ECKERT, ALLAN W.

A Sorrow in Our Heart the Life of Tecumseh

New York: Konecky & Konecky, 1992. Reprint. Hardcover. ISBN: 1568520204. Light wear to DJ edges, spine concave. ; A bright, solid book. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 794 pages; "A biography of the famous Shawnee describes Tecumseh's plan to amalgamate all North American tribes into one people, his role as statesman and military strategist, and his death in the Battle of Thames.". Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket .

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Book number: 21204

Catalogue: Native Studies::US

Keywords: 1568520204 Tecumseh Native Studies

ELLIS, C. DOUGLAS

Cree Legends and Narratives from the West Coast of James Bay

Winnipeg: The University of Manitoba Press, 1995. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0887551599. Boards show light shelf wear.; A bright, solid book, glossy paper covered boards. Text in Cree on the left hand page with English translation on the facing page, followed by keys to the Cree language, a section of scholarly notes and at the end a glossary of Cree words ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 554 pages; "This is the first major body of annotated texts in James Bay Cree, and a unique documentation of Swampy and Moose Cree (Western James Bay) usage of the 1950s and 1960s. Conversations and interviews with sixteen different speakers include: legends, reminiscences, historical narratives, stories and conversations, as well as descriptions of technology. The book includes a detailed pronunciation guide, notes on Cree terms, informants' comments, dialect variations, and descriptions of cultural values and customs. The introduction describes and compares the various genres in traditional and popular culture. Written in Cree and English, with full glosssary.". Near Fine with No dust jacket as issued .

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Book number: 20930

Catalogue: Native Studies::Cree

Keywords: 0887551599 Mythology James Bay Folklore Linguistics cree Native Studies MYTHOLOGY

FOSTER, HAMAR & HEATHER RAVEN & JEREMY WEBBER (EDITORS

Let Right Be Done Aboriginal Title, the Caler Case, and the Future of Indigenous Rights

Vancouver BC: University of British Columbia Press, 2007. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0774814039. Light bumping base of spine of glossy pictorial paper covered boards ; Three sets of almost unintelligible initials, possibly the those of the three editors on the half title page. A bright, solid book ; Law & Society; B&W Illustrations; 9 X 5.80 X 1.10 inches; 337 pages; In 1973 the Supreme Court of Canada issued a landmark decision in the Calder case, confirming that Aboriginal title constituted a right within Canadian law. Let Right Be Done examines the doctrine of Aboriginal title thirty years later and puts the Calder case in its legal, historical, and political context, both nationally and internationally. With its innovative blend of scholarly analysis and input from many of those intimately involved in the case, this book should be essential reading for anyone interested in Aboriginal law, treaty negotiations, and the history of the “BC Indian land question.”. Very Good+ with no dust jacket .

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Book number: 15731

Catalogue: Native Studies

Keywords: 0774814039 Frank Calder Nisga'a Native Studies

FOX, CHIEF RED & CASH ASHER

The Memoirs of Chief Red Fox

New York: McGraw-Hill: NY, 1971. Seventh Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0070513627. Previous owner's name on front free end paper, dust jacket worn head and tail of spine with a few short tears ; A bright, solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped. Decorative endpapers; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 208 pages; " From over seventy-five years of notes, Chief Red Fox, with the help of Cash Asher - journalist and former Executive Director of the American Indian Defense Association - has given us a remarkable record of the Red man’s fight for survival, the loss of his rights and his identity. In doing so, he forces us to recognize what we have done and what we must now do to alter our course: "The Indian people you put here weep for what has happened. The have a sturdy background of morality and discipline. Forgive those who tried to remake them in to the image of the White man, and let the wealth of their heritage be preserved as a vital force in the world, and not entombed in museums or consigned to oblivion.". Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket .

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Book number: 20971

Catalogue: Native Studies::Sioux

Keywords: 0070513627 sioux chief red fox Memoirs big horn mountains Biographies & Memoirs Native Studies

