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21 Things You May Not Know About the Indian Act

Helping Canadians Make Reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples a Reality

par Bob Joseph ...

Since its creation in 1876, the Indian Act has dictated and constrained the lives and opportunities of Indigenous Peoples, and is at the root of many enduring stereotypes. Bob Joseph’s book comes at a key time in the reconciliation process, when awareness from both Indigenous and non-Indigenous communities is at a crescendo. Joseph examines how Indigenous Peoples can return to self-government, ... En savoir plus

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Since its creation in 1876, the Indian Act has dictated and constrained the lives and opportunities of Indigenous Peoples, and is at the root of many enduring stereotypes. Bob Joseph’s book comes at a key time in the reconciliation process, when awareness from both Indigenous and non-Indigenous communities is at a crescendo. Joseph examines how Indigenous Peoples can return to self-government,
... En savoir plus
Braiding Sweetgrass

Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants

par Robin Wall Kimmerer ...

As a botanist, Robin Wall Kimmerer has been trained to ask questions of nature with the tools of science. As a member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation, she embraces the notion that plants and animals are our oldest teachers. In Braiding Sweetgrass, Kimmerer brings these two lenses of knowledge together to take us on “a journey that is every bit as mythic as it is scientific, as sacred as it is ... En savoir plus

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As a botanist, Robin Wall Kimmerer has been trained to ask questions of nature with the tools of science. As a member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation, she embraces the notion that plants and animals are our oldest teachers. In Braiding Sweetgrass, Kimmerer brings these two lenses of knowledge together to take us on “a journey that is every bit as mythic as it is scientific, as sacred as it is
... En savoir plus
Wounded Knee

Party Politics and the Road to an American Massacre

par Heather Cox Richardson ...

A groundbreaking history of the massacre of the Lakota Sioux, from the author of Democracy Awakening**.**“The story is tragic, the scholarship exhilarating.” —Elliott West, author of The Contested PlainsOn December 29, 1890, American troops opened fire with howitzers on hundreds of unarmed Lakota Sioux men, women, and children near Wounded Knee Creek in South Dakota, killing nearly 300 Sio... ... En savoir plus

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A groundbreaking history of the massacre of the Lakota Sioux, from the author of Democracy Awakening**.**“The story is tragic, the scholarship exhilarating.” —Elliott West, author of The Contested PlainsOn December 29, 1890, American troops opened fire with howitzers on hundreds of unarmed Lakota Sioux men, women, and children near Wounded Knee Creek in South Dakota, killing nearly 300 Sio...
... En savoir plus
Dépossession III

Une histoire économique du Québec contemporain. 3- Le territoire

par IRIS Institut de recherche et d'informations socio-économiques, Philippe Hurteau, Sébastien Rioux ...

Comment vivons-nous dans le vaste territoire qu’est le Québec? La liberté qu’évoquent les majestueux paysages est-elle une illusion? Dans quelle mesure y avons-nous accès? Dans les villes et dans les zones moins densément peuplées, peut-on se déplacer facilement et en toute sécurité? L’endroit où nous résidons est-il véritablement «chez nous»? Ce troisième tome de Dépossession continue de s ... En savoir plus

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Comment vivons-nous dans le vaste territoire qu’est le Québec? La liberté qu’évoquent les majestueux paysages est-elle une illusion? Dans quelle mesure y avons-nous accès? Dans les villes et dans les zones moins densément peuplées, peut-on se déplacer facilement et en toute sécurité? L’endroit où nous résidons est-il véritablement «chez nous»? Ce troisième tome de Dépossession continue de s
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Native Provenance

The Betrayal of Cultural Creativity

par Prof. Gerald Vizenor ...

Gerald Vizenor’s Native Provenance challenges readers to consider the subtle ironies at the heart of Native American culture and oral traditions such as creation and trickster stories and dream songs. A respected authority in the study of Native American literature and intellectual history, Vizenor believes that the protean nature of many creation stories, with their tease and weave of ironic ... En savoir plus

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Gerald Vizenor’s Native Provenance challenges readers to consider the subtle ironies at the heart of Native American culture and oral traditions such as creation and trickster stories and dream songs. A respected authority in the study of Native American literature and intellectual history, Vizenor believes that the protean nature of many creation stories, with their tease and weave of ironic
... En savoir plus
Native Men Remade

Gender and Nation in Contemporary Hawai'i

par Ty P. Kawika Tengan ...

