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Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
NEW! Indigenous Toronto Stories That Carry This Place Coach House Books	Rich and diverse narratives of Indigenous Toronto, past and present Beneath many major North American cities rests a deep foundation of Indigenous history that has been colonized, paved over, …	Brian Wright-McLeod; Denise Bolduc; Mnawaate Gordon-Corbiere; Rebeka Tabobondung	304	2021	View
NEW! Reconciliation and Indigenous Justice A Search for Ways Forward Fernwood Publishing	The horrors of the Indian residential schools are by now well-known historical facts, and they have certainly found purchase in the Canadian consciousness in recent years. The history of violence …	David Milward	233	2022	View
Resistance and Renewal Surviving the Indian Residential School Arsenal Pulp Press	One of the first books published to deal with the phenomenon of residential schools in Canada, Resistance and Renewal is a disturbing collection of Native perspectives on the Kamloops Indian …	Celia Haig-Brown	172	1988	View
The Beothuk Breakwater Books	A history of the Beothuk of Newfoundland. Exciting in its detail, this book gives us a rare picture of a lost people whose culture was destroyed after the arrival of white settlers. This title …	Ingeborg Marshall	88	2009	View
The Truth About Stories A Native Narrative House of Anansi Press	"Stories are wondrous things," award-winning author and scholar Thomas King declares in his 2003 CBC Massey Lectures. "And they are dangerous." Beginning with a traditional …	Thomas King	184	2003	View
NEW! Umingmak Stuart Hodgson and the Birth of the Modern Arctic Tidewater Press	In 1967, Stuart Hodgson, a pugnacious British Columbia labour leader, was the newly-appointed Commissioner of the Northwest Territories, responsible for establishing a fledgling government in the …	Jake Ootes	326	2020	View
Victims of Benevolence The Dark Legacy of the Williams Lake Residential School Arsenal Pulp Press	An unsettling study of two tragic events at an Indian residential school in British Columbia which serve as a microcosm of the profound impact the residential school system had on Aboriginal …	Elizabeth Furniss	142	1992	View
From "You’ll Never Believe What Happened" Is Always a Great Way to Start From: The Truth About Stories Preview House of Anansi Press	In this reading, Indigenous author and scholar Thomas King explores the idea that stories, both those we tell ourselves and those that are told to us by others, are foundational in establishing …	Thomas King	30	2003	$3.60 Add
From NEW! Foreword Stuart Hodgson and the Birth of the Modern Arctic From: Umingmak Preview Tidewater Press	This section includes a foreword, author’s note, map of the Northwest Territories in 1970, and Prologue	Jake Ootes	6	2020	$0.60 Add
From Hochelaga From: The History of Montréal Preview Baraka Books	This chapter looks at the early history of the island of Montreal and its colonization by the French. It looks at the Iroquoian/Indigenous and French perspective on this history.	Paul-André Linteau	9	2013	$0.90 Add
From Introduction The Story of Canada From: National Dreams Preview Arsenal Pulp Press	In the introduction the author states that Indians were referred to as looking “Alien Like” and that the “British-born Canadians” are the “Elect of the earth”. …	Daniel Frances	30	1997	$0.90 Add
From Introduction From: The Beothuk Preview Breakwater Books	The introduction provides an overview of the sequence of information that is presented in the book and the author’s goals	Ingeborg Marshall	1	2009	$0.10 Add
From Preface From: Victims of Benevolence Preview Arsenal Pulp Press	In most books, historical records have been written by non-Natives and thus reflect a non-Native cultural orientation. As a result, Native perspectives are often excluded from documentary sources …	Elizabeth Furniss	16	1992	$0.16 Add
From Preface, Acknowledgements, Introduction From: Resistance and Renewal Preview Arsenal Pulp Press	The author, Celia Haig-Brown, lays the groundwork for the research for Resistance and Renewal.	Celia Haig-Brown	17	1988	$0.17 Add
From NEW! Rising Like a Cloud: New Histories of ‘Old’ Toronto From: Indigenous Toronto Preview Coach House Books	This reading introduces the book and explores Toronto’s history.	Hayden King	6	2021	$0.60 Add
From NEW! The Legacy of Residential Schools From: Reconciliation and Indigenous Justice Preview Fernwood Publishing	Chapter 1 introduces the objective of the book, which is to examine reconciliation and Indigenous justice through exploring the legacy of residential schools and their role that this legacy plays …	David Milward	10	2022	$1.00 Add

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