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Echo Loba, Loba Echo

By (author) Sonja Swift
Foreword by Winona LaDuke
Categories: Social and cultural anthropology

A unique look at the cultural, environmental, historical, literary, metaphorical, and political role of the wolf.

 

Echo Loba, Loba Echo is a story about the metaphor of the wolf and how this is echoed ...

Inuit Stories of Being and Rebirth

Ujarak, Iqallijuq, and Kupaaq were elders from the Inuit community on Igloolik Island in Nunavut. The three elders, among others, shared with Bernard Saladin d’Anglure the narratives which make up the ...

White Lies About the Inuit

The Inuit are a familiar part of Canadian identity but also exotic residing in the remote Arctic. The mix of the familiar and the exotic has resulted in the creation and perpetuation of a number of "White ...

I Will Fear No Evil

The history of Christian missions in Canada has traditionally been told only from the point of view of the missionaries, and not those they were attempting to convert. In "I Will Fear No Evil", Susan ...

Native Ghost Stories

Native folklore and mythology from cultures thousands of years old is rich with mystery and wisdom, and spiritually sacred stories echo through the centuries in the lives of Indigenous North Americans. ...

Ghosts of the World

Ghosts, it seems, are everywhere, even in corners of the world where you’d least expect them. In this fascinating new collection, ghost story expert Susan Smitten leaves no stone unturned in her quest ...

Paddling to Where I Stand

The first-ever biography written about a woman of the Northwest Coast’s Kwakwakawakw people, Paddling to Where I Stand presents the memoirs of Agnes Alfred (c. 1890-1992), a non-literate noble Qwiqwasutinuxw ...

Romantic Ghost Stories

Love can move mountains and overcome all obstacles. But can it survive death? As this new collection shows, love beyond the grave is often more powerful than it is on earth. Based on true accounts, these ...

Fireside Ghost Stories

Sit around the fire and share the scary and sometimes heartwarming stories of this collection. Whether read alone or shared with others, these dramatized tales are sure to send a chill up your spine… ...

Tracking Doctor Lonecloud

Tracking Dr. Lonecloud: Showman to Legend Keeper, by Ruth Whitehead, Nova Scotia Museum ethnologist, is a book that includes the memoir of Jerry Lonecloud, a Mi’kmaw hunter, healer, and showman. Co-published ...