Margaret L. Clarke

#4220, C&E Trail

Lacombe, AB

T4L 1V8

mollyclendon@shaw.ca

403 782- 6479(H)

403 872-2708 (cell)

Education

Métis Entrepreneur's Training 2003

Infiniti Business Training Services Self-Employment Training Program, January 2003.

Master of Arts 1997

Canadian History / Native History

University of Winnipeg/ University of Manitoba

MASTER’S THESIS TITLE: “RECONSTITUTING THE FUR TRADE COMMUNITY OF THE ASSINIBOINE BASIN, 1793-1810.”   Thesis Advisor: Dr. Jennifer S.H. Brown, Ph.D.

Bachelor of Arts Special 1993

Canadian History and Sociology

University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta

Academic, Research Interests

·         Following the resurgence of Metis identity in the Canadian west and examining the way in which individuals make decisions on ethnic identity.  Politics of ethnicity.

·         Compiling a database of Metis genealogy, including information on employment and residence as well as the usual demographic variables.

·         Clarifying traditional and tribal cultural rules in cross-cultural settings, returning verifiable historical narratives to aboriginal and mainstream culture

Academic/ Teaching Experience

          Contract Lecturer - “Native Society”,  Division of Science, Native Ministries Program, Canadian Union College, College Heights, Alberta, July 1995.  Prepared and presented a three credit Sociology of Native Society course for Theology students.

Teaching Assistant  - for Dr. Jennifer Brown, Department of History, University of Winnipeg, 1994/95, 1995/96.  Included such varied duties as: outside of classroom tutoring, conducting study groups, editing student’s papers before submission, as well as assisting with audio-visual presentations and the usual exam proctoring and marking.

Other Experience

Contract Researcher/Writer

Heritage Community Foundation, Suite #54, Commonwealth Building, 9912 – 106 Street, Edmonton, Alberta.  T5K 1C3

September 2004 – January 2005

Responsibilities: Researching and Writing copy for “The Metis in Alberta” Website, including finding media resources, following the developed story-board.

Office Manager / Historian  

Niwichihaw Healing Services

March 2002 – August 2004

Responsibilities: Performing and Supervising the clerical and reception functions in a Counseling office, developing and presenting historical presentations as part of Aboriginal Healing Circles.

Research Assistant

Sylvan Lake & Watershed Stewardship Association

Sept 2000 - Nov 2000

Responsibilities:  Designing interview schedules, conducting interviews, writing reports to management, writing final report to project funders.

Senior Program Coordinator

 Metis L.I.N.K.S   July 1998 - August 1999

#01 - 4814 Ross Street, Red Deer, AB

Responsibilities: Development and coordination of community programming for the Metis community, supervision of staff, reporting program statistics to Management Board and Funding Organization.

Contract Researcher

Parks Canada Heritage  

Sept 1996 - Jan 1997, Aug 1997 - Dec 1997, Sept - Oct 2000, Feb. - April, 2001.

Responsibilities:  Identifying published and unpublished resources, extracting information, producing reports and bibliographies.

Research, Scholarly Activities

CANADA TREE NEWSLETTER:

FOUNDER AND EDITOR, (SEPTEMBER, 1993). An Organ for Fur Trade History and genealogical research.

ARTICLES

“The Family of John Lyons: Comments on “Using Canadian Census Records to Trace Ethnic Origin and Family Relationships”  Generations, Vol. 21, No. 2, June 1996.

Review Article: Blair Stonechild and Bill Waiser,  “Loyal till Death” (Calgary, Fifth House Ltd., 1997) in Prairie Forum, fall 1998.

Book Review: Penny van Toorn, Rudy Weibe and the Historicity of the Word  (Edmonton: University of Alberta Press, 1995) in Manitoba History, autumn, 1996.

PAPERS

             " Weaving the Web: Relating Missionaries and Fur Traders."  Land Under Foot Museums Network Seminar, January 20, 2003.

 “Skinning the Narrative: Closer analysis of the Story of Fish Creek.”  Prairie Forum, fall, 2002.

“The Daughters of Edward McKay and Caroline Cook.”  Unsettled Pasts: Reconceiving the West Through Women’s History. Women's History Conference, Calgary, June 2002

"The Battle of Fish Creek NHS: a Review of Sources" for Parks Canada, April, 2001.

"Frenchman Butte: a survey of accounts" for Parks Canada, October, 2000.

 “Themes in the Historiography of the First Nations Involvement in 1885” for Parks Canada, January, 1998.

“Sitting Bull’s Wedding Gift:  The McKays’ Relations with the Dakotas.”  Presented at the 30th Northern Great Plains History Conference, Brandon, Manitoba, September 30, 1995.

“John Richards McKay’s SpyGlass: the larger community.” Presented at the Rupert’s Land Colloquium, May 25 - 27, 1994, Edmonton, Alberta.

“The History of Cold Lake Provincial Park: a focus paper” for Cold Lake Provincial Park, August, 1985.

WORKS IN PROGRESS

“A Boy’s Own Summer, 1862” a screenplay, based on archival research.

The People of the Assiniboine Basin: Metis Genesis, thesis to book.

“Georgie, I Loved You: A Woman’s Story.” A screenplay based on family history.

An Aboriginal History of Central Alberta. Under a grant from Alberta Community Development.

Affiliations, Memberships

Alberta Genealogy Society, 1997

Manitoba Genealogical Society

Buffalo Lake Naturalists, 1997

Centre for Rupert’s Land Studies, 1994 - 2003

Alberta Historical Association

Metis Nation of Alberta Local #85

References:

Maria Haubrich

Spruce View, Alberta

Phone [home]: 728-3700

Phone [work]: 357-3685

Lee-Ann Shank

Director, Niwichihaw Healing Services

#205, 4814 Ross Street,

Red Deer, AB

T4N 1X6

Phone [Work ]: 342-0369

Phone [Cell]: 341-9247

Patricia Shank

Administrator,

Niwichihaw Healing Services

Phone: 342-0369 or 347-6885