Many indigenous Hawaiian men have felt profoundly disempowered by the legacies of colonization and by the tourist industry, which, in addition to occupying a great deal of land, promotes a feminized image of Native Hawaiians (evident in the ubiquitous figure of the dancing hula girl). In the 1990s a group of Native men on the island of Maui responded by refashioning and reasserting their masculine ... En savoir plus

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Many indigenous Hawaiian men have felt profoundly disempowered by the legacies of colonization and by the tourist industry, which, in addition to occupying a great deal of land, promotes a feminized image of Native Hawaiians (evident in the ubiquitous figure of the dancing hula girl). In the 1990s a group of Native men on the island of Maui responded by refashioning and reasserting their masculine
... En savoir plus
La Croix et les hiéroglyphes

Écritures et objets rituels chez les Amérindiens de Nouvelle-France (XVIIe-XVIIIe siècles)

par Pierre Déléage ...

Collections series Æsthetica
Quels sont les processus de transformation d'une forme symbolique ? Comment s'importe-t-elle et s'intègre-t-elle dans des traditions et des rituels qui lui sont étrangers ? Pierre Déléage nous livre ici une belle étude de cas. Son enquête, à la croisée de l'anthropologie et de l'histoire, a pour terrain les relations qui s'établirent, au cours des XVIIe et XVIIIe siècles, entre des missionnaires ... En savoir plus

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Quels sont les processus de transformation d'une forme symbolique ? Comment s'importe-t-elle et s'intègre-t-elle dans des traditions et des rituels qui lui sont étrangers ? Pierre Déléage nous livre ici une belle étude de cas. Son enquête, à la croisée de l'anthropologie et de l'histoire, a pour terrain les relations qui s'établirent, au cours des XVIIe et XVIIIe siècles, entre des missionnaires
... En savoir plus
Black Water

Family, Legacy, and Blood Memory

par David A. Robertson ...

A Globe and Mail Top 100 Book of the YearA Quill & Quire Book of the YearA CBC Books Nonfiction Book of the YearA Maclean’s 20 Books You Need to Read this Winter“An instant classic that demands to be read with your heart openand with a perspective widened to allow in a whole new understanding of family,identity and love.” —Cherie DimalineIn this bestselling memoir, a son who grew up awayfrom his.. ... En savoir plus

$11.99 CAD

A Globe and Mail Top 100 Book of the YearA Quill & Quire Book of the YearA CBC Books Nonfiction Book of the YearA Maclean’s 20 Books You Need to Read this Winter“An instant classic that demands to be read with your heart openand with a perspective widened to allow in a whole new understanding of family,identity and love.” —Cherie DimalineIn this bestselling memoir, a son who grew up awayfrom his..
... En savoir plus
Disrobing the Aboriginal Industry

The Deception Behind Indigenous Cultural Preservation

par Frances Widdowson, Albert Howard ...

By examining the root causes of aboriginal problems, Frances Widdowson and Albert Howard expose the industry that has grown up around land claim settlements, showing that aboriginal policy development over the past thirty years has been manipulated by non-aboriginal lawyers and consultants. They analyse all the major aboriginal policies, examine issues that have received little critical attention ... En savoir plus

$30.99 CAD

By examining the root causes of aboriginal problems, Frances Widdowson and Albert Howard expose the industry that has grown up around land claim settlements, showing that aboriginal policy development over the past thirty years has been manipulated by non-aboriginal lawyers and consultants. They analyse all the major aboriginal policies, examine issues that have received little critical attention
... En savoir plus
The Comeback

How Aboriginals Are Reclaiming Power And Influence

par John Ralston Saul ...

