Book
These mountains are our sacred places: the story of the Stoney Indians
Samuel-Stevens • Toronto, Ontario, Canada • Published In 1977 • Pages:
By: Snow, John.
Abstract
This is a history of the Stoney people living in and around the Morley Reserve, west of Calgary, Alberta. It is a description of their way of life prior to white contact and the 100 years following the signing of Treaty No. 7 in 1876. The author is a Stoney Chief, ordained minister in the United Church of Canada, and great-great grandson of one of the signatories of the original treaty. This 100-year history is a carefully researched case against the federal and provincial governments for their failure to honor the original treaty. Snow recounts the band's failed attempt to get land in the Kootenay Plains, which was eventually flooded by a hydroelectric project. Snow tells his own life history and the contemporary pan-tribal ecumenical movement. Royalties from underlying gas reserves have brought affluence to the band after years of poverty and failed government programs, spawning a cultural revitalization movement. See document no. 6 in the the Quinault file for a similar indigenous history in support of tribal land claims.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2002
- Region
- North America
- Sub Region
- Plains and Plateau
- Document Type
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Indigenous Person
- Document Rating
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- Ian Skoggard ; 2001
- Field Date
- 1969-1972
- Coverage Date
- 1876-1977
- Coverage Place
- Morley Reserve, Alberta, Canada
- Notes
- By Chief John Snow
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCN
- 77081413
- LCSH
- Assiniboine Indians