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Setting the Scene

Setting the Scene

The Governments; Missionaries; The Secwepemc

From: Resistance and Renewal

The chapter highlights the role the Government and the Oblates of Mary Immaculate played in the life of Native peoples, especially the Secwepemc. 22 $0.44 Add
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Shanawdithit

Shanawdithit

From: The Beothuk

This chapter describes the life of the last known Beothuk individual, a woman named Shanawdithit. 6 $0.60 Add
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Taking the Image

Taking the Image

Part I

From: The Imaginary Indian

The author opens part I of the book with a critique of one of the most famous Canadian themed paintings—The Death of Wolfe by Benjamin West and calls it a lie. 25 $2.50 Add
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Taking the Image

Part I

From: The Imaginary Indian, 1st Edition

The author opens part I of the book with a critique of one of the most famous Canadian themed paintings—The Death of Wolfe by Benjamin West and calls it a lie. The author opens part I of … 25 $0.50 Add
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The Art of Negotiation

The Art of Negotiation

Stuart Hodgson and the Birth of the Modern Arctic

From: Umingmak

Readings in Part Four of this title, entitled "Turf Wars" discuss the challenges and conflicts faced by communities in the Northwest Territories during Stuart Hodgson’s career. … 9 $0.90 Add
The Beothuk

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 … 88 View
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The Bureaucrat’s Indian

The Bureaucrat’s Indian

From: The Imaginary Indian

For many decades, government Indian policy was premised on an image of the Indian as inferior. Officials repeatedly described Indians as children. Like children, Indians could not be given full … 48 $4.80 Add
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The Bureaucrat’s Indian

From: The Imaginary Indian, 1st Edition

For many decades, government Indian policy was premised on an image of the Indian as inferior. Officials repeatedly described Indians as children. Like children, Indians could not be given full … 48 $1.92 Add
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The Early Years of the Mission School

The Early Years of the Mission School

Education and Discipline

From: Victims of Benevolence

Native children learned the skills they needed to survive, and the beliefs, values, and codes of behaviour appropriate to their society, by a trial-and error process of observing and imitating … 28 $0.56 Add
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The Government Investigation

The Government Investigation

From: Victims of Benevolence

The Indian Superintendent of B.C., A.W. Vowell was tasked to conduct the investigation into the death of Duncan Sticks. Vowell discredited the student testimonies, putting the blame on them … 21 $0.42 Add
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The Great Indian Bus Tour of Toronto
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The Great Indian Bus Tour of Toronto

TRANSFORMING THE CITY

From: Indigenous Toronto

Interviews with Heather Howard-Bobiwash, Jon Johnson, and Kory Snache. ; 16 $1.60 Add
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The Last Hurrah

The Last Hurrah

Stuart Hodgson and the Birth of the Modern Arctic

From: Umingmak

Readings in Part Five of this title, entitled "Farewell" discuss the end of Stuart Hodgson’s career in the North and the long lasting impact he had on the region. Topics discussed … 6 $0.60 Add
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The Next Thing to God

The Next Thing to God

Stuart Hodgson and the Birth of the Modern Arctic

From: Umingmak

Readings in Part Three of this title, entitled "Emperor of the North" discuss Hodgson’s growing power and influence in the communities of the Northwest Territories. Topics … 16 $1.60 Add
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The Resistance

The Resistance

From: Resistance and Renewal

People rarely comply fully and easily to the introduction of oppression. Native children also produced counter-cultures in their resistance to the oppressive system which was Kamloops Indian … 27 $0.54 Add
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The Shuswap Response to Colonialism

The Shuswap Response to Colonialism

From: Victims of Benevolence

Despite strong opposition, the Shuswap people were forced to adopt the colonial way of living. They were pushed out of their home and discouraged to practice sacred rituals. Ultimately, in 1891, … 24 $0.48 Add
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The Top of the World

The Top of the World

From: Umingmak

Readings in Part Two of this title entitled "Reaching All Northerners" discusses Stuard Hodgson’s first months in the Northwest Territories. Topics discussed include his grand … 18 $1.80 Add