Once again, John Ralston Saul presents the story of Canada’s past so that we may better understand its present – and imagine a better future.Historic moments are always uncomfortable, Saul writes in this impassioned argument, calling on all of us to embrace and support the comeback of Aboriginal peoples. This, he says, is the great issue of our time – the most important missing piece in the ... En savoir plus

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Once again, John Ralston Saul presents the story of Canada’s past so that we may better understand its present – and imagine a better future.Historic moments are always uncomfortable, Saul writes in this impassioned argument, calling on all of us to embrace and support the comeback of Aboriginal peoples. This, he says, is the great issue of our time – the most important missing piece in the
... En savoir plus
Haida Eagle Treasures

Traditional Stories and Memories from a Teacher of the Tsath Lanas Clan

par Pansy Collison ...

Take a journey into the heart of Haida culture as it is lived and experienced by an extraordinary woman of the Tsath Lanas Eagle Clan. Pansy Collison, a Haida woman born and raised in Old Massett on Haida Gwaii, tells stories of her clan and community, as well as personal narratives about her history and family. Haida Eagle Treasures embodies a strong Haida woman’s voice, offering a rare glimpse ... En savoir plus

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Take a journey into the heart of Haida culture as it is lived and experienced by an extraordinary woman of the Tsath Lanas Eagle Clan. Pansy Collison, a Haida woman born and raised in Old Massett on Haida Gwaii, tells stories of her clan and community, as well as personal narratives about her history and family. Haida Eagle Treasures embodies a strong Haida woman’s voice, offering a rare glimpse
... En savoir plus
Come Home, Indio

A Memoir

par Jim Terry ...

“a tour de force of comics” —Ed Park, The New York TimesOne of the Top Ten Graphic Novels of 2020, as chosen by the American Library AssociationOne of the Best Books of 2020, as chosen by Publishers Weekly“Fortunately for readers of this raw and intimate graphic memoir, Terry never fully lets go of his youthful vulnerability. . . . Reckoning with sobriety requires connection and humility, a... ... En savoir plus

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“a tour de force of comics” —Ed Park, The New York TimesOne of the Top Ten Graphic Novels of 2020, as chosen by the American Library AssociationOne of the Best Books of 2020, as chosen by Publishers Weekly“Fortunately for readers of this raw and intimate graphic memoir, Terry never fully lets go of his youthful vulnerability. . . . Reckoning with sobriety requires connection and humility, a...
... En savoir plus
Cekpa

A Memoir in Beaded Essays

par Leah Altman ...

For Leah Altman, growing up as an adoptee outside of her culture meant growing up without her cekpa, the Lakota connection to family and homeland. Now an adult, Leah departs her life in Portland, Oregon, to seek out her birth family and reconnect to her heritage—each chapter of her journey a bead in this literary cekpa crafted for her own children.Born “Baby Girl Blackfeather,” Leah Altman was ... En savoir plus

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For Leah Altman, growing up as an adoptee outside of her culture meant growing up without her cekpa, the Lakota connection to family and homeland. Now an adult, Leah departs her life in Portland, Oregon, to seek out her birth family and reconnect to her heritage—each chapter of her journey a bead in this literary cekpa crafted for her own children.Born “Baby Girl Blackfeather,” Leah Altman was
... En savoir plus
Governing Indigenous Territories

Enacting Sovereignty in the Ecuadorian Amazon

par Juliet S. Erazo ...

Governing Indigenous Territories illuminates a paradox of modern indigenous lives. In recent decades, native peoples from Alaska to Cameroon have sought and gained legal title to significant areas of land, not as individuals or families but as large, collective organizations. Obtaining these collective titles represents an enormous accomplishment; it also creates dramatic changes. Once an ... En savoir plus

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Governing Indigenous Territories illuminates a paradox of modern indigenous lives. In recent decades, native peoples from Alaska to Cameroon have sought and gained legal title to significant areas of land, not as individuals or families but as large, collective organizations. Obtaining these collective titles represents an enormous accomplishment; it also creates dramatic changes. Once an
... En savoir plus
Thundersticks

Firearms and the Violent Transformation of Native America

par David J. Silverman ...

