Compilation of aboriginal recipes that feature ingredients from the land, sea, and sky, elements of an enduring cuisine that illustrate respect for the environment and its creatures and an acknowledgment of the spiritual power that food can have in our lives. --
"Skyscrapers Hide the Heavens is the first comprehensive account of Indian-white relations throughout Canada's history. J.R. Miller charts the deterioration of the relationship from the initial, mutually beneficial contact in the fur trade to the current impasse in which Indians…
A revealing study of two tragic events that took place at an Indian residential school in British Columbia which underline the profound impact the residential school system had on aboriginal communities in Canada throughout this century.
"In Voices from Hudson Bay, Cree elders recall the daily lives and experiences of the men and women who lived and worked at the Hudson's Bay Company post at York Factory in Manitoba. Their stories, their memories of family, community, and daily life, define their past and provid…
Tells the story of the efforts that led to the Glenbow Museum formally returning 251 ceremonial objects from its collections to the Blackfoot people in January 2000.
In Metis Pioneers, Doris Jeanne MacKinnon compares the survival strategies of two Metis women born during the fur trade-one from the French-speaking free trade tradition and one from the English-speaking Hudson's Bay Company tradition-who settled in southern Alberta as the fur t…
"In Metis Pioneers, Doris Jeanne MacKinnon compares the survival strategies of two Metis women born during the fur trade-one from the French-speaking free trade tradition and one from the English-speaking Hudson's Bay Company tradition-who settled in southern Alberta as the fur …
"In Metis Pioneers, Doris Jeanne MacKinnon compares the survival strategies of two Metis women born during the fur trade-one from the French-speaking free trade tradition and one from the English-speaking Hudson's Bay Company tradition-who settled in southern Alberta as the fur …
"In Metis Pioneers, Doris Jeanne MacKinnon compares the survival strategies of two Metis women born during the fur trade-one from the French-speaking free trade tradition and one from the English-speaking Hudson's Bay Company tradition-who settled in southern Alberta as the fur …
Douglas L. Bland predicts a forthcoming uprising in Canada from the First Nations communities unless government action is taken to redress their grievances.
Douglas L. Bland predicts a forthcoming uprising in Canada from the First Nations communities unless government action is taken to redress their grievances.
"Time Bomb is a vital wake-up call. Bland highlights the importance of understanding the social and economic foundations of the current unease between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples and provides constructive guidance for both alike on how to turn the current uneasy relati…
This revised edition of a Métis author's account of Indian and Métis history in Canada, covers Indian civilization, 'halfbreed' resistance to imperialism, native situations in 'white-supremacy' Canada and moves towards liberation. Includes updated statistics and a new preface.
This book is intended to reconstruct some important moments in Dene history in order to answer the question of how these northern people have been able to maintain a sense of cultural distinctiveness in the face of economic, cultural and politcial pressures from European newcome…
by Lutz, John S., (John Sutton)
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"The history of Aboriginal-settler interactions in Canada continues to haunt the national imagination. Despite billions of dollars spent on the "Indian problem," Aboriginal people remain the poorest in the country. Because the stereotype of the "lazy Indian" is never far from th…
"The history of Aboriginal-settler interactions in Canada continues to haunt the national imagination. Despite billions of dollars spent on the "Indian problem," Aboriginal people remain the poorest in the country. Because the stereotype of the "lazy Indian" is never far from th…
"The legacy of the residential school system ripples throughout Native Canada, its fingerprints on the domestic violence, poverty, alcoholism, drug abuse, and suicide rates that continue in many Native communities. Magic Weapons is the first major survey of Indigenous writings i…
