advancement of Women (CRIAW/ICREF) November 1992, Toronto. Duration: 18:43

History Thesis (Ph.D.)--Wilfrid Laurier University, 2000.

Image of members of the Winnipeg Cavalry on horseback in line.

Veterans of World War II and the War in Kuwait discuss their experiences during combat and difficulties they have experienced since returning home. Duration: 26:46

Journals of Charles Salyer Clapp who joined the 15th Battalion, Argyll Light Infantry and was dispatched under General Middleton to suppress the Métis uprising at Batoche in 1885. Entire issue on one .pdf, scroll to p.1.

Looks at the Battle of Seven Oaks between a coalition of Métis and North West Company forces and a party of Scottish settlers and Hudson's Bay Company personnel.

Social Science Thesis (Ph.D.)--Ball State University, 1987.

History Thesis (Ph.D.)--Kansas State University, 2001.

Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Oklahoma, 1985.

Discusses developments leading to the implementation of a cease-fire and how it's impacted the Naga's lives. To access this article scroll down to page 24.

Consists of an interview that tells about the war games of the Blood Indians and a dice game for women.

[History] Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Oklahoma, 1937.

Elders present songs and prayers with discussion about the loss of traditions and values, evils of alcohol, role of elders, etc. Also stories of adventures in intertribal warfare ; a story of a man who married a thunderwoman.

Discusses the first code talkers who began transmitting on October 26, 1918 which marked the turning point for the Americans in the war.

Book review of: Review of World War II and the American Indian by Kenneth William Townsend.

1st ed.

Sketch of wounded men from the Battle of Fish Creek being treated; some on stretchers, one man sitting on the ground, and one man standing with two medical personnel being treated. Men on horseback in background.

Poem that deals with the 1862 removal of the Dakota, Nakota, and Lakota from their lands, their forced march to a concentration camp at Fort Snelling, and the execution of 38 men by the United States government following the “Sioux Uprising of 1862.”

Communication Thesis (M.A.)--University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 2000.

Examines how the Ghost Dance was understood by non-Aboriginal Americans.

Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--The University of Arizona, 1998.

Looks at the controversies among contemporary scholars surrounding historiography.

Explores historical memory and the violence of the Guatemalan civil war through workshops and sessions on trauma, healing, conflict, and loss.

Discusses the commemorative march of 2002, and recounts the 1862 forced removal of the Dakota people from their Minnesota homeland.

History Thesis (Ph.D.)--Northwestern University, 2001.

Part of: University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology, vol. 13, (pp35-102).

[History] Thesis (M.A.)--Arizona State University, 2011.