The adoption of firearms by American Indians between the seventeenth and nineteenth centuries marked a turning point in the history of North America’s indigenous peoples—a cultural earthquake so profound, says David Silverman, that its impact has yet to be adequately measured. Thundersticks reframes our understanding of Indians’ historical relationship with guns, arguing against the notion that ... En savoir plus

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The adoption of firearms by American Indians between the seventeenth and nineteenth centuries marked a turning point in the history of North America’s indigenous peoples—a cultural earthquake so profound, says David Silverman, that its impact has yet to be adequately measured. Thundersticks reframes our understanding of Indians’ historical relationship with guns, arguing against the notion that
... En savoir plus
Skyscrapers Hide the Heavens

A History of Native-Newcomer Relations in Canada, Fourth Edition

par J.R. Miller ...

First published in 1989, Skyscrapers Hide the Heavens continues to earn wide acclaim for its comprehensive account of Native-newcomer relations throughout Canada’s history. Author J.R. Miller charts the deterioration of the relationship from the initial, mutually beneficial contact in the fur trade to the current displacement and marginalization of the Indigenous population.The fourth edition of ... En savoir plus

$47.99 CAD

First published in 1989, Skyscrapers Hide the Heavens continues to earn wide acclaim for its comprehensive account of Native-newcomer relations throughout Canada’s history. Author J.R. Miller charts the deterioration of the relationship from the initial, mutually beneficial contact in the fur trade to the current displacement and marginalization of the Indigenous population.The fourth edition of
... En savoir plus
One Story, One Song

par Richard Wagamese ...

A new collection of warm, wise and inspiring stories from the author of the bestselling One Native Life.Since its publication in 2008, readers and reviewers have embraced Richard Wagamese’s One Native Life. In quiet tones and luminous language,” wrote the Winnipeg Free Press, Wagamese shares his hurts and joys, inviting readers to find the ways in which they are joined to him and to consider how ... En savoir plus

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A new collection of warm, wise and inspiring stories from the author of the bestselling One Native Life.Since its publication in 2008, readers and reviewers have embraced Richard Wagamese’s One Native Life. In quiet tones and luminous language,” wrote the Winnipeg Free Press, Wagamese shares his hurts and joys, inviting readers to find the ways in which they are joined to him and to consider how
... En savoir plus
Native Nations

A Millennium in North America

par Kathleen DuVal ...

**PULITZER PRIZE WINNER • NATIONAL BESTSELLER • “A magisterial overview of a thousand years of Native American history” (The New York Review of Books), from the rise of ancient cities more than a thousand years ago to fights for sovereignty that continue todayWINNER OF THE BANCROFT PRIZE, THE CUNDILL HISTORY PRIZE, AND THE MARK LYNTON HISTORY PRIZE**Long before the colonization of North America, ... En savoir plus

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**PULITZER PRIZE WINNER • NATIONAL BESTSELLER • “A magisterial overview of a thousand years of Native American history” (The New York Review of Books), from the rise of ancient cities more than a thousand years ago to fights for sovereignty that continue todayWINNER OF THE BANCROFT PRIZE, THE CUNDILL HISTORY PRIZE, AND THE MARK LYNTON HISTORY PRIZE**Long before the colonization of North America,
... En savoir plus
From the Tundra to the Trenches

par Eddy Weetaltuk ...

Collections Livre 4 - First Voices, First Texts
“My name is Weetaltuk; Eddy Weetaltuk. My Eskimo tag name is E9-422.” So begins From the Tundra to the Trenches. Weetaltuk means “innocent eyes” in Inuktitut, but to the Canadian government, he was known as E9-422: E for Eskimo, 9 for his community, 422 to identify Eddy.In 1951, Eddy decided to leave James Bay. Because Inuit weren’t allowed to leave the North, he changed his name and used this new ... En savoir plus

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“My name is Weetaltuk; Eddy Weetaltuk. My Eskimo tag name is E9-422.” So begins From the Tundra to the Trenches. Weetaltuk means “innocent eyes” in Inuktitut, but to the Canadian government, he was known as E9-422: E for Eskimo, 9 for his community, 422 to identify Eddy.In 1951, Eddy decided to leave James Bay. Because Inuit weren’t allowed to leave the North, he changed his name and used this new
... En savoir plus
Alliances

Re/Envisioning Indigenous-non-Indigenous Relationships

Modifié par Lynne Davis ...

