Waiser - Saskatchewan: a New History - Aboriginal People to 1914
| Database ID | 32261 | |
| Institution | University of Saskatchewan Archives | |
| Fonds/Collection | Bill Waiser fonds | |
| Series | MG192_SIII | |
| File/Item Reference | MG192_SIII-Aboriginal-People-to-1914 (Box 29) | |
| Date of creation | 199? | |
| Physical description/extent | 1 file; 2 cm | |
| Number of images | 1 | |
| Historical note | Dr. Waiser recieved provincial and university funding to write a new provincial history to coincide with the Provincial Centennial in 2005. The book was aimed at appealing to a popular audience while offering graduate students experience in historical research. When completed it was presented as a gift to the province from the University of Saskatchewan. | |
| Scope and content | The file contains working files for the book Saskatchewan: a new history, specifically dealing with Aboriginal People to 1914. Included are: handwritten research notes entitled "Brief Histories of Saskatchewan Treaties (Besides No. 10)" (presumably by Dr. Waiser); handwritten research notes entitled "Different Aboriginal Cultural Groups in Saskatchewan" (presumably by Dr. Waiser); handwritten research notes on Katherine Pettipas' "Severing the Ties that Bind: Government Repression of Indigenous Religious Ceremonies on the Prairies"; handwritten research notes on Maureen Lux's "Medicine that Walks: Disease, Medicine and Canadian Plains Native People, 1880-1940"; handwritten research notes on Jim Miller's "Shingewauk's Vision"; handwritten research notes entitled "Population of Indian Reserves in Saskatchewan"; handwritten research notes from Ned Powers "Personal Best: The History of Track and Field in Saskatchewan" discussing Paul Acoose (Qu'Appelle) and Alex Decoteau (Red Pheasant First Nation), early track and field meets in the 1870s and 1880s at NWMP posts; handwritten research notes from the Canada Sessional Papers on Aboriginal Peoples in Saskatchewan 1905-18; handwritten research notes entitled "Metis Scrip Trips"; handwritten research notes on census data from the early 1900s on Saskatchewan Metis populations; an article by David Lee from Saskatchewan History entitled "Foremost Man, and his Band" about Chief Nekaneet; a map of Saskatchewan reserves from the Atlas of Saskatchewan (1969); a copy of the article entitled "Disputing the Medicine Line: The Plains Crees and the Canadian-American Border. 1876-1885" by Michel Hogue and originally appearing in Montana: The Magazine of Western History (Vol. 52, no.4, 2002, p.2-17); a copy of pg. xvii from Canada Sessional Paper no.17a entitled "Census of Population and Agriculture of the Northwest Provinces 1906"; a copy of a news article entitled "Halfbreed Commission at Fort Qu'Appelle" from the Regina Leader Post (June 21, 1900, p.8); a copy of the Parks Canada agenda paper entitled "James Isbister" by David Smyth (1996); a copy of the Annual Report of the Department of Indian Affairs for the year Ended 31 March 1913 from the Canada Sessional Papers, 1914; a copy of "Index to Material Relating to Saskatchewan Indian Reserves in Annual Reports of Department of Indian Affairs, 1900-1973" by the Saskatchewan Archives Board (1975); a copy of a Parks Canada report entitled "From Wood Mountain to the Whitemud: A Historical Survey of the Grasslands National Park Area" (1983); a copy of pgs 60-62 from the Atlas of Saskatchewan (1999) on the subject of Band Economies in Saskatchewan, and historic Metis Scrip Commissions in Saskatchewan; a copy of email correspondence (2003) between Nathan Sinclair Elliott and Bill Waiser on the subject of "Dief. and Dumont" discussing Diefenbaker's meeting Gabriel Dumont in his youth; a copy of a Microfilm Reel from the National Archives (#C10180 RG10 v.4053 file 319,703). | |
| Copyright expiry date | Unknown | |
| Other terms governing use and reproduction | Responsibility regarding questions of copyright that may arise in the use of any images is assumed by the researcher. | |
| Type | Archival | |
| Primary Media | Textual documents | |
| Specific document types | Articles Reports Field notes | |
| Provenance Access Point | Waiser, William Andrew, 1953 - . (historian) | |
| Place | Cypress Hills, Saskatchewan, Canada Maple Creek, Saskatchewan, Canada Wood Mountain, Saskatchewan, Canada | |
| Treaty boundaries | Treaty 4 Canada -- National International | |
| Cultural region | Plains Canada -- National International | |
| Names | Crooked Legs (Chief) Diefenbaker, John George, 1895-1979 (Prime Minister) Dumont, Gabriel, 1837-1906 Hogue, Michel Lee, David Nekaneet (Chief), d.1897 Nekaneet Cree Nation O'Soup, Louis Waiser, William Andrew (Bill) | |
| Subject | Indigenous Peoples General Indigenous Relations Reserves Community Histories Treaty -- Treaty 4 Treaty -- Treaty 6 Treaty -- Treaty 10 Chiefs Metis Government policy Cree Saulteaux Lakota (Sioux) Dakota (Sioux) | |
| Date Range(s) | 1990-1999 1890-1899 1880-1889 | |
| Permanent Link | https://digital.scaa.sk.ca/ourlegacy/permalink/32261
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