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United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

From: Unsettling Canada

The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. ; ; 15 $1.50 Add
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Appendix A

A Chief Seattle's Message

From: Coming Back to Life

Chief Sealth, or Seattle as he is now known, delivered a speech in his native Duwamish to his tribal assembly in the Pacific Northwest in 1854. Notes on the speech were jotted down by one Dr. … ; 3 $0.30 Add
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Appropriation
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Appropriation

From: Tracking the Caribou Queen

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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Arctic Research and Publicity, 1883-1885: Articles in Germany and the United States / Life with Inuit and Whalers, 1883-1884: “I am now truly just like a typical Eskimo”

Arctic Research and Publicity, 1883-1885: Articles in Germany and the United States / Life with Inuit and Whalers, 1883-1884: “I am now truly just like a typical Eskimo”

Chapters 3 and 4

From: The Franz Boas Enigma

Chapter 3 looks at the leadup to Boas’ trip to the Arctic, exploring how he organized and funded this trip. It also looks at the articles he wrote before his trip and their impact. Chapter … 26 $2.60 Add
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Assimilation
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Assimilation

From: Our Land The Maritimes

This chapter focuses on the post-confederation assimilation policies imposed on Indigenous peoples in the Maritime provinces. Many of these policies resulted from the Indian Act of 1876 which … ; 47 $4.70 Add
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Back in the Game
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Back in the Game

From: On Account of Darkness

This chapter is about Indigenous experiences in sports, Indigenous women’s involvement in sports specifically, and gender norms. It discusses how Indigenous women have taken part in the … 15 $1.50 Add
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Back to British Columbia

Back to British Columbia

1976-1977

From: Brotherhood to Nationhood

Chapter sixteen of George Manuel’s biography covers the years 1976 and 1977 when he decides to leave Ottawa and the National Indian Brotherhood and return to British Columbia to work with … ; 14 $1.40 Add
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Bibliography
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Bibliography

From: Our Land The Maritimes

This section lists the primary and secondary sources referenced throughout the book. ; 8 $0.80 Add
Brotherhood to Nationhood

Brotherhood to Nationhood

George Manuel and the Making of the Modern Indian Movement

Charged with fresh material and new perspectives, this updated edition of the groundbreaking biography Brotherhood to Nationhood brings George Manuel and his fighting tradition into the present. … ; 342 View
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Burial Practices

Burial Practices

From: The Beothuk

This chapter discuses Beothuk burial practice using archaeological evidence and the accounts of outside observers. 5 $0.50 Add
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Burying of the Hatchet Ceremony of 1761 and the Royal Proclamation of 1763

Burying of the Hatchet Ceremony of 1761 and the Royal Proclamation of 1763

From: We Were Not The Savages

Chapter 9 focuses on the burying of the hatchet ceremony of 1761, and the Royal Proclamation of 1763. 14 $1.40 Add
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Canada is an Outlaw

Canada is an Outlaw

From: Warrior Life

Section four, Canada is an Outlaw, is a collection of articles and blog posts by Palmater in response to headlines about how Bill C-92 fails to protect Indigenous child welfare, lack of … 52 $5.20 Add
Capitalism and Colonialism
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Capitalism and Colonialism

The Making of Modern Canada, 1890-1960

This second volume of Bryan Palmer’s history of Canada covers 1890 to 1960, in which Palmer examines the continuing role of capitalism and colonialism in structuring Canadian society, from … 434 View
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Chapter 1
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Chapter 1

Deep Roots

From: Mining Country

This chapter discusses the earliest examples of mining in Canada. These include examples of metalwork and extraction practiced by pre-columbian indigenous communities as well as the first … ; 24 $2.40 Add
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Chapter 1: Capitalist Crisis and Expansion, 1890-1914
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Chapter 1: Capitalist Crisis and Expansion, 1890-1914

From: Capitalism and Colonialism

This chapter recounts how the Depression of the 1890s was followed in the first decades of the twentieth century by enormous growth in mining, railroads and industry. 6 $0.60 Add