TEACHING AREAS AND INTERESTS First Nations History of Canada Western Canada Ethnohistory Indian Treaties Riel Rebellion Fur Trade Reserve Histories Land Claims Indian Policies
Ph.D. (in progress) M.A., University of Regina B.A., McGill University

BACKGROUND

• Associate Professor, Department of Indian Studies, 1998
• Executive Director of Planning and Development, SIFC, 1993
• Trustee, Canadian Museum of Civilization, Ottawa/Hull, 1990
• Dean of Academics, SIFC 1989
• President, Canadian Indian/Native Studies Association, 1987
• Indian Studies Lecturer and Developer, SIFC, 1982
• Assistant Director, Manitou Community College, 1974
• President, Native Youth Association of Canada, 1972
• Schooling at St. Paul's Indian Residential School, Lebret, SK and Campion High School in Regina, SK
• Member of the Muscowpetung First Nation in Southern Saskatchewan

PUBLICATIONS

Saskatchewan Indians and the Resistance of 1885: Two Case Studies - the account in this book, using Indian oral history and original source materials, takes a retrospective look at the Resistence from the perspective of Indian peoples. It focuses on case studies of the two main Indian leaders of the time, Big Bear and Poundmaker. (Saskatchewan Education, 1986)

Loyal Till Death - ...is the first comprehensive look at the Indian version of the North-Rebellion. It brings to life many personalities-particularly those of the Indian leaders, whose voices have seldom been heard in conventional histories of the Canadian West. Combining oral history and exhaustive research, and illustrated with more than one hundred archival photographs, the book sheds new light on a greatly misunderstood aspect of our past. (Calgary: Fifth House, 1997)

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Loyal Till Death: Indians and the North-West Rebellion

Governor General's Literary Awards