Indigenous Studies

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Chapter 18

Chapter 18

New Era in Westbank

From: Fight or Submit

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Chapter 19

The Struggle Continues

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Chapter 2

Chapter 2

What it Means to Be Colonized

From: Legacy

This chapter includes a discussion of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder as it impacts indigenous people. The author also discusses the ways in which trauma affects how individuals and communities … 31 $3.10 Add
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Chapter 2

Chapter 2

Stories My Grandfather Told Me

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Chapter 2: Deconstructing Indian Act Economics
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Chapter 2: Deconstructing Indian Act Economics

From: The Rise of Indigenous Economic Power

This chapter explores how the Indian Act has historically restricted Indigenous economic development, defines the concept of “Indian Act economics”, and outlines its lasting negative … 22 $2.20 Add
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Chapter 2: Why Chanie Ran

Chapter 2: Why Chanie Ran

From: Seven Fallen Feathers

In this reading, Tanya Talaga begins by describing a meeting with Alvin Fiddler, the Grand Chief of the Nishnawbe Aski Nation. She goes on to provide a history of the residential school system … 47 $5.64 Add
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Chapter 20

Chapter 20

A Fund for the Future

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Chapter 21: Crisis, Politics, Colonized Peoples
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Chapter 21: Crisis, Politics, Colonized Peoples

Quebec in the 1930s

From: Capitalism and Colonialism

This chapter relates the double colonization of Québec in the 1930s, as francophone workers were subjected to the repressive policies of the Anglo economic and political order while First … 12 $1.20 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 24: The Welfare State's 1940s Origins
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Chapter 24: The Welfare State’s 1940s Origins

From: Capitalism and Colonialism

This chapter details how the hardship of the Depression led to increased demands for a welfare state and how Mackenzie King’s Liberals retreated from implementing such a program. 7 $0.70 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 3

Chapter 3

Becoming Human

From: Legacy

In this chapter, the author recalls her youth and relationship with her parents and how that shaped her identity as an indigenous person. The chapter concludes with a list of developmental trauma … 26 $2.60 Add
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Chapter 3

Chapter 3

Riding the Bucking Bronco

From: Fight or Submit

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Chapter 3: Indians, Ethics, and Economic Value
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Chapter 3: Indians, Ethics, and Economic Value

From: The Rise of Indigenous Economic Power

This chapter highlights the Indian Act’s discriminatory policies by examining, and applying an ethical lens to, the language used throughout the Act. 14 $1.40 Add
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Chapter 3: The Merger Movement and its Masterminds
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Chapter 3: The Merger Movement and its Masterminds

Capital Concentration, 1890-1929

From: Capitalism and Colonialism

This chapter traces how mergers, banks, and foreign investment reshaped Canadian industry after 1900, along with expansion in pulp and paper and automobile manufacturing. 15 $1.50 Add