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For over 1500 years, the Sayisi Dene, 'The Dene from the East', led an independent life, following the caribou herds and having little contact with white society. In 1956, an arbitrary government decision to relocate them catapulted the Sayisi Dene into the 20th century. It replaced their traditional nomadic life of hunting and fishing with a slum settlement on the outskirts of Churchill, Manitoba. Inadequately housed, without jobs, unfamiliar with the language or the culture, their independence and self-determination deteriorated into a tragic cycle of discrimination, poverty, alcoholism and violent death.

By the early 1970s, the band realized they had to take their future into their own hands again. After searching for a suitable location, they set up a new community at Tadoule Lake, 250 miles north of Churchill. Today they run their own health, education and community programs. But the scars of the relocation will take years to heal, and Tadoule Lake is grappling with the problems of a people whose ties to the land, and to one another, have been tragically severed.

In Night Spirits, the survivors, including those who were children at the time of the move, as well as the few remaining elders, recount their stories. They offer a stark and brutally honest account of the near-destruction of the Sayisi Dene, and their struggle to reclaim their lives. It is a dark story, told in hope. ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Canadian Parliamentary Review, published by Thomson Gale on June 22, 2005. The length of the article is 1889 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Manitoba.(Legislative Reports)
Publication: Canadian Parliamentary Review (Newsletter)
Date: June 22, 2005
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 28Issue: 2Page: 47(4)

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This digital document is an article from Revue parlementaire canadienne, published by Canadian Parliamentary Association on June 22, 2010. The length of the article is 1870 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Manitoba.(Rapports lêgislatifs)(Report)
Author: Rick Yarish
Publication: Revue parlementaire canadienne (Magazine/Journal)
Date: June 22, 2010
Publisher: Canadian Parliamentary Association
Volume: 33Issue: 2Page: 64(3)

Article Type: Report

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This book an EXACT reproduction of the original book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

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This book an EXACT reproduction of the original book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

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Religious ceremonies were an inseparable part of Aboriginal traditional life, reinforcing social, economic, and political values. However, missionaries and government officials with ethnocentric attitudes of cultural superiority decreed that Native dances and ceremonies were immoral or un-Christian and an impediment to the integration of the Native population into Canadian society. Beginning in 1885, the Department of Indian Affairs implemented a series of amendments to the Canadian Indian Act, designed to eliminate traditional forms of religious expression and customs, such as the Sun Dance, the Midewiwin, the Sweat Lodge, and giveaway ceremonies.

However, the amendments were only partially effective. Aboriginal resistance to the laws took many forms; community leaders challenged the legitimacy of the terms and the manner in which the regulations were implemented, and they altered their ceremonies, the times and locations, the practices, in an attempt both to avoid detection and to placate the agents who enforced the law.

Katherine Pettipas views the amendments as part of official support for the destruction of indigenous cultural systems. She presents a critical analysis of the administrative policies and considers the effects of government suppression of traditional religious activities on the whole spectrum of Aboriginal life, focussing on the experiences of the Plains Cree from the mid-1880s to 1951, when the regulations pertaining to religious practices were removed from the Act. She shows how the destructive effects of the legislation are still felt in Aboriginal communities today, and offers insight into current issues of Aboriginal spirituality, including access to and use of religious objects held in museum repositories, protection of sacred lands and sites, and the right to indigenous religious practices in prison. ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Manitoba History, published by Manitoba Historical Society on October 1, 2008. The length of the article is 3533 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Manitoba's war on wildlife.(Gazette)
Author: Gordon Goldsborough
Publication: Manitoba History (Magazine/Journal)
Date: October 1, 2008
Publisher: Manitoba Historical Society
Issue: 59Page: 40(7)

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This digital document is an article from Manitoba History, published by Manitoba Historical Society on March 22, 1998. The length of the article is 2145 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Loyal till death: Indians and the North-West Rebellion.
Publication: Manitoba History (Refereed)
Date: March 22, 1998
Publisher: Manitoba Historical Society
Issue: 35Page: 21-3

Article Type: Book Review

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This digital document is an article from Manitoba History, published by Manitoba Historical Society on March 22, 1997. The length of the article is 2617 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: James McKay: a Metis builder of Canada.
Publication: Manitoba History (Refereed)
Date: March 22, 1997
Publisher: Manitoba Historical Society
Issue: 33Page: 39-41

Article Type: Book Review

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This digital document is an article from Health Law Review, published by Thomson Gale on December 22, 2005. The length of the article is 2328 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: The realities of implementing health information legislation: the Manitoba experience, 1997-2004.
Author: Renata Neufeld
Publication: Health Law Review (Magazine/Journal)
Date: December 22, 2005
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 14Issue: 1Page: 47(4)

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