MS 7476 Documents Relating to the Land Dispute between the Lubicon Lake Indians and the Canadian Government
odd: label: Local Numbers
content: NAA MS 7476
label: Local Note
content: Electrostatic copies of miscellaneous documents
name: label: Creator
content: Lubicon Lake Indian Nation
topic: label: Topic
content: Cree Indians -- Land tenure
label: Topic
content: Indians of North America -- Alberta
creator: label: Creator
content: Lubicon Lake Indian Nation
culture: label: Culture
content: Lubicon Lake Cree
label: Culture
content: Indians of North America -- Great Plains
label: Culture
content: Indians of North America -- Subarctic
label: Culture
content: Cree
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Around 1985, following several decades during which land claims were pressed, the Lubicon Lake Cree Indians began a series of actions that publicized their problems to a world-wide audience. Among the actions were an attempt to boycott the 1988 Winter Olympics and a partially successful effort to get museums in the United States and Europe to refuse to make loans for an exhibit "The Spirit Sings" which was planned by the Glenbow Museum in Calgary in connection with the Winter Olympics. To further publicize its activities, the Indians distributed copies of materials that outlined their stand in the dispute with the Alberta provincial government and the federal government of Canada and the reaction to their claims from groups around the world.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 115 Items (11.5 in. )
unitdate: label: Date
content: March 19, 1986-April 25, 1994
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: The material was collected by JoAllyn Archambault, of the Department of Anthropology. In 1987, when the department became concerned about a request from the Glenbow Institute for the loan of specimens for the exhibit entitled "The Spirit Sings," Chairman Adrienne Kaeppler assigned Dr. Archambault the task of looking into the problem and in the course of this Dr. Archambault began to receive the mailings.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.MS7476
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The file consists of transmittal notes together with copies of documents such as letters, newspaper clippings, and news releases.