Indigenous-Canadian Relations

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A "Sacred Duty"

Christianity, Civilization, and Indian Education

From: Victims of Benevolence

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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 … 40 $1.60 Add
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Disgraceful: Intellectual dishonesty, white anxieties, and multicultural critique thirty-six years later

From: Home and Native Land

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Discusses the notion of progress under liberal democracy and the way it discredits non-European societies, with reference to criticisms of these societies by writers such as Ayaan Hirsi Ali. 18 $1.80 Add
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Foreword

From: Resistance and Renewal

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Randy Fred offers a first-hand account of his years at the residential school. Randy’s reflections of his years at the school are objective, yet heart-wrenching and brings focus to the … 20 $0.40 Add
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Introduction

Drawing a Line in the Tar Sands

From: A Line in the Tar Sands

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In the Introduction the editors explain the premise of the book, which serves as a tool for use in classrooms, a guide for activist strategy, and a way to share the historic and present struggle … ; ; ; 20 $2.00 Add
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Introduction: The Cradle

From: Cobalt

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The Introduction provides a brief history of Cobalt, Ontario and its legacy on the Canadian mining industry worldwide. 8 $0.80 Add
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Life Before the Schools

From: Righting Canada’s Wrongs: Residential Schools

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This chapter provides an overview of the lives and cultures of indigenous people in Canada prior to the residential schools. It illustrates this with paintings, artifacts, photographs, and … 30 $3.00 Add
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Setting the Terms

From: Circle Works

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The Lay of the Land

From: Unsettling Canada

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The Lay of the Land serves as an introduction to the book’s author, Arthur Manuel. In this chapter Manuel introduces himself and his home of Neskonlith in the Secwepemc territory of British … 12 $1.20 Add
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Conflict Arising From Contact

From: Righting Canada’s Wrongs: Residential Schools

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This chapter discusses the policies that were enacted by the Canadian government and the effect this had on Canada’s Indigenous People. It illustrates this with photographs and … 10 $1.00 Add
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Institutionalizing a People

Indian School, Indian Jail

From: Unsettling Canada

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Institutionalizing a People delves into Manuel’s arrest and month in jail at the age of 16 for train hopping in Calgary, and his reflections on how his time in jail reminded him of his time … 15 $1.50 Add
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Part I: Discovery

From: Cobalt

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Part I contains Chapter 1: Origin Stories, Chapter 2: The El Dorado of the North, Chapter 3: Cobalt as Imagined by Wall Street, and Chapter 4: Follow the Money. 39 $3.90 Add
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Petro-Capitalism and the Tar Sands

Part I: Tar Sands Expansionism

From: A Line in the Tar Sands

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In Chapter 1 Angela Carter uses petro-capitalism as a lens to capture the scale and complexity of the tar sands industry, focusing on our economic, political, and environmental costs of fossil … 13 $1.30 Add
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Resistance Retheorized: The Native Perspective

From: Circle Works

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Setting the Scene

The Governments; Missionaries; The Secwepemc

From: Resistance and Renewal

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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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The Shuswap Response to Colonialism

From: Victims of Benevolence

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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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Traders and Adventurers, 1671–1821

From: North of Superior

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Looks at how the relationship between the Aboriginal Peoples and the fur trading Europeans Developed. Outlines that it went from one of European dependence on Aboriginal knowledge and skills to … ; 20 $2.00 Add