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New Governors, Same Colonialism

From: Warrior Life

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 The Introduction of Warrior Life succinctly articulates the damage done to First Nations peoples in Canada through the process of colonization by the Canadian government, and outlines how that … 6 $0.60 Add
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From: Songs Upon the Rivers

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From: The Franz Boas Enigma

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 On Franz Boas, his research, and pivotal role in the history of science and anthropology. His publications provide us two-fold insights: an understanding of the scientific stimuli the young Boas … 9 $0.90 Add
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From: Capitalism and Colonialism

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 This chapter outlines how the structures of capitalism and colonialism together shaped the emergence of Canada as a nation in the twentieth century. 35 $3.50 Add
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From: Capitalism, Colonialism, and Crises

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 This introduction describes the big picture of how Canada’s economy developed over the period from 1960 onwards. Palmer describes how labour’s early postwar gains faded as corporate … 12 $1.20 Add
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From: Conceivable

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 In this introduction, Halpern Zisman, a third generation Holocaust survivor and queer settler, positions the title as a companion for 2SLGBTQ+ family building in Canada. 8 $0.80 Add
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From: Book of Hope

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 In this introduction, Pascal explains how Treaty 8 and Treaty 11 promised health services that were never fully honoured, leaving gaps in care that persist among Indigenous peoples. 15 $1.50 Add
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From: Making of Canada

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 In this introduction, Koabel challenges the familiar narrative of Canadian Confederation by spotlighting overlooked figures across the seventeenth through nineteenth centuries. 4 $0.40 Add
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She is full like the moon, rupturing like a galaxy and dancing with her ancestors like smoke rising to the sky

From: On Wholeness

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 In this chapter, Christie-Peters introduces Anishinaabe embodiment as a living cosmic reality set within Turtle Island’s settler colonial context. 15 $1.50 Add
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Introduction: Aboriginal Canada Revisited

From: Aboriginal Canada Revisited

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Inuit Tales and Lexicon, Arctic Ice and Climate, 1887-1894: Assessing Culture, Language, and Nature / Lasting Contributions by Franz Boas: Knowledge, Science, and Universality of Equality

Inuit Tales and Lexicon, Arctic Ice and Climate, 1887-1894: Assessing Culture, Language, and Nature / Lasting Contributions by Franz Boas: Knowledge, Science, and Universality of Equality

Chapters 11 and 12

From: The Franz Boas Enigma

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 Chapter 11 details how Boas continued the study Inuit language, tales, and beliefs and continued to publish studies and give lectures. Chapter 12 looks at the character of Franz Boas and his … 17 $1.70 Add
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James Douglas

From: Making of Canada

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 In this chapter, Koabel traces James Douglas’s navigation of the Fraser River Gold Rush of 1858, when a wave of American prospectors threatened the Pacific Northwest colonies. 17 $1.70 Add
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James Sinclair

From: Making of Canada

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 In this chapter, Koabel traces the political and economic struggle between the Red River Métis and the Hudson’s Bay Company during the 1840s. 16 $1.60 Add
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KIRS 1987

KIRS 1987

From: TSQELMUCWÍLC

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 Chapter Six describes the aftermath of the oppression of Indigenous children who were forced into the Kamloops Indian Residential School. ; ; 8 $0.80 Add
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Kondiaronk and the Great Peace of Montreal
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Kondiaronk and the Great Peace of Montreal

From: Making of Canada

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 In this chapter, Koabel examines how the Great Peace of Montreal, held in the summer of 1701, reshaped diplomatic relations across North America. 16 $1.60 Add
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La Haute-Louisiane and the Far West

La Haute-Louisiane and the Far West

From: Songs Upon the Rivers

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 This chapter looks at the history of French-descended Canadiens, Creole, and Métis populations in the area of Louisiana and the Far West. It looks at biases and inaccuracies in the … ; ; 48 $4.80 Add