Unsettling Canada is built on a unique collaboration between two First Nations leaders, Arthur Manuel and Grand Chief Ron Derrickson. Both men have served as chiefs of their bands in the B.C. interior and both have gone on to establish...
Indigenous peoples--North America--Social conditions
- Author:Manuel, Arthur, Klein, Naomi, Derrickson, Ronald M.Summary:
- Author:Knockwood, IsabelleSummary:
In the 1880s, through an amendment to the Indian Act of 1876, the government of Canada began to require all Aboriginal children to attend schools administered by churches. Separating these children from their families, removing them...
- Author:Brown, AnnoraSummary:
Through pen and ink illustrations and stories, Old Man’s Garden conveys the legends and folklore connected with Southern Alberta’s wildflowers, native plants, and Indigenous culture. Originally published in 1954, Annora Brown’s Old Man’...
- Author:Fontaine, NaomiSummary:
"J'aimerais que vous la connaissiez la fille au ventre rond. Celle qui élèvera seule ses enfants. Qui criera après son copain qui l'aura trompée. Qui pleurera seule dans son salon, qui changera des couches toute sa vie....
- Author:Shimo-Barry, AlexSummary:
When freelance journalist Alexandra Shimo arrives in Kashechewan, a fly-in, northern Ontario reserve, to investigate rumours of a fabricated water crisis and document its deplorable living conditions, she finds herself drawn into the...
- Author:Reilly, JohnSummary:
Building on his previous two books, "Bad Medicine" and "Bad Judgment," John Reilly acquaints the reader with the ironies and futilities of an approach to justice so adversarial and dysfunctional that it often increases crime rather than...
- Author:Turner, NancySummary:
Volume 1: The History and Practice of Indigenous Plant Knowledge Volume 2: The Place and Meaning of Plants in Indigenous Cultures and Worldviews Nancy Turner has studied Indigenous peoples' knowledge of plants and environments in...
