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| Title & Subtitle | Abstract | Contributors | Pages | Year | Purchase |
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 All Our RelationsFinding the Path Forward |
In this urgent and incisive work, bestselling and award-winning author Tanya Talaga explores the alarming rise of youth suicide in Indigenous communities in Canada and beyond. From Northern … | Tanya Talaga | 290 | 2018 | View |
 NEW! Country of PoxesThree Germs and the Taking of Territory |
Country of Poxes is the story of land theft in North America through three diseases: syphilis, smallpox and tuberculosis. These infectious diseases reveal that medical care, widely considered a … | Baijayanta Mukhopadhyay | 208 | 2022 | View |
 NEW! ohpikinâwasowin/Growing a ChildImplementing Indigenous Ways of Knowing With Indigenous Families |
Western theory and practice are over-represented in child welfare services for Indigenous peoples, not the other way around. Contributors to this collection invert the long-held, colonial … | Avery Calhoun; Leona Makokis; Ralph Bodor; Stephanie Tyler | 286 | 2020 | View |
 NEW! White BenevolenceRacism and Colonial Violence in the Helping Professions |
When working with Indigenous people, the helping professions —education, social work, health care and justice — reinforce the colonial lie that Indigenous people need saving. In White … | Amanda Gebhard; Sheelah McLean; Verna St. Denis | 289 | 2022 | View |
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From Chapter One: We Were Always HereFrom: All Our Relations Collection: Indigenous in Canada: Firsthand Accounts |
In this reading, Tanya Talaga discusses the epidemic of suicides among Indigenous youth in Canada. The reading includes personal recollections of the author, historical and political context and … | Tanya Talaga | 41 | 2018 | $4.92 Add |
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From NEW! ForewordFrom: Country of Poxes |
Forward from Dr. Darlene Kitty. | Darlene Kitty | 3 | 2022 | $0.30 Add |
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From NEW! IntroductionEntering the Circle |
The Prophesy – The Turtle Lodge Teachings – Ceremony and Smudging – About the Book – About the Wisdom-Seeking Projects – Our Book Cover | Avery Calhoun; Leona Makokis; Ralph Bodor; Stephanie Tyler | 12 | 2020 | $1.20 Add |
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From NEW! IntroductionFrom: White Benevolence |
In the introduction, Amanda Gebhard, Sheelah McLean, and Verna St. Denis make clear their intentions for this collection, which are to elevate critical standpoints on racial inequality in Canada … | Amanda Gebhard; Sheelah McLean; Verna St. Denis | 22 | 2022 | $2.20 Add |
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From  Introduction: Aboriginal Canada Revisited |
Introduction | Kerstin Knopf | 26 | 2008 | $2.60 Add |
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From Chapter Two: Big Brother’s HungerFrom: All Our Relations |
In this reading, Tanya Talaga discusses the epidemic of suicides among Indigenous youth in Canada. The reading includes personal recollections of the author, historical and political context and … | Tanya Talaga | 62 | 2018 | $7.44 Add |
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From NEW! iyiniw tâpwêwin êkwa kiskeyihtamowinFrom: ohpikinâwasowin/Growing a Child Collection: Indigenous in Canada: Firsthand Accounts |
Our Project’s Creation Story – Ceremony – Two Worlds – Permission to Wisdom-Seek – Storytelling and Creation Stories – Language – Multiple Truths – … | Amanda McLellan; Leona Makokis; Ralph Bodor; Stephanie Tyler | 30 | 2020 | $3.00 Add |
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From NEW! Living My Family Through ColonialismFrom: White Benevolence |
In chapter 2, Verna St. Denis examines the impact of colonial structures on BIPOC communities and families through recounting her own experiences. This chapter focuses on the colonial structures … | Verna St. Denis | 14 | 2022 | $1.40 Add |
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From NEW! Pandemics PastHow Infections Have Defined Humanity From: Country of Poxes |
Chapter 1 explores the history of infectious diseases in Canada and human coexistence with infection. Topics discussed include malaria, gene mutations, cystic fibrosis, cholera, antibiotics, … | Baijayanta Mukhopadhyay | 16 | 2022 | $1.60 Add |
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From Chapter Three: The Third SpaceFrom: All Our Relations |
In this reading, Tanya Talaga discusses the epidemic of suicides among Indigenous youth in Canada. The reading includes personal recollections of the author, historical and political context and … | Tanya Talaga | 53 | 2018 | $6.36 Add |
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From NEW! miyawâtaFamily Teachings on Turtle Island |
Setting the Context – A Colonial View of Health – An Indigenous View of Health: Living miyo pimâtisiwin – The Project: Foster Care and Non-Indigenous Caregivers – … | Carolyn Barker | 28 | 2020 | $2.80 Add |
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From NEW! SyphilisFrom: Country of Poxes |
Chapter 2 focuses on syphilis. Topics discussed include the debate around syphilis’ origins, the politics of colonialism, the “Columbian exchange”, the stages of syphilis, … | Baijayanta Mukhopadhyay | 56 | 2022 | $5.60 Add |
