RAUNET, DANIEL

Without Surrender, without Consent a History of the Nishga Land Claims

Vancouver BC: Douglas & McIntyre, 1984. First Edition. Softcover. ISBN: 0888944330. some shelfwear to card covers, previous owner's bookplate inside front cover. ; A bright, solid book.; 7.80 X 5.12 X 1 inches; 244 pages. Very Good+ .

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Book number: 16849

Catalogue: Native Studies::British Columbia

Keywords: 0888944330 Nisga'a British Columbia Treaties nishga

RAY, ARTHUR J.

Indians in the Fur Trade Their Role As Trappers, Hunters, & Middle Man in the Lands Southwest of Hudson Bay, 1660

Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1974. Third Printing. Softcover. ISBN: 0802062261. Card covers show some shelf wear. ; A tight solid book. Numerous B&W charts and maps, text unmarked ; Trade PB; 8.9 X 5.9 X 0.8 inches; 249 pages; "First published in 1974, this best-selling book was lauded by Choice as 'an important, ground-breaking study of the Assiniboine and western Cree Indians who inhabited southern Manitoba and Saskatchewan' and 'essential reading for anyone interested in the history of the Canadian west before 1870.' Indians in the Fur Trade makes extensive use of previously unpublished Hudson's Bay Company archival materials and other available data to reconstruct the cultural geography of the West at the time of early contact, illustrating many of the rapid cultural transformations with maps and diagrams.". Very Good .

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Book number: 20735

Catalogue: Native Studies

Keywords: 0802062261 assiniboine Manitoba Saskatchewan Fur Trade Hudson bay cree Native Studies

RICHARDSON, BOYCE

Strangers Devour the Land the Cree Hunters of the James Bay Area Versus Premier Bourassa and the James Bay Development Corporation

Toronto: Macmillan of Canada, 1975. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0770513700. Light shelfwear and 1 1/2" tear top DJ, some creasing and light soil to white dustjacket ; Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. A tight solid book. ; B&W Photographs; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 342 pages; "East of James Bay, at the foot of Hudson's Bay, the lake-pocked granite of the Canadian Shield stretches for thousands of square miles. When, in 1971, the James Bay Development Corporation announced that it would build a series of gigantic dams and reservoirs here, the area was described as barren, uninhabited and fit for nothing but flooding. Yet in truth there were people who lived on this land and cared deeply about it. For uncounted centuries it had been the central homeland, and hunting grounds, the "garden" (as old Joe Bearskin calls it) of some 6,000 Cree Indians." The first nations would lose their traditional hunting grounds and their homes. Needless to say this was a contentious issue but the Cree leaders stepped forward to speak for their people. The Cree did benefit financially and the the province realized a benefit in increased hydroelectric power to fill the growing needs of the developed southern portion of the province but much damage was done to the land and the way life of the Cree nation.. Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket .

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Book number: 16783

Catalogue: Native Studies::Quebec

Keywords: 0770513700 Canadian Shield Native Hydroelectric power cree nation tundra History::Canada Native Studies

ROCK, ROGER O.

The Native American in American Literature a Selectively Annotated Bibliography

Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1985. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0313245509. Bright solid book ; Bibliographies and Indexes in American Literature; 1 x 9.75 x 6.5 Inches; 211 pages; This bibliography is a starting point for those interested in researching the American Indian in literature or American Indian literature. Designed to augment other major bibliographies, it classifies all relevant bibliographies and critical works and supplies listings not cited by them. The author's general introduction provides bibliographical background for those beginning research in the field. Cited works are listed alphabetically by the author's or editor's last name in each of three categories: bibliographies; works about the Indian in literature; and Indian literature. Each citation is numbered and the cross-referenced subject and author indexes refer to each work by number, thereby facilitating speedy reference.. Fine with no dust jacket .

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Book number: 13259

Catalogue: Native Studies

Keywords: 0313245509 Bibliographies & Indexes Issues Native Indian

ROGERS, EDWARD S.

