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Books by or about Indigenous peoples in BC.
page as bone – ink as blood

page as bone – ink as blood

by Jónína Kirton
edition:Paperback
tagged : native american

Death, desire, and divination are the threads running through Jónína Kirton’s debut collection of poems and lyric prose. Delicate and dark, the pieces are like whispers in the night – a haunted, quiet telling of truths the mind has locked away but the body remembers. Loosely autobiographical, these are the weavings of a wagon-goddess who ventures into the double-world existence as a mixed-race woman. In her struggle for footing in this in-between space, she moves from the disco days of tra …

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Black Tide Rising

Black Tide Rising

by R.J. McMillen
edition:Paperback
also available: eBook
tagged : police procedural

It’s been a year since retired cop Dan Connor formed an unlikely partnership with ex-criminal Walker, to find Claire, a missing marine biologist. And it's been a year since he fell for her. Now he finally has the chance to enjoy both his retirement and the relationship as he travels up the Pacific Northwest coast of British Columbia to meet her in the remote village of Kyuquot. But when Dan stops for a visit with the lighthouse keepers of Nootka Island, he finds himself pulled into yet another …

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Black Tide Rising

Black Tide Rising

by R.J. McMillen
edition:eBook
also available: Paperback
tagged : police procedural

It’s been a year since retired cop Dan Connor formed an unlikely partnership with ex-criminal Walker, to find Claire, a missing marine biologist. And it's been a year since he fell for her. Now he finally has the chance to enjoy both his retirement and the relationship as he travels up the Pacific Northwest coast of British Columbia to meet her in the remote village of Kyuquot. But when Dan stops for a visit with the lighthouse keepers of Nootka Island, he finds himself pulled into yet another …

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“Métis”

“Métis”

Race, Recognition, and the Struggle for Indigenous Peoplehood
by Chris Andersen
edition:Paperback
also available: Hardcover eBook eBook
tagged : native american studies, discrimination & race relations

Ask any Canadian what “Métis” means, and they will likely say “mixed race.” Canadians consider Métis mixed in ways that other indigenous people are not, and the census and courts have premised their recognition of Métis status on this race-based understanding.

 

According to Andersen, Canada got it wrong. Our very preoccupation with mixedness is not natural but stems from more than 150 years of sustained labour on the part of the state and others. From its roots deep in the colonial pas …

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Aboriginal Student Engagement and Achievement

Aboriginal Student Engagement and Achievement

Educational Practices and Cultural Sustainability
by Lorenzo Cherubini
edition:Paperback
also available: Hardcover eBook
tagged : multicultural education, native american studies

Aboriginal people in Canada want an education that reflects their cultural values and linguistic heritages, an education that will foster their children’s engagement and identity and not marginalize them as learners.

 

Lorenzo Cherubini investigates the effectiveness of culturally relevant programs in Ontario by turning the spotlight on a rare success story – one urban high school’s attempt to recognize Aboriginal students’ cultural and academic needs while helping them build relationships …

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French Canadians, Furs, and Indigenous Women in the Making of the Pacific Northwest

French Canadians, Furs, and Indigenous Women in the Making of the Pacific Northwest

by Jean Barman
edition:Paperback
also available: Hardcover eBook
tagged : pre-confederation (to 1867), native american, women's studies, quebec (qc), british columbia (bc)

Jean Barman was the recipient of the 2014 George Woodcock Lifetime Achievement Award.

 

In French Canadians, Furs, and Indigenous Women in the Making of the Pacific Northwest, Jean Barman rewrites the history of the Pacific Northwest from the perspective of French Canadians attracted by the fur economy, the indigenous women whose presence in their lives encouraged them to stay, and their descendants. Joined in this distant setting by Quebec paternal origins, the French language, and Catholicism, F …

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Islands' Spirit Rising

Islands' Spirit Rising

Reclaiming the Forests of Haida Gwaii
by Louise Takeda
edition:Paperback
also available: eBook Hardcover
tagged : environmental conservation & protection, forests & rainforests, native american studies

Set in the rich natural, cultural, and political landscape of Haida Gwaii, Islands’ Spirit Rising examines the long-term conflict over the islands’ ancient forests and recent events that unfolded in the context of collaborative land-use planning. In response to threats posed by a century of logging, a local Indigenous-environmental-community movement built enough momentum to challenge the multinational forest industry and the political structures enabling it. This book traces the evolution o …

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Tellings from Our Elders

Tellings from Our Elders

Lushootseed syeyehub, Volume 2: Tales from the Skagit Valley
by David Beck & Thom Hess
edition:Hardcover
also available: eBook
tagged : native american

Oral stories form a portal through which rich cultural and linguistic information is passed from generation to generation. Tellings from Our Elders, Volume 2, presents stories in the Skagit Valley dialects of Lushootseed, the language of the indigenous people of the southern and eastern shores of Puget Sound. Transcribed from recordings made of the last generation of elders who learned Lushootseed as an exclusive mother tongue, and published with line-by-line interlinear glosses, this collection …

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