When Indigenous and non-Indigenous activists work together, what are the ends that they seek, and how do they negotiate their relationships while pursuing social change? Alliances brings together Indigenous and non-Indigenous leaders, activists, and scholars in order to examine their experiences of alliance-building for Indigenous rights and self-determination and for social and environmental ... En savoir plus

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When Indigenous and non-Indigenous activists work together, what are the ends that they seek, and how do they negotiate their relationships while pursuing social change? Alliances brings together Indigenous and non-Indigenous leaders, activists, and scholars in order to examine their experiences of alliance-building for Indigenous rights and self-determination and for social and environmental
... En savoir plus
As We Have Always Done

Indigenous Freedom through Radical Resistance

par Leanne Betasamosake Simpson ...

Collections series Indigenous Americas
Winner: Native American and Indigenous Studies Association's Best Subsequent Book 2017Honorable Mention: Labriola Center American Indian National Book Award 2017Across 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 extraction and the pipeline construction ... En savoir plus

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Winner: Native American and Indigenous Studies Association's Best Subsequent Book 2017Honorable Mention: Labriola Center American Indian National Book Award 2017Across 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 extraction and the pipeline construction
... En savoir plus
A National Crime

The Canadian Government and the Residential School System

par John S. Milloy ...

Collections Livre 11 - Critical Studies in Native History
WINNER Literary Review of Canada’s 100 Most Important Canadian Books, 2005WINNER Margaret McWilliams Award, 1999“I am going to tell you how we are treated. I am always hungry.”—Edward B., a student at Onion Lake School (1923)"[I]f I were appointed by the Dominion Government for the express purpose of spreading tuberculosis, there is nothing finer in existance that the average Indian residential ... En savoir plus

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WINNER Literary Review of Canada’s 100 Most Important Canadian Books, 2005WINNER Margaret McWilliams Award, 1999“I am going to tell you how we are treated. I am always hungry.”—Edward B., a student at Onion Lake School (1923)"[I]f I were appointed by the Dominion Government for the express purpose of spreading tuberculosis, there is nothing finer in existance that the average Indian residential
... En savoir plus
Thou Shalt Do No Murder

Inuit, Injustice, and the Canadian Arctic

par Kenn Harper ...

High Arctic, 1920: Three Inuit men delivered justice to an abusive Newfoundland trader This is a story of fur trade rivalry and duplicity, isolation and abandonment, greed and madness, and a struggle for the affections of an Inuit woman during a time of major social change in the High Arctic. Doubts over the validity of Canadian sovereignty and an official agenda to confirm that sovereignty added ... En savoir plus

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High Arctic, 1920: Three Inuit men delivered justice to an abusive Newfoundland trader This is a story of fur trade rivalry and duplicity, isolation and abandonment, greed and madness, and a struggle for the affections of an Inuit woman during a time of major social change in the High Arctic. Doubts over the validity of Canadian sovereignty and an official agenda to confirm that sovereignty added
... En savoir plus
Firewater

How Alcohol Is Killing My People (and Yours)

par Harold R. Johnson ...

A passionate call to action, Firewater examines alcohol—its history, the myths surrounding it, and its devastating impact on Indigenous people.Drawing on his years of experience as a Crown Prosecutor in Treaty 6 territory, Harold Johnson challenges readers to change the story we tell ourselves about the drink that goes by many names—booze, hooch, spirits, sauce, and the evocative “firewater.” ... En savoir plus

$8.99 CAD

A passionate call to action, Firewater examines alcohol—its history, the myths surrounding it, and its devastating impact on Indigenous people.Drawing on his years of experience as a Crown Prosecutor in Treaty 6 territory, Harold Johnson challenges readers to change the story we tell ourselves about the drink that goes by many names—booze, hooch, spirits, sauce, and the evocative “firewater.”
... En savoir plus

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