History

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Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
From NEW! Taking It to the Bank Accounting for Unpaid Debt From: Unsettling Canada View Between The Lines	Taking it to the Bank focuses on the Indigenous right to self-determination and to economic control over their own territories.	Arthur Manuel	12	2021	$1.20 Add
From Taking the Image Part I From: The Imaginary Indian View Arsenal Pulp Press	The author opens part I of the book with a critique of one of the most famous Canadian themed paintings—The Death of Wolfe by Benjamin West and calls it a lie.	Daniel Francis	25	1992	$2.50 Add
From NEW! The Battle in the Forest The Trade in Indian Trees From: Unsettling Canada View Between The Lines	The Battle in the Forest discusses Manuel’s experiences working with and against B.C. forestry. The chapter explores how Indigenous people and lands bear the brunt of the logging’s …	Arthur Manuel	12	2021	$1.20 Add
The Beothuk Breakwater Books	A history of the Beothuk of Newfoundland. Exciting in its detail, this book gives us a rare picture of a lost people whose culture was destroyed after the arrival of white settlers. This title …	Ingeborg Marshall	88	2009	View
From The Black Horse of Famine and the Indigenous Peoples on the Prairies (March) From: Sir John A. MacDonald & the Apocalyptic Year 1885 View Sutherland House	In this chapter, Dutil examines the devastating impact of bison extirpation on Indigenous peoples of the Canadian prairies during the 1860s and 1870s, and the policies Prime Minister Macdonald …	Patrice Dutil	22	2024	$2.20 Add
From The Black Robes Return From: Songs Upon the Rivers View Baraka Books	This chapter looks at the Black Robes and Catholic church’s role in some of the history of French-descended and French-speaking populations in North America.	Michel Bouchard; Robert Foxcurran; Sébastien Malette	43	2016	$4.30 Add
From NEW! The Colonized Strike Back: Red Power, 1965–75 From: Capitalism, Colonialism, and Crises View James Lorimer and Company	In this chapter, Palmer examines grassroots Indigenous organizations that used land occupations and protests to challenge colonial assimilation policies across Canada. He details how these …	Bryan D. Palmer	23	2026	$2.30 Add
From The Commission on the Future of Health Care in Canada: A Case Study of Aboriginal Health From: Aboriginal Canada Revisited View University of Ottawa Press	In his final report, issued in 2002, Romanow, among other things, addressed the health status of Aboriginal people in Canada (First Nations, Metis and Inuit peoples). His recommendations, and …	Falko Brede	22	2008	$2.20 Add
From The Confrontation with the Métis and the Cree (March, April, May) From: Sir John A. MacDonald & the Apocalyptic Year 1885 View Sutherland House	In this chapter, Dutil examines how in March 1885, Métis and Cree warriors led by Gabriel Dumont clashed with the North-West Mounted Police at Duck Lake, igniting the North-West Resistance.	Patrice Dutil	23	2024	$2.30 Add
From NEW! The Constitution Express A Grassroots Movement From: Unsettling Canada View Between The Lines	The Constitution Express follows the creation of the Constitution Express movement founded by Manuel between 1980-1981. The movement was a reaction to protest the lack of Indigenous rights in the …	Arthur Manuel	11	2021	$1.10 Add
From The Edge of Extinction From: We Were Not The Savages View Fernwood Publishing	Chapter 11 explores how at risk the Mi’kmaq population was during the late eighteenth century.	Daniel N. Paul	25	2022	$2.50 Add
From “… the elementary relationship between land and people …”: Geographical and Ethnological Paradigms / Early Geographical Studies, 1881-1883: Inuit Occupancy in the Arctic Chapters 1 and 2 From: The Franz Boas Enigma View Baraka Books	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
From NEW! The End of Colonialism From: Unsettling Canada View Between The Lines	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
From NEW! The Fourth World A Global Movement From: Unsettling Canada View Between The Lines	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 Enigma Inuit, Arctic, and Sciences Baraka Books	“… 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
From The French Empire and the First Metis of the Old Northwest From: Songs Upon the Rivers View Baraka Books	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