07.2 found 2 records - Research Collections - Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies

Abstract: In the archival record, photographs of Banff Indian Days have been framed primarily through a Settler lens. A more balanced approach to these images and the historical analysis of Settler-Indigenous relations during this event is needed. Using an interdisciplinary approach along the methodologies inspired by Indigenous epistemologies, I presented photographs of Banff Indian Days taken by Catharine and Peter WHyte in 1945-1955 to Stoney Nakoda Elders in a series of interviews. By employing the notion of photographs as 'relational objects' as outlined by scholars such as Elizabeth Edward, I seek to understand this concept of relationality and how it aligns with Stoney Nakoda perspectives. In this case study, the voices of Stoney Nakoda Elders, Catharine Whyte (via her written letters), and myself are included as a way to refram photographs of Banff Indian Days in a multivocal and multiperspectival way.

Contents: Introduction; The Stoney Nakoda; Banff Indian Days; Foundations - theoretical and methodological; Practical methodology; Catharine and Peter Whyte; Photographic encounter; Photographs as relational; Findings; Three photographs in detail; Conclusion; Figures; Primary Sources; Archival Sources; Works Cited

URL Notes: PDF available online through Athabasca University Master of Arts - Integrated Studies

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Subjects: First Nations; Treaties; Education; Politics; History; History-Canada

Abstract: The story of the Indian peoples' fight for justice through the tunnels and mazes of bureaucracy. An affirmation of the Indian way of life, of the Indian religion, and a demand for acceptance of the Alberta proposal for a new Indian Act. Chapters cover the Indian Act, Indian organization, education, economic development and aboriginal rights. (from LAC entry)

Contents: A Canadian - what the hell it's all about; Make love not war - the changing role of Indian organizations; Organize or else - it's not enough to find a bad guy; The politics of poverty - how to survive in the democratic system; Economic development I - without all the crap and mythology; Economic development II - some of teh nitty is pretty gritty; Education I - with our heads in the clouds; Education II - always the prime topic; Education III - strangers in the classroom; Education IV - the need for legislation and funding; The Indian Act I - government by a bunch of bureaucrats, or Her Majesty pulled a fast one; The Indian Act II - moose meat beats bologna; The Indian Act III - time to get down to specifics; The Indian Act IV - to serve the people, not the government; The Indian Act V - the only good indian is a sleeping indian; Aboriginal rights - from a philosophical, religious viewpoint; The Treaties - the Queen's forked tongue; The claims - our children won't wait; Indian organization I - they breathe the same air; they drink the same water; Indian organizations II - we forgot to scalp the general; Indian organizations III - the war continues - Chretien rises from the dead; Integration and alienation - education and our childres; Earmarked for Indian education - raindrops kept falling on their heads; The education ferment - Cold Lake stands firm; A hell of a mess - no problem is insoluable; Wood, grass, stone - despair and rebirth

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