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A Chief’s Concerns

Finances, the People, and the Land

From: Unsettling Canada

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A Chief’s Concerns focuses on Manuel’s perspective when he became Chief in 1995. The chapter focuses on the challenges Manuel faced as chief as well as the challenges faced by those … 13 $1.30 Add
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Civilized

From: Tracking the Caribou Queen

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This chapter explores Margie’s fathers attempts at a vegetable garden, isolation and uncertainty in winter, the ferry and ice roads, scarcity in the north, racism towards Mr. Wong, and her … 14 $1.40 Add
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Community Development and the Arthur Laing Gang

1965-1967

From: Brotherhood to Nationhood

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In the sixth chapter of his biography, George Manuel begins his community development job for the Department of Indian Affairs, starting with training in Quebec City, before being placed in … ; 17 $1.70 Add
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Ekaa naataw kaa-wiikihk

From: Ohpikiihaakan-ohpihmeh (Raised Somewhere Else)

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Lieutenant John Cartwright’s Expedition into Beothuk Country

From: The Beothuk

This chapter recounts the firsthand experiences of Lieutenant John Cartwright in Notre Dame Bay in the late 1700s 7 $0.70 Add
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Story Taking

From: The Trauma Beat

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In this chapter, Cherry explores how colonialism and anti-Indigenous racism impact how the media reports on missing and murdered Indigenous wome. She offers a first hand account through her … 18 $1.80 Add
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The Futile Search for a Just Peace, 1752–1761

From: We Were Not The Savages

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Chapter 8 examines the topics of Lawrence’s Scalping Proclamation versus the Phips’s Proclamation, and the 1760s Treaties. 35 $3.50 Add
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The March to Statehood

From: Songs Upon the Rivers

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This chapter continues to explore the history of French-speaking/descended settlements in North America, particularly in the Pacific Northwest. ; ; 21 $2.10 Add
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Transcending Colonialism? Rodeos and Racing in Lethbridge

From: Decolonizing Sport

This chapter discusses sport in Lethbridge and the surrounding region between the late 1880s and the First World War. This reading address how frontier or settler colonial communities emerged … 20 $2.00 Add
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Burying of the Hatchet Ceremony of 1761 and the Royal Proclamation of 1763

From: We Were Not The Savages

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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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Down the Garden Path: Chretien/Andras Consultations

1968-1969

From: Brotherhood to Nationhood

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Chapter seven of George Manuel’s biography covers 1968 and 1969, during which time he met and became involved with Marlene August. He was also offered a job working for Harold Cardinal in … ; 15 $1.50 Add
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Hostilities between Fishermen/Settlers, Furriers

From: The Beothuk

This chapter describes the escalation of the conflict between the Beothuk and European fishermen and furriers in the late 18th century 4 $0.40 Add
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Naahta-wiikewin

From: Ohpikiihaakan-ohpihmeh (Raised Somewhere Else)

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Royals

From: Tracking the Caribou Queen

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The chapter reflects on the author’s memories of the queen’s visit to Yellowknife, thinking of oneself as the other, Margie’s relationship to Maryanne. 6 $0.60 Add
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The Politics of Becoming

From: Songs Upon the Rivers

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The authors muse on the role Métis people played in the history of North America, and the way history has been represented/rewritten to exclude their participation in and influence on this … ; ; 33 $3.30 Add