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Publications

Dissertation:

1986.
'Shaganash': Early protestant missionaries and the adoption of Christianity by the western James Bay Cree, 1840-1892. Ed.D. dissertation. University of Toronto (Ontario Institute for Studies in Education).

Publications:

First Nation school reviews, and historical research for First Nation clients are not listed below

1974. A Canadian Indian bibliography 1960-1970, eds. Thomas Abler et al. Toronto: University of Toronto Press

1978a. "Education in the James Bay region during the Horden years." Ontario History 70,2: 75-89

1978b [compiler] Herbert F. McLeod, Memories of fur trading days in Moose Factory and vicinity. 36 pp. Privately printed by Moose Factory Métis Association

1978c. "Native teacher certification in Ontario." Teacher Education 13 (October): 92-5

1978d. Treaty No. 9: The halfbreed question, 1902-1910. 32 pp. Cobalt: Highway Book Shop

1978e. Treaty No. 9: The Indian petitions, 1889-1927. 35 pp. Cobalt: Highway Book Shop

1978f. Treaty No. 9: The negotiations, 1901-1928. 41 pp. Cobalt: Highway Book Shop

1983. "Archdeacon Thomas Vincent of Moosonee and the handicap of 'Métis' racial status." The Canadian Journal of Native Studies 3,1: 95-116.

1984. Review of Morantz: An ethnohistorical study of eastern James Bay Cree social organization 1700-1850; Francis and Morantz: Partners in furs, a history of the fur trade in eastern James Bay 1600-1870. American Indian Culture and Research Journal 8,1: 59-63

1985a. "John Horden, first Bishop of Moosonee: diplomat and man of compromise." Journal of the Canadian Church Historical Society 27,2 (October 1985): 86-97 and 28,2 (October 1986): 74

1985b. "Rev. Edwin Watkins: missionary to the Cree: 1852-1857." In Papers of the 16th Algonquian Conference, ed. by William Cowan, 91-117. Ottawa: Carleton University

1985c. Review of Douaud: Ethnolinguistic profile of the Canadian Métis. American Indian Culture and Research Journal 9,4: 116-8

1985d. Review of Flanagan and Foster: The Métis, past and present (Special Issue, Canadian Ethnic Studies). American Indian Culture and Research Journal : 65-70

1985e. Review of Métis Issue: American Indian Culture and Research Journal. Canadian Journal of Native Studies 5,2: 273-6

1985f. Review of Petrone: First people, first voices. American Indian Culture and Research Journal 9,2: 121-4

1985g. "The politics of education in Moose Factory, Ontario." In Actes du 17me Congrés des Algonquinistes, ed. by William Cowa, 183-208. Ottawa: Carleton University

1985h. "The Reverend George Barnley, Wesleyan Methodist, and James Bay's fur trade company families." Ontario History 72 (March): 43-64

1985j. "Treaty No. 9 and fur trade company families: northeastern Ontario's Indians, halfbreeds, petitioners and Métis." In The new peoples: being and becoming Métis in North America, eds. Jacqueline Peterson & Jennifer S.H. Brown, 137-62. Winnipeg: University of Manitoba Press

1986a. Review of Barman, Hebert and McCaskill: Indian education in Canada, Volume 1, The legacy. American Indian Culture and Research Journal 10,4:

1986b. "The Reverend George Barnley and the James Bay Cree." The Canadian Journal of Native Studies 6,2: 313-32

1987. "Manitu, power, books and wiitihkow: some factors in the adoption of Christianity by nineteenth century western James Bay Cree." Native Studies Review 3,1: 1-30

1988a. "Narratives of early encounters between Europeans and the Cree of western James Bay." Ontario History 80,3 (September): 227-45

1988b. Review of Grant: Native literature in the curriculum. The Canadian Journal of Native Studies 8,2: 320-3

1989a. "'No basis for argument'?: the signing of Treaty No. 9 in northern Ontario, 1905-1906." Native Studies Review 5,2 (1989): 19-54 & 6.2 (1990): 99-102

1989b. "The Cree prophets: oral and documentary accounts." Journal of the Canadian Church Historical Society 31,1 (April 1989): 3-13

1990a. "John Horden." In Dictionary of Canadian Biography Volume XII, 1891 to 1900, ed. by Frances Halpenny, 445-7. Toronto: University of Toronto Press

1990b. Review of Farrow and Wilman: Self-determination in Native education in the circumpolar north. The Canadian Journal of Native Studies 10,1: 151-2

1990c. Review of Robinson and Wickwire: Write it on your heart, the epic world of an Okanagan storyteller. The Canadian Journal of Native Studies 10,2: 329

1990d. "Schooling in Kashechewan, then and now." In Papers of the 21st Algonquian Conference, ed. by William Cowan, 197-215. Ottawa: Carleton University

1991a. "Budd's contemporaries in James Bay: men of 'refined feelings', 'representatives of the whiteman's civilization' and 'real bush Indians.'" Journal of the Canadian Church Historical Society 33(1): 79-94

1991b. Review of Smith: From the land of shadows, the making of Grey Owl. Canadian Journal of Native Studies 11,1: 186-9

1991c. "The Anglican Church in western James Bay: Positive influence or destructive force?" In The Anglican Church and the world of Western Canada 1820-1970, ed. by Barry Ferguson, 104-12. Regina: Canadian Plains Research Centre

1992a. "Coping with powerful people: Alexander Macdonald and the Albany River Indians" Native Studies Review 8(1): 1-21

