Dammed: The Politics of Loss and Survival in Anishinaabe Territory explores Canada's hydroelectric boom in the Lake of the Woods area. It complicates narratives of increasing affluence in postwar Canada, revealing that the inverse...
Indigenous peoples
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Author:Luby, BrittanySummary: - Author:Taylor, Drew HaydenSummary:
An Anishnawbe man, Arthur Copper, decides to repopulate the lakes of his home Territory with manoomin, or wild rice - much to the disapproval of the local non-Indigenous cottagers, in particular the formidable Maureen Poole. Based on...
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Author:Summary: - Author:Dussart, FrançoiseSummary:
In this timely collection, the authors examine Indigenous peoples' negotiations with different cosmologies in a globalized world. Dussart and Poirier outline a sophisticated theory of change that accounts for the complexity of...
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Author:King, ThomasSummary:Thumps DreadfulWater has finally found some peace and quiet. His past as a California cop now far behind him, he's living out his retirement as a fine-arts photographer in the small town of Chinook. His health isn't great, and he could...
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Author:Daschuk, James W.Summary:This new edition of Clearing the Plains has a forward by Pulitzer Prize winning author, Elizabeth Fenn, and explanations of the book's influence by leading Canadian historians. Called "one of the most important books of the twenty-first...
- Author:Johnson, HaroldSummary:
Charlie Muskrat part chasser l'orignal. Bien décidé à ne pas revenir bredouille, il se retrouve à Prince Albert au volant de son fidèle pick-up, Tonnerre, avec une carabine Winchester sous le siège du passager, un réservoir d'...
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Author:Abele, FrancesSummary:People across Canada’s North have created vibrant community institutions to serve a wide range of social and economic needs. Neither state-driven nor profit-oriented, these organizations form a relatively under-studied third sector of...
- Author:Canada, Truth and Reconciliation Commission ofSummary:
Between 1867 and 2000, the Canadian government sent over 150,000 Aboriginal children to residential schools across the country. Government officials and missionaries agreed that in order to “civilize and Christianize” Aboriginal...
- Author:Canada, Truth and Reconciliation Commission ofSummary:
Between 1867 and 2000, the Canadian government sent over 150,000 Aboriginal children to residential schools across the country. Government officials and missionaries agreed that in order to “civilize and Christianize” Aboriginal...
- Author:Canada, Truth and Reconciliation Commission ofSummary:
Between 1867 and 2000, the Canadian government sent over 150,000 Aboriginal children to residential schools across the country. Government officials and missionaries agreed that in order to “civilize and Christianize” Aboriginal...
- Author:Canada, Truth and Reconciliation Commission ofSummary:
Between 1867 and 2000, the Canadian government sent over 150,000 Aboriginal children to residential schools across the country. Government officials and missionaries agreed that in order to “civilize and Christianize” Aboriginal...
- Author:Canada, Truth and Reconciliation Commission ofSummary:
Between 1867 and 2000, the Canadian government sent over 150,000 Aboriginal children to residential schools across the country. Government officials and missionaries agreed that in order to “civilize and Christianize” Aboriginal...
- Author:Canada, Truth and Reconciliation Commission ofSummary:
Between 1867 and 2000, the Canadian government sent over 150,000 Aboriginal children to residential schools across the country. Government officials and missionaries agreed that in order to “civilize and Christianize” Aboriginal...
- Author:Rutherford, ScottSummary:
Canada's Other Red Scare makes the case that Indigenous political protest during the '60s should be thought of as both local and transnational, an urgent exercise in confronting the experience of settler-colonialism in places and...
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Author:Dickson, JaneSummary:The Indian Specific Claims Commission (ICC) was formed in 1991 in response to the Oka crisis. Its purpose was to resolve claims arising from promises made to Indigenous nations in treaties, the federal Indian Act, and within other Crown...
- Author:Halfe, Louise Bernice (Sky Dancer)Summary:
Burning in this Midnight Dream is the latest collection of poems by Louise Bernice Halfe. Many were written in response to the grim tide of emotions, memories, dreams and nightmares that arose in her as the Truth and Reconciliation...
- Author:Havrelock, DeidreSummary:
An exuberant celebration of the Buffalo's return to the wild. Since Declan was born, his kokum has shared her love of Buffalo through stories and art. But Declan longs to see real Buffalo. Then one magical night, herds of the majestic...
- Author:McFarlane, PeterSummary:
Charged with fresh material and new perspectives, this updated edition of the groundbreaking biography Brotherhood to Nationhood brings George Manuel and his fighting tradition into the present. George Manuel (1920-1989) was the...
- Author:Robertson, DavidSummary:
Acclaimed writer, David A. Robertson, delivers suspense, adventure, and humour in this stunningly illustrated graphic novel continuation of The Reckoner trilogy. Cole and Eva arrive in Winnipeg, the headquarters of Mihko Laboratories,...
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