GIBSON, GORDON

A New Look at Canadian Indian Policy Respect the Collective

Vancouver BC: The Fraser Institute, 2009. First Edition. Softcover. ISBN: 0889752435. Light shelfwear to card cover edges. ; A bright, solid book.; 8.90 X 6 X 0.60 inches; 268 pages; "The estate of the Indian people of Canada is the most important moral question in federal politics. The responsibility flows directly to each of us as voters. This book talks about what we, Canadians generally, can do to understand this and what governments can do to discharge their responsibilities. The standard model for thinking about Indian policy is fundamentally wrong, giving too much weight to the collective and too little to the individual. It presumes and enforces a relationship between the Indian individual and relevant collectives (both Indian and state) that is biased against individual free-dom and choice. This relationship has produced the adverse social outcomes in health, education, life span, incomes, housing, substance abuse, violence, imprisonment and so on universally criti-cized by all. The relationship between the individual and the collective has been the major force in human life from time immemorial but the character of that relationship has evolved over time. In one dark corner of this long drama, a special case of the relationship between individual and collective has been playing out in Canada in the lives of native Indians. In this particular corner, the collective assumes an impor-tance unthinkable in the mainstream. Indian policy, imposed by the mainstream on some Canadi-ans Indians has built for them a world that is both a fortress and a prison. The effects on the indi-viduals within that system have been profound. I believe that there is a growing concern about this. If so, there is an opening to a better future. But in spite of good will, pernicious and counter-productive incentives remain to burden an entire people, not just as trailing legacies of the past but as current active goals of governments and other entities in the system. The fatal defects in outcomes are not redeemed by the fact that the intentions are in general of the best. Some commentators will say with reason that this paper challenges some of the most basic assumptions of established Indian policy. This challenge would not be necessary if established Indian policy was working well, for Indians or anyone else." cover blurb. Very Good+ .

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Book number: 16850

Catalogue: Native Studies

Keywords: 0889752435 Legal Status subsidiarity History::Canada Native Studies

GIBSON, NANCY (GENERAL EDITOR)

Pimatziwin: A Journal of Aboriginal and Indiginous Community Health; Vol. 1, No. 1

Edmonton, AB: Alberta ACADRE Network, 2003. First Edition. Softcover. Card covers show light edge wear.; A bright, solid book. Included is an errata slip and a subscription form. ; B&W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 178 pages. Very Good+ .

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Book number: 17488

Catalogue: Native Studies

Keywords: Aboriginal Health

GRANT, SHELAGH D.

Arctic Justice on Trial for Murder, Pond Inlet, 1923

Montreal: Mcgill Queens University Press, 2002. 1st. Hardcover. ISBN: 0773523375. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. A bright, solid book.; McGill-Queen's Native and Northern; 9.74 X 6.30 X 1.25 inches; 342 pages; "Arctic Justice is the story of the execution of a white fur trader by an Inuk. Shelagh Grant recounts how this event was crucial in establishing law enforcement in the High Arctic and documents its tragic consequences for Inuit in the subsequent decades. This compelling and generously illustrated account combines archival history with Inuit oral history to shed light on the conflicting values and perceptions of two disparate cultures. Despite the fact that Nuqallaq was following Inuit customary law in carrying out a collectively sanctioned act to defend the community from the dangerously crazed trader Robert Janes, Canadian authorities made the unprecedented decision to put him and two accomplices on trial for murder. Grant shows how this decision was motivated by Canada's international political concerns for establishing sovereignty over the Arctic and how the outcome of the trial - Nuqallaq's sentence to ten years of hard labour in Stony Mountain Penitentiary and subsequent death from tuberculosis - was determined more by fear than evidence. In what amounts to a social history of North Baffin Island in the twentieth century, Grant offers telling portraits of the people involved, including the victim, Robert Janes of Newfoundland; Captain J.E. Bernier of the CGS Arctic, explorer and friend to the Inuit; English trader and entrepreneur Henry Toke Munn; the investigating RCMP officer Staff-Sargeant A. H.; Judge L. A. Rivet, and others. Most importantly we meet the remarkable Nuqallaq, his wife Ataguttiaq, and the Inuit of North Baffin Island. Arctic Justice will appeal to anyone interested in the Arctic and its indigenous peoples, contact history, anthropology, legal history, and RCMP history.". Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .

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Book number: 16794

Catalogue: Native Studies::Nunavut

Keywords: 0773523375 Baffin Island Arctic Nuqallaq inuktitut Nunavut inuk RCMP Inuit History::Canada LAW Native Studies

HAIG-BROWN, RODERICK

The Whale People

London: Collins, 1962. First Canadian Edition. Hardcover. Illustrated by Mary Weiler. DJ has some soiling, tears and chipping. Quarter sized piece missing from DJ at base of spine. Small water stain at bottom of back board. Gift notation on front free end paper. ; DJ in Mylar, unclipped. Price in Canadian funds.; B&W Illustrations; 184 pages; Blurb - "This is an enthralling story of the customs and taboos of the West Coast Indians. It is also the story of Atlin: how he grew to manhood; how he learnt to hunt the giant whales as his father and grandfather had done before him.". Very Good- in Fair dust jacket .

