Documento - Aboriginal Pre-Twentieth Century Canadian literary materials: a collection - Vol. Two

This file contains "Aboriginal Pre-Twentieth-century Canadian Literary Materials: A Collection" Volume 2. Second volume in a collection of primary materials, from libraries and archives from across Canada and the United States, needed for teaching Education 1100: Indian Literary Studies. The materials assembled in this collection reveal the scope and variety of Canadian" Indigenous Literature in the form of speeches, sermons, myths, reports, letters, petitions, journal extracts, diary entries, memoranda and minutes of Indian councils, poetry and songs. The content includes the early role of Indigenous peoples in settler military strategy, timber rivalries, the negotiation of treaties, reserve land sales, and timber disposal, the provision of educational facilities, and administration of trust funds, Indigenous-white government policy, betrayal by whites, love and hatred of the missionaries, family life, the spirituality of life, the sacredness of nature, a zeal for the Christian God, and all topics concerning the daily problems of life.