Indians of the Subarctic

Toronto, ON: Royal Ontario Museum, 1970. Softcover. Illustrated by B&W Drawings and Photos. Light wear & scuffing, previous owner's stamp on 1st page. Stapled wraps.; 16 pages. Good+ .

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Book number: 438

Catalogue: Native Studies

Keywords: Native Arctic Indian Native Studies

ROSS, RUPERT

Dancing with a Ghost Exploring Indian Reality

Markham, ON: Octopus Publishing Group, 1992. Softcover. ISBN: 0409906484. Card covers show very light shelf wear.; A bright, solid book.; 8.90 X 5.80 X 0.50 inches; 195 pages; "A crucial sourcebook for anyone involved with native issues, Dancing with a Ghost seeks to bridge the gap which exists between Native American and other groups by examining the traditional Cree and Ojibway world view and by showing why their philosophy so often places them in conflict with the justice system.". Very Good+ .

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Book number: 18099

Catalogue: Native Studies

Keywords: 0409906484 cree ojibway Native Studies

SCHAEFER, CAROL

Grandmothers Counsel the World Women Elders Offer Their Vision for Our Planet

Boulder, CO: Trumpeter Books, 2006. Tenth Printing. Paperback. ISBN: 1590302931. Card covers show light shelf wear, bottom fore corner bumped. ; A bright, solid book.; Trade PB; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 213 pages; "This book presents the insights and guidance of thirteen indigenous grandmothers from five continents, many of whom are living legends among their own peoples. The Grandmothers offer wisdom on such timely issues as nurturing our families; cultivating physical and mental health; and confronting violence, war, and poverty. Also included are the reflections of Western women elders, including Alice Walker, Gloria Steinem, Helena Norberg-Hodge, and Carol Moseley Brown.". Very Good .

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Book number: 21256

Catalogue: Native Studies

Keywords: 1590302931 elders wise women HISTORY Native Studies

SHEFFIELD, R. SCOTT

The Red Man's on the Warpath the Image of the Indian and the Second World War

Vancouver BC: UBC Press, 2004. First Paperback Edition. Softcover. ISBN: 0774810955. Only slight wear to card covers; A bright, solid book ; B&W Illustrations; 8.80 X 5.80 X 0.70 inches; 232 pages; "During the Second World War, thousands of First Nations people joined in the national crusade to defend freedom and democracy. High rates of Native enlistment and public demonstrations of patriotism encouraged Canadians to re-examine the roles and status of Native people in Canadian society. The Red Man's on the Warpath explores how wartime symbolism and imagery propelled the "Indian problem" onto the national agenda, and why assimilation remained the goal of post-war Canadian Indian policy--even though the war required that it be rationalized in new ways.The word "Indian" conjured up a complex framework of visual imagery, stereotypes, and assumptions that enabled English Canadians to explain the place of First Nations people in the national story. Sheffield examines how First Nations people were discussed in both the administrative and public realms. Drawing upon an impressive array of archival records, newspapers, and popular magazines, he tracks continuities and changes in the image of the "Indian" before, during, and immediately after the Second World War.Informed by current academic debates and theoretical perspectives, this book will interest scholars in the fields of Native-Newcomer and race relations, war and society, communications studies, and post-Confederation Canadian history. Sheffield's lively style makes it accessible to a broader readership.". Near Fine .

