History
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From ![]() The Edge of ExtinctionFrom: We Were Not The Savages |
Chapter 11 explores how at risk the Mi’kmaq population was during the late eighteenth century. | Daniel N. Paul | 25 | 2022 | $2.50 Add |
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From ![]() “… the elementary relationship between land and people …”: Geographical and Ethnological Paradigms / Early Geographical Studies, 1881-1883: Inuit Occupancy in the ArcticChapters 1 and 2 From: The Franz Boas Enigma |
Chapter 1 discusses Franz Boas’ life and research/various publications and their importance as well as explores his interests, academic directions, and influences. Chapter 2 explores … | Ludger Müller-Wille | 20 | 2014 | $2.00 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! The End of ColonialismFrom: Unsettling Canada |
The End of Colonialism serves as the conclusion of Manuel’s work, and in it he highlights all the work still to be done but also celebrates some victories won by Indigenous people across … | Arthur Manuel | 5 | 2021 | $0.50 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! The Fourth WorldA Global Movement From: Unsettling Canada |
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 … | Arthur Manuel | 12 | 2021 | $1.20 Add |
![]() The Franz Boas EnigmaInuit, Arctic, and Sciences |
“… Franz Boas has remained an enigma, so misunderstood as a person and so often misrepresented as an anthropologist.” William S. Willis, Jr. How did Franz Boas become the … | Ludger Müller-Wille | 188 | 2014 | View |
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From ![]() The French Empire and the First Metis of the Old NorthwestFrom: Songs Upon the Rivers |
This chapter explores Metis history, looking at the history of various Metis communities across North America and the formation of Métis identity. It covers some early French colonial … | Michel Bouchard; Robert Foxcurran; Sébastien Malette | 44 | 2016 | $4.40 Add |
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From ![]() The Fur Trade and the Metis of the New NorthwestFrom: Songs Upon the Rivers |
This chapter examines the history of the British (and later Canadian) fur trade, taking the role of a latter-day witness to the arrival of French-speaking peoples in the Pacific Northwest. It … | Michel Bouchard; Robert Foxcurran; Sébastien Malette | 28 | 2016 | $2.80 Add |
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From ![]() The Futile Search for a Just Peace, 1752–1761From: We Were Not The Savages |
Chapter 8 examines the topics of Lawrence’s Scalping Proclamation versus the Phips’s Proclamation, and the 1760s Treaties. | Daniel N. Paul | 35 | 2022 | $3.50 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! The Great White HopesFrom: On Account of Darkness |
This chapter once again explores Indigenous history in Canada and discrimination against Indigenous people in the world of sports and beyond. The author talks about his personal experiences … | Ian Kennedy | 11 | 2022 | $1.10 Add |
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From ![]() The Indian Got What Was Owing to HimFrom: Cheated |
Chapter Seven further details the surrender of reserve lands and subsequent sale by the Wilfred Laurier Liberals. | Bill Waiser; Jennie Hansen | 28 | 2023 | $2.80 Add |
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From ![]() The Last Eighteenth-Century “Indian War,” the Opportunistic Origins of Capitalist Accumulation, and the Beginnings of Banking: The Other Meanings of 1812From: Colonialism and Capitalism: Canada’s Origins 1500-1890 |
This chapter discusses the effect of the War of 1812 on relations between the colonial rulers and Indigenous populations as well as economic opportunities presented and the creation of a colonial … | Bryan D. Palmer | 9 | 2024 | $0.90 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! The Lay of the LandFrom: Unsettling Canada |
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 … | Arthur Manuel | 12 | 2021 | $1.20 Add |
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From ![]() The March to StatehoodFrom: Songs Upon the Rivers |
This chapter continues to explore the history of French-speaking/descended settlements in North America, particularly in the Pacific Northwest. | Michel Bouchard; Robert Foxcurran; Sébastien Malette | 21 | 2016 | $2.10 Add |
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From ![]() The Métis Nation and Provisional Government in the North-West, 1869-71From: Colonialism and Capitalism: Canada’s Origins 1500-1890 |
This chapter examines the Metis nation in communities such as the Red River and Saskatchewan River in the late nineteenth-century Canadian colony, the Canada Party, Louis Riel, and the … | Bryan D. Palmer | 12 | 2024 | $1.20 Add |
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From ![]() The National Chief |
Chapter nine of George Manuel’s biography details his path to become National Chief and president of the National Indian Brotherhood and the beginning of his term there, including people he … | Doreen Manuel; Peter McFarlane | 17 | 2020 | $1.70 Add |
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From ![]() The National Indian Philosophy1971-1972 |
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 … | Doreen Manuel; Peter McFarlane | 13 | 2020 | $1.30 Add |











