Northwest Territories
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| Title & Subtitle | Abstract | Contributors | Pages | Year | Purchase |
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 NEW! Tracking the Caribou QueenMemoir of a Settler Girlhood |
In this challenging memoir about her formative years in Yellowknife in the ’60s and ’70s, author Margaret Macpherson lays bare her own white privilege, her multitude of unexamined … | Margaret Macpherson | 296 | 2022 | View |
 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 |
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From 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 |
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From 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 |
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From NEW! Vision |
The chapter reflects on Margie’s recounting of the 1964 Caribou Carnival and the Caribou Queen, learning what stretching formula meant, her relationships with her mother, a baby in a parka, … | Margaret Macpherson | 7 | 2022 | $0.70 Add |
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From Chance of a LifetimeStuart 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 | 7 | 2020 | $0.70 Add |
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From NEW! Gold Range |
This chapter discusses the Margie’s family’s big move to the North, the history around the development of Yellow Knife as the capital of the Northwest Territories, their time living … | Margaret Macpherson | 8 | 2022 | $0.80 Add |
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From NEW! School |
The chapter describes their father’s career in the northern school system, the paternalism of the school system, her fathers role in running the residential school, and the original … | Margaret Macpherson | 8 | 2022 | $0.80 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 NEW! Antler |
This chapter focuses on the simple gift of an antler to Marie from her sister Jennifer, exploring topics including sibling relationships, the original caribou queen, the tragic death of Sophie … | Margaret Macpherson | 12 | 2022 | $1.20 Add |
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From Nowhere to Go but UpStuart 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 | 13 | 2020 | $1.30 Add |
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From  NEW! Chapter 5Rough Terrain, 1973-2016 From: Mining Country |
This chapter discusses mining in Canada at the end of the 20th century, and into the early 21st century. Topics discussed in this chapter include increasing resistance to new mines from … | Arn Keeling; John Sandlos | 26 | 2021 | $2.60 Add |
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From In on the Ground FloorStuart 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 | 6 | 2020 | $0.60 Add |
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From NEW! Scoop |
This chapter focuses on the families first government house in the north, their neighbours, the forced friendship with Carmel Johnson and Margie’s cruel gift of soap, the residential … | Margaret Macpherson | 24 | 2022 | $2.40 Add |
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From A Miniature House of CommonsStuart 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 | 13 | 2020 | $1.30 Add |
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From NEW! Chapter 6Heritage, History, and Zombie Mines From: Mining Country |
This chapter discusses abandoned mines throughout Canada and efforts to contain pollution and reclaim devastated land. | Arn Keeling; John Sandlos | 14 | 2021 | $1.40 Add |