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Book number: 17221

Catalogue: Native Studies

Keywords: 0774810955 World War 2 Native Canadians soldiers WW II Native Studies

SIGGINS, MAGGIE

Bitter Embrace: White Society's Assault on the Woodland Cree

Toronto: McClelland & Stewart Ltd, 2005. 1st; First Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0771080603. As new, bright, solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped. ; B&W Photographs; 9.10 X 6.30 X 1.30 inches; 322 pages; "July 14, 2003: Flin Flon lawyer Michael Bomek pleads guilty to six counts of sexual assault on young Cree men, some of whom come from the community of Pelican Narrows. His crime is emblematic of white culture’s assault on this Rock Cree community. On the one hand, he was a dedicated lawyer who won 75 per cent of his cases for his native clients. On the other, he was an unthinkably corrupting influence. For over 200 years, Pelican Narrows has endured an equally torturous relationship with the encroaching European culture, from the Hudson Bay factors and missionaries of earlier times to the bureaucrats and police of today. By scrupulously researching the history of a community she has known for much of her life, by using oral history and documenting the personal stories of contemporary Pelican Narrows Cree, Siggins gives us the human face behind the newspaper headlines of native issues. Her storytelling powers are formidable and the portrait she gives us of this single Saskatchewan community is unforgettable.". Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .

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Book number: 17572

Catalogue: Native Studies

Keywords: 0771080603 Native Studies

SIGGINS, MAGGIE

Riel a Life of Revolution

Toronto: Harpercollins Publishers Canada, Limited, 1994. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0002157926. Only slight wear to DJ ; A near-fine volume in a near-fine DJ, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 507 pages; "Seen by many as an unrepentant traitor, a messianic prophet and a pathetic tyrant, Siggins uncovers the real Louis Riel—a complex man full of contradiction and angst, a charismatic visionary and poet, a humanitarian who gave up prestige and wealth to fight for the Métis people.". Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .

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Book number: 21131

Catalogue: Canadiana::Native Studies

Keywords: 0002157926 Louis Riel Red River Revolution North West Company North West Mounted Police métis History::Canada Native Studies

SILVERSIDES, BROCK V.

The Face Pullers Photographing Native Canadians 1871

Saskatoon, SK: Fifth House Books, 1996. Second Printing. Softcover. ISBN: 1895618428. Previous owner's name on fly leaf in ink. Only light wear to extremities of card covers ; A bright, solid book. This was also published in hardcover. ; B&W Photographs; 9.92 X 7.95 X 0.47 inches; 184 pages; A very comprehensive collection of photographs of First Nations subjects. The Face Pullers documents a particularly rich period in the history of Canadian photography. These photographs of First nations people- spanning the period 1871 to 1939 - provide not only a fascinating glimpse of a vanished world, but also illuminate the ways in which myths and misunderstandings about Native people have influenced, from the earliest days, the images produced by non-Native photographers.In the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, many Canadian photographers- both amateur and professional- took pictures of Native people for documentary and commercial purposes. The Indians initially regarded photographic equipment with curiosity, suspicion, and fear, and upon viewing the final product, labeled the camera "the face puller." The photographs were in great demand among the white population, and while they often presented idealized views of First Nations people, they nevertheless managed to portray some authentic aspects of the Native experience. The evocative images in this collection provide a perspective of these individuals and their lives impossible to convey with mere words, and bear witness to the strength and resilience of what many believed at the time to be a dying race.The Face Pullers provides an unusual record of the myth-making surrounding Native people, and valuable insights into the history of Indian/white relations in Canada.. Very Good+ .

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Book number: 16226

Catalogue: Native Studies::Alberta

Keywords: 1895618428 first nations Indian face puller Alberta Saskatchewan Canada Native Studies

(KAHGEGAGAHBOWH), GEORGE COPWAY (AUTHOR); A. LAVONNE BROWN RUOFF & DONALD B. SMITH (EDITORS)

Life, Letters and Speeches

Lincoln NE: University of Nebraska Press, 1997. Second Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0803214707. Signed by Editor; Only slight wear; Inscribed by Don Smith on title page, DJ in Mylar ; American Indian Lives; 1.01 x 9.53 x 6.32 Inches; Copway was a Canadian Ojibwe writer born Kahgegagahbowh and among the first Indians to rise to prominence in American culture in the middle 1800s. He preached as a Methodist minister, published a newspaper for Indians, and spoke on Indian rights, temperance, and other issues. This edition of the 1847 original includes scholarly notes.. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 12481

