History

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Appropriation

From: Tracking the Caribou Queen

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This chapter explores Margie’s short story “The Pride of my People” about an orphaned Dene boy, reflecting on her own racism, superioriot and wrongheadedness in her perceptions … 6 $0.60 Add
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Confederation and the Indian Act

From: We Were Not The Savages

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Chapter 12 focuses on the impacts of Confederation, the Indian Act, and the Guerin Decision. 71 $7.10 Add
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Demasduit

From: The Beothuk

This chapter describes the experiences of a Beothuk captive in the early 19th century. 4 $0.40 Add
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Double Play

From: On Account of Darkness

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This chapter explores the experiences of non-white women (Black, Indigenous, Japanese Canadian, and others) in sports in Canada. 11 $1.10 Add
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Taking It to the Bank

Accounting for Unpaid Debt

From: Unsettling Canada

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Taking it to the Bank focuses on the Indigenous right to self-determination and to economic control over their own territories. 12 $1.20 Add
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The National Indian Philosophy

1971-1972

From: Brotherhood to Nationhood

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Chapter ten of George Manuel’s biography looks at 1971-1972, when as president of the National Indian Brotherhood, he focused on Indian control of education and rebuilding Indian … ; 13 $1.30 Add
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Glossary

From: How We Go Home

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The glossary defines the key terms appearing throughout the book. 9 $0.90 Add
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International Travels

From: Brotherhood to Nationhood

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Chapter eleven of George Manuel’s biography tells of his international travels, first to Australia and New Zealand as part of a Department of Indian Affairs delegation, and the insights he … ; 17 $1.70 Add
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Prey

From: Tracking the Caribou Queen

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The chapter recounts Margie’s fear of the Ripley boys, the dangers of going near the miners’ bunkhouses, and what happens to the reputations of the girls who went there. 13 $1.30 Add
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Relations between the Beothuk and Mi’kmaq in the Early 1800’s

From: The Beothuk

This chapter describes the evolving relationship between the Beothuk at Notre Dame bay and the Mi’kmaq community who lived there in the early 1800s 3 $0.30 Add
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The Fourth World

A Global Movement

From: Unsettling Canada

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The Fourth World discusses the struggle to find justice on the international stage when it has been denied at home. This chapter focuses on the history of the idea of a “the Fourth … 12 $1.20 Add
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Twentieth-Century Racism and Centralization

From: We Were Not The Savages

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Chapter 13 focuses on the institutionalisation of racism within the modern Canadian state, explores the role of centralized education, the Shubenacadie Indian Residential School and Indian Day … 53 $5.30 Add
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Historical Timeline of Indigenous North America

From: How We Go Home

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This historical timeline maps out key dates and events in Indigenous North America, tracing the impact of colonialism, and ends in 2020. 20 $2.00 Add
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Land Title and the James Bay Battle

1972-1973

From: Brotherhood to Nationhood

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Chapter twelve of George Manuel’s biography looks at land rights court battles and the issue of the James Bay hydroelectric project in Northern Quebec during the years 1972 and 1973. ; 15 $1.50 Add
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Line of Defence

Side by Side for Mother Earth

From: Unsettling Canada

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Line of Defence focuses on Indigenous peoples’ role in acting as environmentalist across the world, as the children and the defenders of the land. The chapter explores activism against the … 16 $1.60 Add
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Soul

From: Tracking the Caribou Queen

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This chapter remembers Margie’s relationship with Sylvan Johnson, her sickly neighbour, his attempt to save Margie’s soul, his death and funeral, his sister Carmel’s regret, and … 20 $2.00 Add