War & Conflict

Looks at how the official Spanish discourse disregarded any historical debate and avoided any reference to Aboriginal or Indigenous issues, but used the quincentenary as a propanda tool for their own purposes.

Sketch of the battle scene between Lt.-Col. William Otter's troops and Poundmaker's men at Cut Knife Hill.

Historical note:

On 2 May 1885 Lieutenant Colonel William Otter was defeated by Poundmaker's war chief Fine-Day at the Battle of Cut Knife near Battleford, SK. A flying column of Canadian militia and army regulars was defeated by Poundmaker despite their use of a Gatling gun.

Sketch of Col. W.D. Otter's brigade of men and equipment approaching the South Saskatchewan River; tents scattered in foreground and background.

Head and shoulders image of Colonel William Dillon Otter. Caption: "Colonel Otter decided to march against the Cut Knife camp in defiance of Middleton's orders." From the book Loyal till Death: Indians and the North-West Rebellion by Blair Stonechild and Bill Waiser.

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.

Book review of: Colonial Genocide in Indigenous North America edited by Andrew Woolford, Jeff Benvenuto, Alexander Laban Hinton.

Book review of: Colonial Georgia and the Creeks by John T. Juricek. Review located by scrolling to page 174.

American Indian Studies Thesis (M.A.)--University of California, Los Angeles, 2015.

Discusses how Indigenous soldiers, who performed the same labor tasks as white soldiers, were institutionally marginalized and distanced as a second-class.

Book review of: The Color of the Land: Race, Nation and the Politics of Land Ownership in Oklahoma: 1832-1929 by David A. Chang. Scroll down page to read review.

Discussion, told in a personal narrative style, about fighting for rights and the contributions of Aboriginal culture.

Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Madison-Wisconsin, 1997.

Article discusses the ways that place names and public cultural artifacts in the city of Victoria enforce colonial histories and the erasure of Indigenous and Chinese narratives. Uses the removal of a statue of John A. Macdonald from the entrance to city hall as a case study to examine the similarities between the arguments of apologists and the colonial practices of early Canada.

Looks at the leader of the Shawnee who became an ally of Britain in the War of 1812. To access article scroll to p. 54.

Extensive history of Aboriginal involvement in military conflicts ranging from Pre-Columbian, through to the World Wars, Korean War and the next six decades.

Background to the Commission's role in enumerating Métis entitled to land, followed by transcript of Chief Commissioner's account of its activities.

Geography Thesis (M.A.) Queen's University at Kingston, 2004.

History Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Alberta, 1998.

Book review of: Common and Contested Ground: A Human and Environmental History of the Northwestern Plains by Theodore Binnema.

Author examines the inter-generational quality of Salisbury’s last collection of stories, The Indian Who Bombed Berlin, discusses the ongoing grief surrounding stories of the Trail of Tears, and its relationship to Salisbury's own experiences as a soldier in World War II.

Report on the feasibility of applying community development principles to the problems of the Churchill Band of Chipewyan Indians located in the Churchill, MB area. Aspects needing improvement according to the report are employment placement, band government, and animal hide tanning.

Text of lecture given by the Canada Research Chair in Native -Newcomer Relations. Examines the Native-newcomer relationship, including treaty negotiations from first contact forward.

Study using a cross-sectional survey of 621 veterans living in the American Southwest and Northern Plains during the period 1992-1995 found that service use depended on need for health care, while choice of the services used depended on availability.

Depicts the interactions between Apache and Hispanic nations through the personal accounts of the Compás family during periods of conflict and peace.

An analysis of four primary sources published by William Johnson, Superintendent of Northern Indian Affairs, British General Charles Lee, University of Pennsylvania Provost William Smith, and plantation owner and British soldier Peter Williamson.

Comments on the persistent and ongoing resistance that has been employed by Native Americans in the southwest including Tohono O'odham, Colorado Ute, Jicarilla Apache, Hopi and Navajo. Sociology Bachelors Thesis (BA)--University of Arizona, 2014.

Suggests historical framework as an explanation for disharmony between the Sioux and Chippewa in the northern United States and Canada.

Book review of: A Concise History of Canada's First Nations by Olive Patricia Dickason, with William Newbigging.

American Indian Vietnam Veterans Project (AIVVP) conducted interviews with veterans covering the areas of premilitary history (including childhood), Vietnam experience, and postservice factors, as well as symptoms of mental illness.

Discusses how the government neglected cultural rights by illegally licensing an oil company to do business on traditional lands without community consent.

History Thesis (M.A.)--University of Alberta, 1992.

Investigates what types of legal cases existed and how they were resolved.

Examines the confrontation in 1871 at Rivières aux Ilets de Bois regarding land granted to the Métis under the Manitoba Act of 1870. This land was originally given without title property and than later given in concession to new immigrants from Ontario.

Discusses the land claim confrontations between the Métis and Ontario settlers in 1871.

Art History Thesis (M.A.)--The University of New Mexico, 2010.

Book review of: The 'Conquest' of Acadia by by John G. Reid, Maurice Basque, Elizabeth Mancke ... [et al.]

History Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of California, Los Angeles, 1972.

Argues that resistance occurred for several reasons including that the draft infringed on American Indians' status as non-Citizens, who could not be required to register for service and endangered federal protections of tribal sovereignty resulting in the acceleration toward assimilation, which had been attempted through the allotment process and the liquidation of tribal lands.

Illustrates how two countries deal with historical legacies of violence and repression.

Looks at the controversy between the English and French Canadians surrounding the Red River Resistance of 1869-1870. Suspicions raised fears of extremism and deteriorated relationships between the French and English.

6th edition.

6th edition.

Book review of: Conspiracy of Silence by Timothy Bottoms. Scroll down to page 143 to read review.

[American Studies] Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Minnesota, 2005.