James Mason interview
Date
1983-06-07
Authors
Mason, James
Cywink, Alex
Journal Title
Journal ISSN
Volume Title
Publisher
Canadian Plains Research Centre
Abstract
Consists of an interview where he gives an account of the Ojibway flood legend; the migration of Ojibway Indians; and attitudes towards integration.
Description
32 p. transcript of an interview with James Mason conducted by Alex Cywink on June 7, 1983. Tape number IH-OT.026, transcript disc 105A.
Keywords
Chiefs and chieftainship -- Election of, Chiefs and chieftainship -- Hereditary, Children -- Work of, Clans -- Ojibway clans, Depression (1930s), Discrimination -- Against Indians, Disease and illness -- Diabetes, Education -- And discrimination, Education -- Attitudes toward, Education -- Integrated, Education -- Upgrading, Elders -- Role of, Food -- Traditional, Government by Indians -- Band councils, Government by Indians -- Band management, Government by Indians -- Concept of nationhood, Horses -- Care of, Housing -- Frame houses, Indian Affairs, Department of -- Attitudes toward, Indian Affairs, Department of -- Policies of, Indian-Provincial government relations -- Ontario, Iroquois Indians -- Migration of, Land -- Attitudes toward, Land -- Leases, Land -- Ownership, Concepts of, Land -- Surrenders, Names (Personal) -- Origins of, Names (Place) -- Changes in, Non-Indians -- Relationships with, Ojibway Indians -- Migration of, Religion and Spirituality, Religion and Spirituality -- Christian religions (vs.), Religion and Spirituality -- Dreams and dreaming, Spirits -- Nanabush (Ojibway), Stories and storytelling (General) -- Flood legends, Stories and storytelling (General) -- In teaching, Technological change -- Automobiles, Treaties -- Significance of, Warfare, Intertribal -- Accounts of, Work -- Attitudes toward, Brant, Joseph, Saugeen Reserve, Union of Ontario Indians, World Assembly of First Nations (W.A.F.N.), Religion and Spirituality -- Revival of