War & Conflict

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.”

Book review of: Telling It to the Judge by Arthur J. Ray.

Presents case study to examine effects of blockades on relationship between First Nations and the Canadian state.

First person account of journalist's time in prison observing torture against other prisoners. To access this article scroll down to page 26.

Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Oregon, 2009.

Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Alberta, 2000.

Book review of: The Terror of the Coast by Chris Arnett.

Book review of: The Terror of the Coast by Chris Arnett.

Discusses the Aborigines Uplift Society's national comforts auxiliary, which formed with the express intent of catering to the needs of Aboriginal members of the Australian Imperial Force, and Aboriginal women and girls involvement in other organizations which served the same function.

Viewpoint of the author regarding Treaty Rights. Article located by scrolling to page 5.

Discusses how patron-client relations over rations and governance were used as vehicles for Aboriginal power.

Arts Thesis, (Ph.D.)--University of Georgia, 2016.

Book review of: "These Strangers, Where Are They Going?" by Raymond Evans and Jan Walker. To access review, scroll down to page 176.

Chronology of the influence Iroquoian women exerted on the practice warfare.

Distinguishes between code talkers who were specifically trained by the military and used codified vocabulary, from those who were discovered by accident. Discusses the role of the second group in World War I and World II.

Comments on dysconscious and systemic racism which justifies inequality as natural and deserved and cultivates a distorted way of thinking in institutions of mass media and education.

Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of British Columbia (Vancouver), 2009.

Looks at the impacts of disease on civil heads, war chiefs, culture and political divisions through personal and historical narratives.

Recollections of the qualities of nine soldiers made by a retired infantryman.

Commentary on how, after World War II, the United States government failed in its treatment of Navajo veterans as well as the general Navajo population.

Discusses attitudes towards documentaries and mainstream reactions to the film Kanehsatake: 270 Years of Resistance.

Author examines the narratives and discourses surrounding different Indigenous prophets and warriors; argues that the dichotomy between the secular and the sacred breaks down in consideration of Indigenous leaders.

Comments on the support given to eighty-nine Native American activists by other activist groups in the San Francisco Bay area.

Includes scences from a play entitled by Rod Langley about the Northwest Rebellion during the opening of Canada's west by white settlers. Includes commentary from the members of the audience. Duration: 27:35.

History Thesis (M.A.)--Truman State University, 2001.

Thomas Major was one of the Metis involved in the early Metis organizations of the province.

He talks about traditional lifestyle while growing up in northern Saskatchewan and compares life today with life when he was a child.

Political Science Thesis (Ph.D.)--Louisiana State University, 2016.

Demonstrates that beadwork took on an important symbolic function at the turn of the century.

Book review of: Three Day Road by Joseph Boyden.

Book review of: Three Day Road by Joseph Boyden.

Book review of: Three Day Road by Joseph Boyden.

Book review of: Three Day Road by Joseph Boyden.

Announces that writer Joseph Boyden won the Canadian Author Association MOSAID Technologies Inc. Award for Fiction for his novel, Three Day Road.

Book review of: Three Fires Unity by Phil Bellfy. Scroll to page 134 to read article.

Examines the role played by Navajo women in major historical events in the United States.

Folder containing photographs of Robert Armstrong and William Diehl, with a sketch of Tom Houri [Hourie]. all items glued to folder.

Discusses three misconceptions: that there is a large migration taking place from reserves and rural areas to urban centres, that once in these centres they become members of an impoverished ghetto, and that Aboriginals face huge challenges in building culture and community in urban settings.

Looks at three Sioux Chiefs - Sitting Bull, Chief Gall and John Grass.

History Thesis (Ph.D.)--College of William and Mary in Virginia, 2005.

Literature, Area Studies and European Languages Thesis (M.A.)--University of Oslo, 2013.

Attempts to review literature regarding contact experience and conflict along the frontiers of settlement.

Focuses on conflicts between settlers and Indigenous peoples of New England, and the justifications used to condone acts such as the bounty placed on scalps.

Argues that, contrary to many reports, the military response to the North-West Resistance was poorly planned and executed.