This file has a memorandum from Harold Linklater to Penny Petrone in reference to a Native Literature Class that Petrone was guest lecturing for. Harold Angus "Blackie" Linklater died at the age of 42. He was born in Fort Frances, Ontario and organized the Native Teacher Education Program at Lakehead University.
This file has a number of different journal articles and literature on Indigenous writers and Indigenous literature. Some of these articles include: "Voices in the shadows", "James Constantine Pilling and the Literature of the Native Peoples" by Joyce M. Banks, and "Taking their place in the Narrative" by Adrienne Kertzer.
This file has an article titled "Saskatchewan and its people" that references Little Bear and the stories he shared, a paper written by Leroy Little Bear titled "A concept of Native title", and a newspaper article published in The Native People by Leroy Little Bear on June 4, 1976 titled "Why Indians say they Didn't give up land".
This file has a newspaper article titled "Tommy Longboat, Our Hero is Dead" by Big White Owl. Tom Longboat was an Onondaga long-distance runner.
Maquina was a Nootka Chief who defended the potlatch system which was prohibited by Canadian law by drawing a parallel to the white method of banking. This file has handwritten notes of sources on Chief Maquinna. Also contains one picture based on drawing of him by Thomas Suria done in 1788.
This file has articles pertaining to Manitoulin Island, such as: "Manitoulin Island Pioneers and the Obidgewong Indians", "History of the Obidgewong Indian Band" compiled by Frank A. Myers, and "Relics and stories of Early Manitoulin Life being sought", "Manitowaning: an experiment in Indian Settlement" by Ruth Bleasdale.
This file has a handwritten note on the Manitoulin Project that occurred in 1830.
Lee Maracle, author of novels and short stories, was born on the West Coast of BC of Salish/Metis heritage.
This file has an article titled "The Magnificent Voyage of Jovette Marchessault" by Elaine Kalman Naves and a National Book Review article titled "Tenderness and Rage" by Di Brant that mentions the work of Jovette, a book called "Like a Child of the Earth".
This file has a paper written by Oliver Milton Martin titled "Dictatorship in Canada / A Square deal for Canada's Indians / The Indians of Canada". Oliver Milton Martin was Kanien'keha:ka, born in the Six Nations of the Grand River Territory to Robert Martin. Brigadier Martin was a member of the Royal Canadian Military Institute and a member of the Metropolitan Licensing Commission.
This file has two articles on Maskepetoon (Broken Arm, Crooked Arm, baptized Abraham), Cree Chief, born in 1807, in Saskatchewan River area, died in 1869 at a Niisitapi camp in Central Alberta.
This file contains a complete photocopy of the book Men of Medeek by Will Robinson as told by Walter Wright. A copy of this may be in the Centennial Museum, in Kitimat British Columbia. A Traditional Story of an Indigenous group on the Northwest Pacific Coast is included, L-La-Matte- The Goat Feast, which was transcribed something in the early 20th century in British Columbia.
This file contains a small handwritten note that mentions a possible Shoal Lake legendary hero of the 1700's and early 1800's. In pencil, words written "unable to locate."
This file contains typed, transcribed letters from the Archives of Manitoba and Saskatchewan. Topics include the disappearance of buffalo, need of farming resources, the 1885 Rebellion, and Fort Carlton. Also contains a photocopied bibliography of Sessional Papers and other sources titled, "Mistawasis (Big Child) Snake Plains - Cree".
This file contains a few reviews of the theatrical play called Princess Pocahontas written by Monique Mojica. Also contains a book review for Princess Pocahontas and the Blue Spots (1991).
This file contains several biographies of Dr. Gilbert C. Monture, an accomplished descendant of Captain Joseph Brant. Also contains a manuscript for another biography of him by Enos T. Montour. FInally, an article of G. C. Monture's as published in Queen's Quarterly, concerning Indigenous peoples in the North of what is now Canada.
This folder contains a typewritten report titled "The James Bay Catastrophe" by Kermot Moore, President of Quebec Metis and Non-Status Indian Association in Morin Heights, P.Q. in 1972. It refers to Hydro-Quebec and is against developing the land to supply power to the USA.
This file contians several copies of reviews and papers related to the work of Daniel David Moses, an Indigenous playwright and poet from Six Nations of the Grand River near Brantford, Ontario. This file also contains several of his poems, including but not limited to "I Am Not a Snowshoe Rabbit," "The White Line," and "The End of the Night." Also contains a script titled "Almighty Voice and His Wife: A Play in Two Acts" which he wrote and which was pubished in the Canadian Threatre Review in 1991 alongside a bibliography of many of his works, origin unknown. His works discuss themes related to Indigenous issues, Two-Spirit and gay representation, Indigenous history, etc. This file also contains numeroud pages of handwritten notes by Penny Petrone and printed essays, one of which Petrone requested Moses correct for her. Also contains a photocopy of the book cover for Coyote City mailed to Penny, as well as several rough drafts, handwritten, for an essay by Petrone.
This file contains a chapter titled The Missionary Bulletin (Vol 16, No 2, April-June 1920 p 159-208). There are various photos and painting included in this chapter that feature people such as Duncan C. Scott, H.D. Johnston, Thomas McGookin, Tecumseh, Rev. S. R. McVitty, and Rev. Peter Jones, among others. Numerous other portraits are included in the second half of this file such as a page of Indigenous people who fought overseas, students and farm help posing for photos, graduates from the school, as well as various school buildings and barns.
This file contains a photocopy of the original Munsee Nation Speech from 13th April 1852. The document is from the Public Archives of Canada call number R.G. 10, Volume 195, file 5896 Reel C-11,516.
This file contains a photocopy of a document titled "Indian Legends." The document is specifically focusing of the "Legend of Nanabush," loaned by Mrs R.J. Doyle of Owen Sound: written by John I. Hindley with appreciation to Mrs Doyle's father John L. Lister.
This file contains a document that includes typewritten quotes. The document contains information about the creation of law (a council) in a community out of fear of a windigo. Pages 234-236
This file contains a chapter titled "Some North Pacific Coast Poems: a Problem in Anthropological Philology" written by Dell Hymes from Berkeley University of California. The documents pages 316-339 focus is "upon texts from Indigenous cultures of the North Pacific Coast, from a classic period of common cause among folklore, linguistics, and ethnology in the service of a general anthropology." The paper deals with the largely neglected heritage of poetry, or of the verbal component of song.
This file contains a news article titled "Northern Delights--Never Forget the North." from Wawatay News, 1979. The article informs of the drama tour, Northern Delights. After seven weeks touring across Northern Ontario, Manitoba, and the NorthWest Territories the Northern Delights came to an end.
This file contains information about Alanis Obomsawin, a Wabanaki woman from Odanak, Quebec who became well-known for her story-telling and singing. This file contains several articles, documents, and letters which make reference to her project in Manouane, commentary to accompany her music, her role with the National Film Board of Canada, her work with children, her work with Canadian Indian Marketing Services and the Dresdner Bank in Cologne, and biographical details of her life. File also includes a letter written to Obomsawin from Penny Petrone in 1983. Contains some French documents, and some articles which make reference to the Oka Crisis in Kahnestake and Kahnawake, 1990. Finally, contains one photo of Obomsawin.