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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Call me Hank Call me Hank Henry Pennier xliv, 123 p. : 22 cm OL12086994W
Making native space Making native space R. Cole Harris "Making Native Space is about the drawing of the most fundamental line on the map of British Columbia, the one separating the tiny fraction of the province set aside for Native peoples from the rest,… OL12342074W
Peoples of the East, Southeast, and Plains Peoples of the East, Southeast, and Plains Clare Collinson 112 p. : 25 cm OL15408764W
Dene Nation, the colony within Dene Nation, the colony within Mel Watkins A revision and abridgement of material presented at the Mackenzie Valley Pipeline Inquiry by the Dene themselves and by others on their behalf. OL16991070W
Nanabosho grants a wish Nanabosho grants a wish Joseph McLellan After Billy wishes for a lot of snow during a family birthday party, grandfather tells the story of the Ojibwa Indian trickster and teacher, Nanabosho, who, weary of granting wishes, decides to punis… OL19376267W
As We Have Always Done As We Have Always Done Leanne Simpson "Across North America, Indigenous acts of resistance have in recent years opposed the removal of federal protections for forests and waterways in Indigenous lands, halted the expansion of tar sands e… OL19725488W
Clay We Are Made Of Clay We Are Made Of Susan M. Hill From the publisher: "If one seeks to understand Haudenosaunee (Six Nations) history, one must consider the history of Haudenosaunee land. For countless generations prior to European contact, land and… OL21024768W
Rescuing the Gospel from the cowboys Rescuing the Gospel from the cowboys Richard Twiss "The gospel of Jesus has not always been good news for Native Americans. But despite the far-reaching effects of colonialism, some Natives have forged culturally authentic ways to follow Jesus. In hi… OL21176682W
Loon Loon Henry S. Sharp "In August 1975 at Foxholm Lake on the reserve of the Chipewyan, a Northern Dene people, in the Northwest Territories of Canada, anthropologist Henry S. Sharp and two members of the Mission Band enco… OL4977931W
The white man's gonna getcha The white man's gonna getcha Toby Elaine Morantz "In The White Man's Gonna Getcha Toby Morantz examines threats to the cultural and economic independence of the Crees in eastern James Bay. She argues that while their eighteenth- and nineteenth-cent… OL5326075W
Journeys to the edge Journeys to the edge Peter M. Gardner "Gardner offers a vicarious anthropological experience as he describes his research trips to study the Paliyans of the tropical forests of India, the Dene in the Northwest Territories of Canada, and … OL5836981W
The Indian Association of Alberta The Indian Association of Alberta Laurie Meijer Drees "The history of indigenous political action in Canada is long, hard-fought, and little told. By the mid-1900s, Native peoples across western Canada were actively involved in their own political union… OL6003038W
Reserve memories Reserve memories David W. Dinwoodie "Reserve Memories examines how myths and narratives about the past have enabled a Northern Athabaskan community to understand and confront challenges and opportunities in the present. For over five c… OL6214936W
Travels & adventures in Canada and the Indian territories between the years 1760 and 1776 Travels & adventures in Canada and the Indian territories between the years 1760 and 1776 Henry, Alexander Henry, born in New Jersey, went to Montreal as a young man to engage in the fur trade. On his first expedition, he arrived in Fort Michilimackinac in 1760. He went to Sault Ste. Marie in 1762, where … OL6305132W
Klee Wyck Klee Wyck Emily Carr Emily Carr's painting and writing were inspired by her lifelong fascination with Native culture and the landscape of British Columbia that she so cherished.Available for the first time in enriched e-… OL719196W
Halfbreed Halfbreed Maria Campbell For Maria Campbell, a Canadian métis, the brutal realities of poverty, pain, and degradation intrude in childhood and follow her every step. "I write this for all of you, to tell you what it is like … OL8533406W