This powerful collection, all too relevant today, tells a story that needs to be told. The author writes, "This is the truth of what has happened to my people. The Kwantlen people used to number in the thousands but like all river...
Indigenous peoples
- Auteur:Dandurand, Joseph A.Sommaire:
- Auteur:Barker, Adam J., Battell Lowman, EmmaSommaire:
"Through an engaging, and sometimes enraging, look at the relationships between Canada and Indigenous nations, Settler: Identity and Colonialism in 21st Century Canada explains what it means to be Settler and argues that accepting...
- Auteur:Anderson, Mark CronlundSommaire:
The authors (professors of history and art history at the U. of Regina, Canada) conduct a discourse analysis of how Canada's indigenous peoples have been portrayed in Canadian newspapers from the sale of Hudson's Bay Company lands to...
- Auteur:Siggins, MaggieSommaire:
Scattered Bones is a story of the complicated, fragile and sometimes fatal relations between Indigenous people and settlers in Northern Saskatchewan in the 1920s. Aboriginal spiritual traditions are beginning to cross paths with the...
- Auteur:Florence, MelanieSommaire:
Une jeune femme -- une Autochtone parmi tant d'autres portées disparues au Canada -- veille sur son enfant qui doit grandir sans sa nimâmâ. La mère observe de loin les étapes importantes de la vie de sa fille -- sa première...
- Auteur:Hokowhitu, BrendanSommaire:
The Routledge Handbook of Critical Indigenous Studies is the first comprehensive overview of the rapidly expanding field of indigenous scholarship. The book is ambitious in scope, ranging across disciplines and national boundaries,...
- Auteur:Wagamese, RichardSommaire:
Richard Wagamese, one of Canada's most celebrated Indigenous authors and storytellers, was a writer of breathtaking honesty and inspiration. Always striving to be a better, stronger person, Wagamese shared his journey through writing,...
- Auteur:Florence, MelanieSommaire:
Raised on a reserve in northern Ontario, seventeen-year-old Joe Littlechief tries to be like the other guys. But Joe knows he's different -- he's more interested in guys than in any of the girls he knows. One night Joe makes a drunken...
- Auteur:Louie, Chief ClarenceSommaire:
A common sense blueprint for what the future of First Nations should look like as told through the fascinating life and legacy of a remarkable leader. In 1984, at the age of twenty-four, Clarence Louie was elected Chief of the Osoyoos...
- Auteur:Davidson, Sara FlorenceSommaire:
"Every summer, a Haida girl and her family travel up the Yakoun River on Haida Gwaii, following the salmon. While their father fishes, the girl and her brother spend their time on the land playing and learning from Tsinii (Grandfather...
- Auteur:Sommaire:
This book brings together the theory and practice of anti-oppressive approaches to social science research. It is a work that will have a place in the classroom, as well as on the desks of researchers in agencies, governments, and...
- Auteur:Dance, JenniferSommaire:
Life is changing for Canada's Anishnaabe Nation and for the wolf packs that share their territory. In the late 1800s, both Native people and wolves are being forced from the land. Starving and lonely, an orphaned timber wolf is...
- Auteur:Vermette, KatherenaSommaire:
Picking up where Pemmican Wars left off, Red River Resistance sees Echo Desjardins adjusting to her new home, finding friends, and learning about Métis history. One ordinary afternoon in class, Echo finds herself transported through...
- Auteur:Hoehn, FelixSommaire:
Reconciling pre-existing Aboriginal sovereignty with de facto Crown sovereignty will not threaten the territory of Canada, nor will it result in a legal vacuum. Rather, it will facilitate the self-determination of Aboriginal peoples...
- Auteur:Milward, David LeoSommaire:
"The horrors of the Indian Residential Schools (IRS) are by now well-known historical facts. And they have certainly found purchase in the Canadian consciousness in recent years. The history of violence and the struggles of survivors...
- Auteur:Bouchard, DavidSommaire:
If you have ever seen the Great White North, you may have been lucky enough to come across the magnificent light show in the sky that are the aurora borealis—the Northern Lights. But have you ever wondered how they came to be? Raven’s...
- Auteur:George, ThomasSommaire:
Below the mist-shrouded mountains of the West Coast lie the stories of how we came to be. It is through the myths of the people who have lived with this spirit of place for thousands of years that we uncover the mystery of our homeland...
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Entre 1867 et 2000, le gouvernement canadien a placé plus de 150 000 enfants autochtones dans des pensionnats d?un bout à l?autre du pays. Les autorités gouvernementales et les missionnaires étaient d?avis qu?afin de « civiliser et de...
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Entre 1867 et 2000, le gouvernement canadien a placé plus de 150 000 enfants autochtones dans des pensionnats d’un bout à l’autre du pays. Les autorités gouvernementales et les missionnaires étaient d’avis qu’afin de « civiliser et de...