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Title & Subtitle | Abstract | Contributors | Pages | Year | Purchase |
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![]() NEW! Reconciliation and Indigenous JusticeA Search for Ways Forward |
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 RenewalSurviving the Indian Residential School |
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 |
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 StoriesA Native Narrative |
"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! UmingmakStuart Hodgson and the Birth of the Modern Arctic |
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 BenevolenceThe Dark Legacy of the Williams Lake Residential School |
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 StartFrom: The Truth About Stories |
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! ForewordStuart Hodgson and the Birth of the Modern Arctic From: Umingmak |
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 ![]() HochelagaFrom: The History of Montréal |
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 ![]() IntroductionThe Story of Canada From: National Dreams |
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 ![]() IntroductionFrom: The Beothuk |
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 ![]() PrefaceFrom: Victims of Benevolence |
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, IntroductionFrom: Resistance and Renewal |
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! The Legacy of Residential Schools |
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 |
From ![]() A "Sacred Duty"Christianity, Civilization, and Indian Education From: Victims of Benevolence |
Roman Catholic missionaries and the Canadian government shared a vision: to see Native people, through residential schooling, abandon their cultural heritage and their nomadic hunting and fishing … | Elizabeth Furniss | 40 | 1992 | $1.60 Add |
From ![]() NEW! AppointedStuart Hodgson and the Birth of the Modern Arctic From: Umingmak |
Readings in Part One of this title entitled "A Leader in the Making" discuss Stuart Hodgson’s political background. The section discusses his appointment as Commissioner of the … | Jake Ootes | 4 | 2020 | $0.40 Add |