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From  The Black Horse of Famine and the Indigenous Peoples on the Prairies (March) |
In this chapter, Dutil examines the devastating impact of bison extirpation on Indigenous peoples of the Canadian prairies during the 1860s and 1870s, and the policies Prime Minister Macdonald … | Patrice Dutil | 22 | 2024 | $2.20 Add |
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From  The Bureaucrat’s IndianFrom: 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 … | Daniel Francis | 48 | 1992 | $4.80 Add |
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From  The Bureaucrat’s IndianFrom: 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 … | Daniel Francis | 48 | 1992 | $4.80 Add |
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From  The Early Years of the Mission SchoolEducation 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 … | Elizabeth Furniss | 28 | 1992 | $0.56 Add |
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From The Government InvestigationFrom: 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 … | Elizabeth Furniss | 21 | 1992 | $0.42 Add |
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From  The Great Indian Bus Tour of TorontoTRANSFORMING THE CITY From: Indigenous Toronto |
Interviews with Heather Howard-Bobiwash, Jon Johnson, and Kory Snache. | Erica Commanda; Rebeka Tabobondung | 16 | 2021 | $1.60 Add |
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From  The Last HurrahStuart 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 … | Jake Ootes | 6 | 2020 | $0.60 Add |
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From The Next Thing to GodStuart 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 … | Jake Ootes | 16 | 2020 | $1.60 Add |
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From  The ResistanceFrom: 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 … | Celia Haig-Brown | 27 | 1988 | $0.54 Add |
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From The Shuswap Response to ColonialismFrom: 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, … | Elizabeth Furniss | 24 | 1992 | $0.48 Add |
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From The Top of the WorldFrom: 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 … | Jake Ootes | 18 | 2020 | $1.80 Add |
 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 |
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From The Vanishing CanadianFrom: The Imaginary Indian |
This chapter calls out the 18th and 19th artists like Paul Kane, Edward Curtis, and others for taking the Indian image and manipulating and displaying in any way they wanted. The image-makers … | Daniel Francis | 50 | 1992 | $5.00 Add |
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From The Vanishing CanadianFrom: The Imaginary Indian |
This chapter calls out the 18th and 19th artists like Paul Kane, Edward Curtis, and others for taking the Indian image and manipulating and displaying in any way they wanted. The image-makers … | Daniel Francis | 50 | 1992 | $5.00 Add |
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From Today We’re NorthernersStuart 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 | 15 | 2020 | $1.50 Add |
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From Touring Prime Minister TrudeauStuart 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 … | Jake Ootes | 3 | 2020 | $0.30 Add |
