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Books by or about Indigenous peoples in BC.
Bad Medicine

Bad Medicine

A Judge’s Struggle for Justice in a First Nations Community
by Hon. John Reilly
edition:Paperback
also available: eBook
tagged : lawyers & judges, native american studies, indigenous peoples

Early in his career, Judge John Reilly did everything by the book. His jurisdiction included a First Nations community plagued by suicide, addiction, poverty, violence and corruption. He steadily handed out prison sentences with little regard for long-term consequences and even less knowledge as to why crime was so rampant on the reserve in the first place.

In an unprecedented move that pitted him against his superiors, the legal system he was part of, and one of Canada’s best-known Indian chie …

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Bear Child

Bear Child

The Life and Times of Jerry Potts
by Rodger D. Touchie
edition:Paperback
also available: eBook
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The West was a lawless domain when Jerry Potts was born into the Upper Missouri fur trade in 1838. The son of a Scottish father and a Blood mother, he was given the name Bear Child by his Blood tribe for his bravery and tenacity while he was still a teen. In 1874, when the North West Mounted Police first marched west and sat lost and starving near the Canada-U.S. border, it was Potts who led them to shelter. Over the next 22 years he played a critical role in the peaceful settlement of the Canad …

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Broken Circle

Broken Circle

by Christopher Dinsdale
edition:eBook
also available: Paperback
tagged : fantasy & magic, native canadian

Angry at missing a week of summer video game entertainment, Jesse, a twelve-year-old boy of European/Native American descent, grudgingly follows through with his deceased father’s request that he join his Uncle Matthew and cousin Jason at Six Islands, on Georgian Bay, for a special camping trip. Uncle Matthew explains that Jesse’s father wanted Jason’s vision quest to be his introduction to their native culture. During their first night around the camp-fire, it is Jesse who has a vision, a …

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Denying the Source

Denying the Source

The Crisis of First Nations Water Rights
by Merrell-Ann Phare
edition:Hardcover
also available: eBook
tagged : environmental conservation & protection, environmental policy

First Nations are facing some of the worst water crises in Canada and throughout North America. Their widespread lack of access to safe drinking water receives ongoing national media attention, and yet progress addressing the causes of the problem is painfully slow. First Nations have had little say in how their waters are, or are not, protected. They have been excluded from many important decisions, as provinces operate under the view that they own the water resources within provincial boundari …

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Edward S. Curtis Above the Medicine Line

Edward S. Curtis Above the Medicine Line

Portraits of Aboriginal Life in the Canadian West
by Rodger D. Touchie
edition:Hardcover
also available: Paperback eBook
tagged : native american, portraits, artists, architects, photographers
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A Feast for All Seasons

A Feast for All Seasons

Traditional Native Peoples' Cuisine
by Andrew George Jr. & Robert Gairns
edition:Paperback
tagged : native american

Traditional North American Native peoples' cuisine has existed for centuries, but its central tenet of respecting nature and its bounty have never been as timely as they are now. Andrew George, of the Wet'suwet'en Nation in Canada, is a well-respected aboriginal chef and instructor who has spent the last twenty-five years promoting the traditions of First Nations food. In A Feast for All Seasons, written with Robert Gairns, he has compiled aboriginal recipes that feature ingredients from the lan …

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George Littlechild

George Littlechild

The Spirit Giggles Within
by George Littlechild, foreword by Ryan Rice
edition:Hardcover
also available: eBook
tagged : canadian, native american, artists' books

George Littlechild: The Spirit Giggles Within is a stunning retrospective of a career that has spanned nearly four decades. Featuring more than 150 of the Plains Cree artist’s mixed-media works, this sumptuous collection showcases the bold swaths of colour and subtle textures of Littlechild’s work.

 

Littlechild has never shied away from political or social themes. His paintings blaze with strong emotions ranging from anger to compassion, humour to spiritualism. Fully embracing his Plains Cree …

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He Moved A Mountain

He Moved A Mountain

The Life of Frank Calder and the Nisga’a Land Claims Accord
by Joan Harper
edition:eBook
tagged : native americans, native american studies, political

Dr. Frank Arthur Calder of BC’s Nisga’a First Nation was the first indigenous person to be elected to any Canadian governing body. For twenty-six years he served as an MLA in the legislature of British Columbia. He was the driving force behind Canada’s decision to grant recognition of indigenous land title to First Nations people throughout the country. He accomplished this goal by guiding the controversial request through a series of court cases, finally to the Supreme Court of Canada, ac …

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