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Manuel, George, 1921-1989
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Michael Posluns fonds

  • F0382
  • Fonds
  • 1965-1992, predominant 1974-1990

The fonds consists of briefs, manuscripts, newspaper clippings, reports, research notes, and related material of Michael Posluns. There is also a run of 'Akwasasne notes,' (1969-1976) [newspaper], audio reels, and video cassettes, which include interviews with First Nations elders, politicians, artists, community activists, as well as interviews conducted for broadcast on radio (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and National Public Radio in the United States), Indigenous music and tapes relating to Indigenous culture.

Posluns, Michael, 1941-2019

G. Manuel, Keywords: Manuel

Item consists of an audio recording of an interview with George Manuel. Topics discussed include Indigenous economic development, Indigenous political involvement, welfare, and Indigenous political representation. Additional annotations on tape include: B17T57.

George Manuel Interview, March 19, 1972

Item consists of an interview with George Manuel mainly on the idea of the book "The Fourth World." Topics covered include capitalism, land rights, Indigenous spiritualism, the similarities between different Indigenous nations, and an old chief named Johnny [Kenhicha?].

George Manuel Interview, March 19, 1972

Item consists of an interview with George Manuel. Subjects discussed include Indigenous spiritual practices, Manuel's experiences with Indigenous ceremony, community versus individual aspects of Indigenous dance, community giving as a source of strength, the difference in the experience of poverty from the time Manuel was young, community punishment, spiritual food offerings and reverence for nature, spiritual lessons Manuel was taught from his elders as a youth, and similarities in spiritual belief and ritual between different Indigenous groups. In the latter part of the recording, Manuel discusses how his attitude has changed since he began the Poslans interviews, that he no longer worries about the image he may be presenting or getting re-elected.

G.M. Interview, April 15, 1972

Item consists of an interview with George Manuel. Topics of discussion include Indigenous dance, the idea of reciprocity within community, the Christian church as a negative influence on Indigenous societies, exploitation of Indigenous groups by the early missionary church in Canada, Manuel's interest in the Shaker Church, community support within the Shaker Church, the Shaker Church's spurning of any publicity, prohibitions on Indigenous dancing, early relations between Indigenous groups and the Hudson's Bay Company.

George Manuel Interview, April 15, 1972

Item consists of an interview with George Manuel. Topics of discussion include Indigenous traditional dance, his memory of the last pow wow, contemporary efforts to re-establish Indigenous dance traditions, Manuel's experience with a charity dance group he participated in around 1962, some details about Indigenous groups in British Columbia's Cowichan Valley, Cowichan community funerary practices, and contextualizing the development of Indigenous society.

G.M. Interview, March 18, 1972

Item consists of an interview with George Manual on being a leader. Topics of discussion include what gives him strength, creating an impression, his report on the Cowichan peoples of British Columbia, environmental abuses, and establishing Indigenous cultural and economic power.

G.M. Interview, March 18, 1972

Item consists of an interview with George Manuel. Topics of discussion include deception of Indigenous peoples by White Europeans, corporate abuses, similarities between different Indigenous nations, and how Indigenous Canadians are integral to Canada.