Indigenous Studies

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Chapter 9: Colonizing the North
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Chapter 9: Colonizing the North

Meat Schemes and Mineral Extraction, 1914-29

From: Capitalism and Colonialism

This chapter outlines how needs of wartime contributed to making the Arctic a capitalist frontier in the 1910s–30s and led to the lasting dispossession of Inuit, Dene, Métis, and First … 13 $1.30 Add
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Chapter 9: Less Than Worthy Victims

Chapter 9: Less Than Worthy Victims

From: Seven Fallen Feathers

In this reading, Indigenous author Tanya Talaga discusses the failures of the police and the Canadian legal system in investigating the deaths of the seven Indigenous students in Thunder Bay. … 25 $3.00 Add
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Chapter Eight

Chapter Eight

From: Stoney Creek Woman

In this chapter, Mary John describes her experiences working for white families. 7 $0.70 Add
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Chapter Eighteen

Chapter Eighteen

From: Stoney Creek Woman

In this chapter, Mary John describes her experiences in the community of Vanderhoof, British Columbia,after the 1976 inquest into the death of Coreen Thomas. 5 $0.50 Add
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Chapter Eleven

Chapter Eleven

From: Stoney Creek Woman

In this chapter, Mary John chronicles the birth of her twelve children. 5 $0.50 Add
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Chapter Fifteen

Chapter Fifteen

From: Stoney Creek Woman

In this chapter, Mary John describes her experiences as a hospital worker in Vanderhoof and her eventual role in preserving Carrier culture. 14 $1.40 Add
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Chapter Five

Chapter Five

From: Stoney Creek Woman

In this chapter, Mary John describes her daily reality at Lejac, a residential school on Fraser Lake in British Columbia, from February 1922 onward. 7 $0.70 Add
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Chapter Five: We Are Not Going Anywhere

Chapter Five: We Are Not Going Anywhere

From: All Our Relations

In this reading, Tanya Talaga discusses the epidemic of suicides among Indigenous youth in Canada. The reading includes personal recollections of the author, historical and political context and … 43 $5.16 Add
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Chapter Four

Chapter Four

From: Stoney Creek Woman

In this chapter, Mary John describes how, in 1920 at seven years old, she was taken from the Stoney Creek reserve to attend the Mission School at Fort St. James. 6 $0.60 Add
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Chapter Four: “I Breathe for Them”

Chapter Four: “I Breathe for Them”

From: All Our Relations

In this reading, Tanya Talaga discusses the epidemic of suicides among Indigenous youth in Canada. The reading includes personal recollections of the author, historical and political context and … 56 $6.72 Add
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Chapter Fourteen

Chapter Fourteen

From: Stoney Creek Woman

In this chapter, Mary John traces the relentless toll of tuberculosis and poverty on the Stoney Creek community during the Depression and into the 1950s. 7 $0.70 Add
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Chapter Nine

Chapter Nine

From: Stoney Creek Woman

In this chapter, Mary John describes her arranged marriage to Lazare John on the Stoney Creek reserve in 1929. 9 $0.90 Add
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Chapter Nineteen

Chapter Nineteen

From: Stoney Creek Woman

In this chapter, Mary John describes the Stoney Creek reserve in British Columbia through the late 1970s and 1980s. 7 $0.70 Add
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Chapter One

Chapter One

From: Stoney Creek Woman

In this chapter, Mary John describes her family’s history, beginning with the 1918 influenza pandemic. 6 $0.60 Add
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Chapter One: We Were Always Here

Chapter One: We Were Always Here

From: All Our Relations

In this reading, Tanya Talaga discusses the epidemic of suicides among Indigenous youth in Canada. The reading includes personal recollections of the author, historical and political context and … 41 $4.92 Add
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Chapter Seven

Chapter Seven

From: Stoney Creek Woman

In this chapter, Mary John describes her dread at returning to Lejac residential school after a fraudulent healer swindled the Stoney Creek reserve. 4 $0.40 Add