1992b. Review of Goddard: Last stand of the Lubicon Cree. American Indian Culture and Research Journal 16,4: 230-3

1994. "Thomas Vincent." In Dictionary of Canadian Biography Volume XIII 1901-1909, eds. Ramsay Cook and Jean Hamelin, 1060-1. Toronto: University of Toronto Press

1995a. [with Laura Peers] "Forward." In Ellen Smallboy: Glimpses of a Cree woman's life, by Regina Flannery, ix-xii. Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press

1995b. "Historical Context." In Ellen Smallboy: Glimpses of a Cree woman's life, by Regina Flannery, 65-75. Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press

1995c. "In search of Mr. Bundin: Henley House 1759 revisited." In Papers of the 26th Algonquian Conference, ed. David H. Pentland, 203-25. Winnipeg: University of Manitoba

1995d. "Who got what at Winisk? Treaty making, 1930." The Beaver (Feb-March): 23-31

1996a. "Biederman’s road." Highgrader Magazine 2,5: 35-6

1996b. "Filling in the gaps. A review of Barnes, Ride the polar bear express: visiting Moosonee and Moose Factory." Highgrader Magazine (Summer): 35-6, and (Fall): 3-4

1997a. "Early visions of development on the Abitibi River: Treaty No. 9 and the people of New Post, 1900-1905." In Reflections on Northern Culture: Visions and Voices, eds. A.W. Plumstead, L. Kruk and A. Blackbourn, 21-44. North Bay: Nipissing University

1997b. "Moose River Crossing." Highgrader Magazine 3,4: 36-7

1998a. [with Richard J. Preston] "Apportioning responsibility for cumulative changes: A Cree community in northeastern Ontario." In Papers of the 29th Algonquian Conference, ed. by David H. Pentland, 264-75. Manitoba: University of Manitoba

1998b. Review of Beardy and Couts: Voices from Hudson Bay: Cree stories from York Factory. Canadian Ethnic Studies 30,2: 164-5

1999. Review of Kasten: Bicultural education in the north: Ways of preserving and enhancing indigenous peoples' languages and traditional knowledge. Canadian Journal of Native Studies 19,2: 395-6

2000a. "An introduction to the Hannah Bay murders of 1832: what happened and some of the reasons why." In Roseanne Fisher ed., From Cobalt to James Bay: preserving our history. Proceedings of the Temiskaming-Abitibi Heritage Association History Workshop, ed. by Roseanne Fisher, 37-56. Haileybury: Rosanne Fisher Publishing

2000b. "Local control of First Nations education: the event and the process." In Papers of the 31st Algonquian Conference, ed. by John D. Nichols, 211-23. Winnipeg: University of Manitoba

2001. "Treaty No. 9 and fur trade company families: northeastern Ontario's Indians, halfbreeds, petitioners and Métis." In The new peoples: being and becoming Métis in America, eds. Jacqueline Peterson & Jennifer S.H. Brown, 137-62. St. Paul: Minnesota Historical Society Press [reprint of 1985 University of Manitoba Press volume]

2002. Review of Ward and Bouvier, eds.: Resting lightly on mother earth: the Aboriginal experience in urban educational settings. Journal of Professional Studies 9,2 (June): 80-1

2004. "Finding and keeping teachers in First Nation schools in northwestern Ontario." In Papers of the 35th Algonquian Conference, ed. by H.C. Wolfart, 257-69. Winnipeg: University of Manitoba

2005. "An idea ahead of its time: vernacular language education for northern Ontario." In Papers of the 36th Algonquian Conference, ed. by H.C. Wolfart, 257-69. Winnipeg: University of Manitoba

2006a. "How the commissioners explained Treaty No. 9 to the Ojibway and Cree in 1905" Ontario History (Spring) 98: 1-30

2006b. "Making Native language policy in Ontario in the 1980s." Historical Studies in Education (Fall) 18,2: 135-62

2006c. [with Richard J. Preston & Cath Oberholtzer] "Manitu concepts of the Eastern James Bay Cree." Actes du 37me Congrés des Algonquinistes, ed. by H.C. Wolfart (Essays in Tribute to Regina Flannery, ed. by Toby Morantz), 451-92. Winnipeg: University of Manitoba

2007. [with Fred Moore]. "Fred Moore: A Cree 'Halfbreed' at the Battle of Normandy." In Papers of the 38th Algonquian Conference, ed.by H.C. Wolfart, 323-41. Winnipeg: University of Manitoba

2008a. "I too was on a journey." In Walking the talk: putting theory into practice, eds. Warnie Richardson & Carole Richardson, 83-91. Calgary: Detselig Press

2008b. Review of Stonechild: The new buffalo: the struggle for Aboriginal post-secondary education in Canada. Histoire sociale - Social History 41,82 (November): 646-8

2009. [with Jim Hollander] "Language maintenance in a Cree (Mushkegowuk) community." In Speaking of endangered languages: issues in revitalization, ed. by Anne Marie Goodfellow, 99-125. Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing

in press. "Some early Moores of Moose Factory." In Papers of the 39th Algonquian Conference, eds. Karl S. Hele & Regna Darnell. London: University of Western Ontario

in press. "Race, place, gender and status in western James Bay." In Papers of the 40th Algonquian Conference, eds. Karl S. Hele & Regna Darnell. London: University of Western Ontario

in press. Trick or Treaty No. 9? Making the agreement to share the land in far northern Ontario in 1905. Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press