Saddle Lake interviews
Date
1975-02-13
Authors
Lightning, Richard
Journal Title
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Publisher
Canadian Plains Research Centre
Abstract
Nine elders in discussion at Saddle Lake Reserve. They talk about aspects of life before contact with whites, Treaty #6, the history of amalgamations and land sales, and a traditional story of a boy raised by buffalo.
Description
33 p. transcript of an interview with nine Saddle Lake Reserve elders conducted by Richard Lightning on February 13, 1975. Tape number IH-220, transcript disc 34.
Keywords
Bear Ears, Blue Quill, Crier, Erasmus, Peter, Fort Carlton, Saskatchewan, Fort Pitt, Saskatchewan, Houle, Robert, Lacombe, Father Albert, Makokis, Thomas, McDougall, Rev. John, Pakan (Seenum), Steinhauer, Rev. Henry Bird, Sweetgrass, Agriculture -- Gardening, Blue Quills Reserve -- Amalgamation of, Buffalo -- Extinction of, Buffalo -- Hunting of, Chiefs and chieftainship -- Behavior of, Chiefs and chieftainship -- Qualifications for, Children -- Hunting by, Children -- Training of, Clothing and personal adornment -- Hair, Clothing and personal adornment -- Pre-European, Containers and utensils -- Cooking, Containers and utensils -- Water bags, Crimes and punishments -- Hunting code, violation of, Fishing -- Techniques, Food -- Preparation of, Food -- Preservation of, Food -- Sharing of, Food -- Traditional, Goodfish Lake Reserve -- Relationship to Saddle Lake, Hunting -- Code, violation of, Missionaries -- Attitudes toward, Pakan Reserve -- Relationship to Saddle Lake, Pipes and smoking -- Significance of, Reserves -- Amalgamation of, Saddle Lake Reserve -- Land sale, Saddle Lake Reserve -- Amalgamations, Scrip -- Money, Social organization -- Camp, Stories and storytelling (General) -- Spirits teach hunting techniques, Tools -- Bone, Transportation -- Canoe, Transportation -- Pack dogs, Trapping -- Techniques, Treaty #6 -- Interpretation of, Treaty #6 -- Payment of treaty money, Treaty #6 -- Taking of, Values -- Honesty, Washatanow Reserve -- Amalgamation of, Weapons -- Bone, Weapons -- Bow and arrow, Weapons -- Stone, Women -- Work of