James Mason interview

• Main Authors: Mason, James, Cywink, Alex
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Plains Research Centre 1983
• Subjects: 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; 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; Indian; First Nations
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10294/1949

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. Consists of an interview where he gives an account of the Ojibway flood legend; the migration of Ojibway Indians; and attitudes towards integration. Other no