Urban

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Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
From Althea Guiboche, Winnipeg, Métis/Ojibwe/Salteaux “I had three babies under three years old and I was homeless.” From: How We Go Home View Fernwood Publishing	Althea Guiboche, of Winnipeg, Manitoba, is of Métis/Ojibwe/Salteaux descent. She is a respected community advocate for homeless in the North End of Winnipeg, an experience she understands …	Sara Sinclair	22	2020	$2.20 Add
In Their Own Voices Building Urban Aboriginal Communities Fernwood Publishing	In Their Own Voices is an examination of the urban Aboriginal experience, based on the voices of Aboriginal people. It is set in Winnipeg’s inner city, but has implications for urban Aboriginal …	Jim Silver	189	2006	View
From Decolonizing the North From: Beyond Shelters View	Arlene Haché describes her personal journey from homelessness to leadership. She characterizes the disproportional representation of homeless Indigenous women requiring the services of the …	Arlene; Hach&#233	22		$2.20 Add
From Ervin Chartrand, Selkirk, Métis/Salteaux “They said I fit the description because I looked like six other kids with leather vests and long hair who looked Indian.” From: How We Go Home View Fernwood Publishing	Ervin Chartrand, of Selkirk, Manitoba is of Métis/Salteaux descent. He describes his childhood characterized by a lack of belonging, and joining a street gang at the age of fourteen. He …	Sara Sinclair	19	2020	$1.90 Add
From NEW! Foreword From: Toronto: The First 13,000 Years View James Lorimer and Company	From Toronto: The First 13,000 Years: An Illustrated History	Pierre Picard	2	2026	$0.20 Add
From I did not know who I was From: Gang Life View James Lorimer and Company	twenty-five-year-old Kim describes a life, both inside and outside her gang, in which “I did not know who I was.” Her childhood and early adolescence were wracked with rejection and …	Mark Totten	21	2014	$2.10 Add
From If I told you I’d have to kill you From: Gang Life View James Lorimer and Company	meet thirty-two-year-old Jeremy and thirty-year-old Dawn. Jeremy is a scrawny transporter of guns, drugs, and money for various gangs. Despite having Aboriginal blood, he passes as white, which …	Mark Totten	16	2014	$1.60 Add
“Indians Wear Red” Colonialism, Resistance, and Aboriginal Street Gangs	With the advent of Aboriginal street gangs such as Indian Posse, Manitoba Warriors, and Native Syndicate, Winnipeg garnered a reputation as the “gang capital of Canada.” Yet beyond the …		176		View
From NEW! Indigenous Surveillance, Scoops, and Schools: Coercive Continuities, 1960–75 From: Capitalism, Colonialism, and Crises View James Lorimer and Company	In this chapter, Palmer explains the government policy and practice of cultural assimilation, including the forced removal of Indigenous children from their families in the Sixties Scoop. …	Bryan D. Palmer	11	2026	$1.10 Add
NEW! Indigenous Toronto Stories That Carry This Place	Rich and diverse narratives of Indigenous Toronto, past and present Beneath many major North American cities rests a deep foundation of Indigenous history that has been colonized, paved over, …		304		View
From Building a Path to a Better Future Urban Aboriginal People From: In Their Own Voices View Fernwood Publishing		Jim Silver	29	2006	$3.77 Add
From Introduction From: “Indians Wear Red” View Fernwood Publishing		Elizabeth Comack; Jim Silver; Larry Morrissette; Lawrence Deane	4	2013	$0.44 Add
From “It’s Like a Business, Man” Aboriginal Street Gangs and the Illegal Drug Trade From: “Indians Wear Red” View Fernwood Publishing		Elizabeth Comack; Jim Silver; Larry Morrissette; Lawrence Deane	36	2013	$3.96 Add
From James Favel, Winnipeg, Peguis First Nation “You’re a stakeholder because you’ve got to walk these streets every day.” From: How We Go Home View Fernwood Publishing	James Favel, of Winnipeg, Manitoba, is of the Peguis First Nation. He describes his childhood in Winnipeg and his reaching out to his father as teenager, and reconnecting with his culture. He …	Sara Sinclair	19	2020	$1.90 Add
From “The Tools You Need To Discover Who Your Are” Aboriginal Learners in Selected Adult Learning Centre in Winnipeg From: In Their Own Voices View Fernwood Publishing		Darlene Klyne; Freeman Simard; Jim Silver	26	2006	$3.38 Add
From My shoulder was a bit sore from that rocket thing From: Gang Life View James Lorimer and Company	Gilbert, a Métis man aged thirty-four years, and Maureen, thirty-five years, live on a small reserve. Their lives are described in Chapter Seven. Both are hard-core addicts and have two boys …	Mark Totten	15	2014	$1.50 Add