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A Bible in my Hands
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A Bible in my Hands

From: On Account of Darkness

This chapter focuses on Indigenous history, colonization, and anti-Indigenous racism in sports. Particular focus is put on Lacrosse. 13 $1.30 Add
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A Nineteenth-Century War of Resistance: Settler "Unionists," "Half-Breeds," "Indians," and the Uprising in the North-West, 1885

A Nineteenth-Century War of Resistance: Settler "Unionists," "Half-Breeds," "Indians," and the Uprising in the North-West, 1885

From: Colonialism and Capitalism: Canada’s Origins 1500-1890

This chapter looks at the Canadian Pacific Railway’s intrusion further west and the ensuing conflicts with Indigenous and Metis populations, Louis Riel’s Provisional Government and … 18 $1.80 Add
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Alienating Agreements; or Treaties as Thievery — Early Capitalism at Work in the 1870s and 1880s

Alienating Agreements; or Treaties as Thievery — Early Capitalism at Work in the 1870s and 1880s

From: Colonialism and Capitalism: Canada’s Origins 1500-1890

This chapter looks at John A. MacDonald’s National Policy in the 1870s ‘ and 1880s’ post-Confederation Canada in the form of railroads, tariffs and immigration, as well as the … 15 $1.50 Add
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Alone
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Alone

From: Tracking the Caribou Queen

The chapter reflects on Margie’s imaginative world as a teenager, Jennifer’s departure from the north to go to school in British Columbia, their fathers transfer to the Department of … 14 $1.40 Add
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Antler
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Antler

From: Tracking the Caribou Queen

This chapter focuses on the simple gift of an antler to Marie from her sister Jennifer, exploring topics including sibling relationships, the original caribou queen, the tragic death of Sophie … 12 $1.20 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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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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Bricks (and Timber) in the Road to Capital Accumulation, 1795-1850

Bricks (and Timber) in the Road to Capital Accumulation, 1795-1850

From: Colonialism and Capitalism: Canada’s Origins 1500-1890

This chapter takes a look at capital accumulation in Canada in the early nineteenth century through the development of resources such as lumber and mining and its impact of Indigenous populations … 11 $1.10 Add
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British North America, the American Revolution, and Land

British North America, the American Revolution, and Land

From: Colonialism and Capitalism: Canada’s Origins 1500-1890

This chapter takes a look at British rule in North America in the late eighteenth century, Mi’kmaq treaty negotiations, the impact of the westward movement of the Fur Trade on Indigenous … 14 $1.40 Add
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Capital Cravings: Colonialism's Sixteenth-Century Beginnings Planted

Capital Cravings: Colonialism’s Sixteenth-Century Beginnings Planted

From: Colonialism and Capitalism: Canada’s Origins 1500-1890

This chapter looks at the beginnings of capitalism and colonialism in Canada, and the effects of these developments on its Indigenous inhabitants. 19 $1.90 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
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Chapter 22: Crisis, Politics, Colonized Peoples
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Chapter 22: Crisis, Politics, Colonized Peoples

First Nations and Métis in the 1930s

From: Capitalism and Colonialism

This chapter examines how during the 1930s Indigenous Peoples suffered enormous poverty, disease and tuberculosis, coercive laws and intensified efforts at assimilation through institutions such … 12 $1.20 Add
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Chapter 28: "The Mountain Brings Forth a Mouse"
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Chapter 28: "The Mountain Brings Forth a Mouse"

The Indian Act and Colonialism's Continuities, 1944-60

From: Capitalism and Colonialism

This chapter details how at the end of WWII, Canada celebrated Indigenous war heroes like Tommy Prince and passed limited reforms through the 1951 Indian Act, yet at the same time denied the … 11 $1.10 Add
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Chapter 29: Prisons and Residential Schools
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Chapter 29: Prisons and Residential Schools

Colonial Coercions, 1940-70

From: Capitalism and Colonialism

This chapter recounts how in the postwar years, particularly after 1960, the rate of Indigenous imprisonment climbed rapidly as policing, courts and prisons replaced schools and reserves as the … 7 $0.70 Add
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Chapter 31: Conclusion
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Chapter 31: Conclusion

Canada at Mid-Century

From: Capitalism and Colonialism

This chapter outlines how at mid-century the state had achieved labour calm and a certain amount of economic and political stability while it had removed thousands of First Nations and Inuit from … 7 $0.70 Add