Indigenous Studies

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Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
Umingmak Stuart Hodgson and the Birth of the Modern Arctic twp	In 1967, Stuart Hodgson, a pugnacious British Columbia labour leader, was the newly-appointed Commissioner of the Northwest Territories, responsible for establishing a fledgling government in the …	Jake Ootes	326	2020	View
NEW! Unsettling Canada A National Wake-up Call Between The Lines	A Canadian bestseller and winner of the 2016 Canadian Historical Association Aboriginal History Book Prize, Unsettling Canada is a landmark text built on a unique collaboration between two First …	Arthur Manuel; Grand Chief Ronald M. Derrickson; Naomi Klein	320	2021	View
Victims of Benevolence The Dark Legacy of the Williams Lake Residential School Arsenal Pulp Press	An unsettling study of two tragic events at an Indian residential school in British Columbia which serve as a microcosm of the profound impact the residential school system had on Aboriginal …	Elizabeth Furniss	142	1992	View
Warrior Life Indigenous Resistance and Resurgence Fernwood Publishing	In a moment where unlawful pipelines are built on Indigenous territories, the RCMP make illegal arrests of land defenders on unceded lands, and anti-Indigenous racism permeates on social media; …	Pamela Palmater	288	2020	View
NEW! We Were Not The Savages Collision Between European and Native American Civilizations Fernwood Publishing	The title of this book We Were Not the Savages speaks to the truth of what happened when Europeans invaded Mi’kmaw lands in the 17th century. Prior to the European invasion the Mi’kmaq lived …	Daniel N. Paul; Pamela Palmater	416	2022	View
We Were Not the Savages, Third Edition Collison between European and Native American Civilizations Fernwood Publishing	As a person of First Nation ancestry I cannot help but wonder if the failure of Caucasian Americans and Canadians to reveal and teach about the horrors their ancestors carried out against North …	Daniel Paul	416	2006	View
NEW! White Benevolence Racism and Colonial Violence in the Helping Professions Fernwood Publishing	When working with Indigenous people, the helping professions —education, social work, health care and justice — reinforce the colonial lie that Indigenous people need saving. In White …	Amanda Gebhard; Sheelah McLean; Verna St. Denis	289	2022	View
Whose Water Is It, Anyway? Taking Water Protection into Public Hands ECW Press	The Blue Communities Project is dedicated to three primary things: that access to clean, drinkable water is a basic human right; that municipal and community water will be held in public hands; …	Maude Barlow	161	2019	View
Wrestling with Colonialism on Steroids Quebec Inuit Fight for Their Homeland Véhicule Press	For decades, the Inuit of northern Québec were among the most neglected people in Canada. It took The Battle of James Bay, 1971-1975, for the governments in Québec City and Ottawa to …	Zebedee Nungak	132	2017	View
From From: Home and Native Land Preview Between The Lines	Examines the policy of multiculturalism within a settler society, and whether the current debates are disruptive or just another form of assimilation. Includes a discussion of the effects of the …	Anna Stanley; Lisa Helps; May Chazan; Sonali Thakkar	14	2011	$1.40 Add
From "You’ll Never Believe What Happened" Is Always a Great Way to Start From: The Truth About Stories Preview House of Anansi Press	In this reading, Indigenous author and scholar Thomas King explores the idea that stories, both those we tell ourselves and those that are told to us by others, are foundational in establishing …	Thomas King	30	2003	$3.60 Add
From A Rising Tide Lifts All Boats? From: There's Something in the Water Preview Fernwood Publishing	Strategic Inadvertence and Other Shortcomings of the Environmental Justice Lens in Nova Scotia	Ingrid R.G. Waldron	20	2018	$2.00 Add
From Acknowledgements From: Reconciliation in Practice Preview Fernwood Publishing	Acknowledgements	Ranjan Datta	1	2019	$0.10 Add
From Brown Girl Farming From: The Color of Food Preview New Society Publishers	In the introduction, the author discusses her introduction to organic farming, and how the food and farm movement has excluded people of colour.	Natasha Bowens	6	2015	$0.60 Add
From Building a Path to a Better Future Urban Aboriginal People From: In Their Own Voices Preview Fernwood Publishing	-	Jim Silver	29	2006	$3.77 Add
From Centring the Academic Well-Being of Racialized Students From: Academic Well-Being of Racialized Students Preview Fernwood Publishing	In the introductory chapter, the editor of the collection describes this book as a collaboration between herself and racialized students. The editor also discusses some of the experiences these …	Benita Bunjun	30	2021	$3.00 Add