As a poet and citizen deeply concerned by the Oka Crisis, the Idle No More protests and Canada's ongoing failure to resolve First Nations issues, Montreal author Mark Abley has long been haunted by the ...

This book relates the history and self-identifying process of a Métis woman who lived on the western plains of Canada during the transitional period from fur trade to sedentary agricultural economy

On January 22, 2005, Inuit from communities throughout northern and central Labrador gathered in a school gymnasium to witness the signing of the Labrador Inuit Land Claim Agreement and to celebrate the ...

Sellars tells of three generations of women who attended St. Joseph’s Mission in Williams Lake, BC, interweaving the personal histories of her grandmother and her mother with her own. She tells of hunger, ...

A controversial sport, rodeo is often seen as emblematic of the West's reputation as a “white man's country. ”A Wilder West complicates this view, showing how rodeo has been an important contact zone ...

Jonathan Anuik, PhD, is a scholar of Aboriginal education, children?s rights and legal status in historical and contemporary Canada, lifelong learning, and Métis history. Originally from Saskatchewan, ...

Many people have a mental picture of the Canadian north that juxtaposes beauty with harshness. For the Van Tat Gwich'in, the northern Yukon is home, with a living history passed on from elders to youth. ...

Nuu-chah-nulth family historiesvare actually tribal histories since their idea of family encompasses the tribe. Eighteen such histories are presented here, chronicling the origins and resources of a number ...

First Nations Cultural Heritage and Law explores First
Nations perspectives on cultural heritage and issues of reform within
and beyond Western law. Written in collaboration with First Nation
partners, ...

Scholarly depictions of the history of Aboriginal people in Canada have changed dramatically since the 1970s when Arthur J. (“Skip”) Ray entered the field. New Histories for Old examines this transformation ...