Catalogue: Native Studies

Keywords: 0803214707 ojibway Ontario ojibwe Native Studies

SMITH, DONALD B

Long Lance the True Story of an Impostor

Toronto: Macmillan of Canada, 1982. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0771595859. DJ shows some shelf wear with small tears and light chipping, scuffing, small bump top edge of book. Pages are toned; A tight solid book. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. ; B&W Illustrations; 8.50 X 5.70 X 1.20 inches; 304 pages; "At the turn of the century, a boy named Sylvester Long, the son of mixed blood parents, living in the "colored" section of Winston-Salem NC, signed on with a traveling Wild West show where he fell in with the Indians who worked the show and started to pass as one. Thereafter he fabricated a wholly fictitious past and won favor in the white man's world as a Blackfoot chief, a West Point scholar, a war hero who served with the Canadian troops at Vimy Ridge." Smith untangles the truth from the fiction.. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket .

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Book number: 18490

Catalogue: Native Studies

Keywords: 0771595859 Blackfoot long lance Biographies & Memoirs Native Studies

SPRADLEY, JAMES P. & JAMES SEWID

Guests Never Leave Hungry the Autobiography of James Sewid, a Kwakiutl Indian

Montreal: Mcgill Queens University Press, 1992. Reprint. Softcover. ISBN: 0773501347. light corner curl of card covers.; A bright, solid book.; 8.46 X 5.77 X 0.85 inches; 303 pages; From the back cover: "The story of James Sewid, a twentieth-century Kwakiutl Indian Chieftan, brings to life the experience of one man caught in conflict as the traditional Kwakiutl culture gave way to the demands of an expanding Western society in British Columbia." In vivid detail he describes his years of intermittent schooling, his entry into life in the fishing industry at the age of ten, his marriage, at thirteen, to a high-ranking Kwakiutl girl, and his life in a remote Indian village before moving to the Reserve. During the early years in Alert Bay, Sewid was torn between validating his chieftainships by giving potlatches, as tradition demanded, and obeying the law which prohibited them. As these laws changed, he became active in reviving Kwakiutl traditions and, in 1955, he was selected by the National Film Board of Canada to portray many of his achievements in a film called No Longer Vanishing. In this book Sewid tells of his work for the Native Brotherhood of British Columbia and of his activities as Chief. He describes developments which he initiated to revive Kwakiutl arts and outlines economic institutions which he created to improve Kwakiutl living standards. His story offers many insights into life in a non-Western society undergoing rapid change and provides an excellent study of an individual who adapted successfully to these changes. James Spradley carefully analyzes Sewid's style of adaptation and concludes with a study of the social and psychological conditions which enabled him to become a leader, innovator, and multicultural individual.. Very Good .

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Book number: 16590

Catalogue: Native Studies::British Columbia

Keywords: 0773501347 B.C. Kwakiutl James Sewid Native Studies

STEWART, HILARY

Robert Davidson: Haida Printmaker

Vancouver BC: Douglas & Mcintyre, 1979. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0888942427. Signed by Illustrator; Light general wear, a couple of short closed tears to front panel of dustjacket ; Inscribed by Davidson on the front free end paper. A bright, solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped. Laid in is a information sheet about native artist, Roy Henry Vickers ; Oblong Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 117 pages; Robert Davidson was raised in the village of Masset on Haida Gwai and as a young man showed a talent for carving argillite poles and graduated into the large wood poles and other decorative wood items. As he got older he branched into doing prints linked to his peoples' Haida mythology. His talent came naturally, being the grandson of Charles Edenshaw who started him carving. An apprenticeship with Bill Reid honed his skills.. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 20934

Catalogue: Native studies::Art

Keywords: 0888942427 Haida Gwai Queen Charlotte Islands pole carving argillite Signed Haida Masset ARTS Native Studies