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Conclusion

Conclusion

From: The Beothuk

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Conclusion

Conclusion

Power of the People

From: Warrior Life

In the Conclusion, Power of the People, Palmater reinforces her message of the importance of collective Indigenous resistance to resolve oppression, social injustice and genocide against … 7 $0.70 Add
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Conclusion: Macdonald and The Long Year of 1885

Conclusion: Macdonald and The Long Year of 1885

From: Sir John A. MacDonald & the Apocalyptic Year 1885

In this chapter, Dutil examines Sir John A. Macdonald’s legacy following the turbulent year of 1885. 24 $2.40 Add
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Confederation and the Indian Act

Confederation and the Indian Act

From: We Were Not The Savages

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

Conquest and Genocide

From: Canada in the World

The Roots of Confederation – 1867: The Birth of Canada – Clearing the Plains – Conquering the West – The Indian Act 26 $2.60 Add
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Constitution Express

Constitution Express

1980

From: Brotherhood to Nationhood

Chapter eighteen of George Manuel’s biography covers his work on Aboriginal rights in the Constitution in 1980. It covers the Child Caravan in Vancouver to protest the Constitution Act … ; 17 $1.70 Add
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Contextual Essays

Contextual Essays

From: How We Go Home

These contextual essays provide a framework for understanding treaties in the US and Canada with First Nations, on Indigenous perspectives on historical and intergenerational trauma in an … 13 $1.30 Add
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Corrals
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Corrals

From: Tracking the Caribou Queen

The chapter reflects on coming into adolescence, Spike the dog, playing in arsenic ridden lakes, “stuffing the goose”, wanting a boyfriend, the horse in the lake, and Margie’s … 20 $2.00 Add
Country of Poxes

Country of Poxes

Three Germs and the Taking of Territory

Country of Poxes is the story of land theft in North America through three diseases: syphilis, smallpox and tuberculosis. These infectious diseases reveal that medical care, widely considered a … 208 View
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Cracks
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Cracks

From: Tracking the Caribou Queen

The chapter recounts Margie and Maryanne’s two-night campout on Sammy’s Beach, youthful summers, stealing the clothes of skinny dippers foreigners, and the judgement-free friendship … 10 $1.00 Add
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Crises and Canada Remade, 2000–25: The Challenge of  the Present
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Crises and Canada Remade, 2000–25: The Challenge of the Present

From: Capitalism, Colonialism, and Crises

In this short overview chapter focusing on the period of 2000-2025, Palmer discusses the dominant market-oriented neoliberal policies of the period. 4 $0.40 Add
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Days of Protest
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Days of Protest

Young Activists Come Together

From: Unsettling Canada

Days of Protest explores the Idle No More movement in Canada. This chapter discusses the new grassroots spirit of activism of Idle No More, the Defenders of the Land, and the January 2013 Day of … 14 $1.40 Add
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Demasduit

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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Disgraceful: Intellectual dishonesty, white anxieties, and multicultural critique thirty-six years later

Disgraceful: Intellectual dishonesty, white anxieties, and multicultural critique thirty-six years later

From: Home and Native Land

Discusses the notion of progress under liberal democracy and the way it discredits non-European societies, with reference to criticisms of these societies by writers such as Ayaan Hirsi Ali. 18 $1.80 Add
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Dispossession and the Imposition of Poverty

Dispossession and the Imposition of Poverty

From: We Were Not The Savages

Chapter 10 focuses on the hardships and poverty of the Indigenous populations faced due to the disposition and landlessness they faced after English colonization. 19 $1.90 Add
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Distribution, Population Size, and Social Organization

Distribution, Population Size, and Social Organization

From: The Beothuk

This chapter uses archaeological evidence to describe the distribution of Beothuk communities in Newfoundland pre-Contact. 3 $0.30 Add