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Book number: 7060

Catalogue: Native Studies

Keywords: FICTION Whaling hotsath

HARRIS, CHRISTIE

Once Upon a Totem

New York: Atheneum, 1967. First Edition; Third Printing. Hardcover. Illustrated by John Frazer Mills. DJ shows some shelf wear with small tears and light chipping, small tear lower DJ spine, small coffee stain & spotting. Price-clipped. ; A tight solid book. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. ; Woodcuts; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 148 pages. Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket .

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Book number: 17468

Catalogue: Native Studies::Mythology

Keywords: totem poles first nations Native Studies MYTHOLOGY

HARRIS, CHRISTIE

The Trouble with Adventurers

Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1982. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0771040288. Some wear to top edge of dust jacket ; A bright, solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped.; 162 pages. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 17467

Catalogue: Native Studies::Mythology

Keywords: 0771040288 British Columbia Mythology John jewitt Native Studies MYTHOLOGY

HELIN, CALVIN

Dances with Dependency Indigenous Success Through Self

Vancouver BC: Orca Spirit, 2006. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0978210700. Illustrated by B&W and Color Illustrations. Only slight wear ; A bright, solid book ; 9.10 X 6.10 X 0.90 inches; 313 pages. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .

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Book number: 16435

Catalogue: Native Studies

Keywords: 0978210700 dependency Poverty addiction Native Studies

HICKS, BRIAN

Toward the Setting Sun: John Ross, the Cherokees and the Trail of Tears

New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, 2011. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0802119638. Only slight wear ; A near-fine volume in a near-fine DJ, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped.; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 421 pages; "Son of a Scottish trader and a quarter-Cherokee woman, Ross was educated in white schools and was only one-eighth Indian by blood. But as Cherokee chief in the mid-nineteenth century, he would guide the tribe through its most turbulent period. The Cherokees' plight lay at the epicenter of nearly all the key issues facing a young America: western expansion, states' rights, judicial power, and racial discrimination. ". Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .

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Book number: 21358

Catalogue: Americana::Native Studies

Keywords: 0802119638 Cherokee Trail of tears History::USA Native Studies

HOCKING, DOUG

The Black Legend George Bascom, Cochise, and the Start of the Apache Wars

Guilford, CT: TwoDot, 2019. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 1493034456. Only slight wear ; A near-fine volume in a near-fine DJ, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped.; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 373 pages; "In 1861, war between the United States and the Chiricahua seemed inevitable. The Apache band lived on a heavily traveled Emigrant and Overland Mail Trail and routinely raided it, organized by their leader, the prudent, not friendly Cochise. When a young boy was kidnapped from his stepfather’s ranch, Lieutenant George Bascom confronted Cochise even though there was no proof that the Chiricahua were responsible. After a series of missteps, Cochise exacted a short-lived revenge. Despite modern accounts based on spurious evidence, Bascom’s performance in a difficult situation was admirable. This book examines the legend and provides a new analysis of Bascom’s and Cochise’s behavior, putting it in the larger context of the Indian Wars that followed the American Civil War.". Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 21255

Catalogue: Americana::Native Studies

Keywords: 1493034456 George Bascom apache chiricahua cochise History::USA Native Studies

HUBERT, CAM

Dreamspeaker and Tem Eyos Ki and the Land Claims Question

Toronto: Clarke, Irwin, 1978. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0772012202. DJ shows some shelf wear with short tears. ; A tight solid book. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 137 pages; The first story 'Dreamspeaker' is a novella based on her script for the CBC film. 'Tem Eyos Ki and the Land Claims Question' is a humorous monologue. This is Hubert's first book. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket .

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Book number: 18904

Catalogue: Native Studies::Short Stories

Keywords: 0772012202 Short Fiction dreamspeaker Native Studies Fiction::Short Stories

HUNTER, MILTON R.

Utah Indian Stories

Salt Lake City, Utah: Desert Book Company, 1966. Fifth Edition. Hardcover. Illustrated red cloth covered boards show light edge wear, previous owner's name on FFEP. ; A bright, solid book.; B&W Illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 128 pages; Dr. Milton R. Hunter has gathered several true Indian stories from various newspapers, books and other publications and published them in a single volume.. Very Good+ with no dust jacket .

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Book number: 17195

Catalogue: Native Studies::American

Keywords: utah Native Studies