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  • From the Glittering World

    A Navajo Story

    by Irvin Morris ...
    The Diné, or Navajo, creation story says there were four worlds before this, the Glittering World. For the present-day Diné this is a world of glittering technology and influences from outside the sacred land entrusted to them by the Holy People. From the Glittering World conveys in vivid language how a contemporary Diné writer experiences this world as a mingling of the profoundly traditional ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

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  • The Wisdom of the Native Americans

    Including The Soul of an Indian and Other Writings of Ohiyesa and the Great Speeches of Red Jacket, Chief Joseph, and Chief Seattle

    Edited by Kent Nerburn ...
    The teachings of the Native Americans provide a connection with the land, the environment, and the simple beauties of life. This collection of writings from revered Native Americans offers timeless, meaningful lessons on living and learning. Taken from writings, orations, and recorded observations of life, this book selects the best of Native American wisdom and distills it to its essence in short ... Read more

    $11.59 USD

  • Nicholas Black Elk: Medicine Man, Missionary, Mystic

    Medicine Man, Missionary, Mystic

    by Michael F. Steltenkamp ...
    Since its publication in 1932, Black Elk Speaks has moved countless readers to appreciate the American Indian world that it described. John Neihardt’s popular narrative addressed the youth and early adulthood of Black Elk, an Oglala Sioux religious elder. Michael F. Steltenkamp now provides the first full interpretive biography of Black Elk, distilling in one volume what is known of this American ... Read more

    $15.89 USD

  • We Are the Face of Oaxaca

    Testimony and Social Movements

    by Lynn Stephen ...
    A massive uprising against the Mexican state of Oaxaca began with the emergence of the Popular Assembly of the Peoples of Oaxaca (APPO) in June 2006. A coalition of more than 300 organizations, APPO disrupted the functions of Oaxaca's government for six months. It began to develop an inclusive and participatory political vision for the state. Testimonials were broadcast on radio and television ... Read more

    $28.79 USD

  • Disinherited Generations

    Our Struggle to Reclaim Treaty Rights for First Nations Women and their Descendants

    by Nellie Carlson, Kathleen Steinhauer ...
    Two Cree women tell the story of how they took on the Canadian government and helped change the lives of thousands.This oral autobiography of two remarkable Cree women tells their life stories against a backdrop of government discrimination, First Nations activism, and the resurgence of First Nations communities.Nellie Carlson and Kathleen Steinhauer, who helped to organize the Indian Rights for ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Separate Beds

    A History of Indian Hospitals in Canada, 1920s-1980s

    by Maureen K. Lux ...
    Separate Beds is the shocking story of Canada’s system of segregated health care. Operated by the same bureaucracy that was expanding health care opportunities for most Canadians, the “Indian Hospitals” were underfunded, understaffed, overcrowded, and rife with coercion and medical experimentation. Established to keep the Aboriginal tuberculosis population isolated, they became a means of ensuring ... Read more

    $31.69 USD

  • "All the Real Indians Died Off"

    And 20 Other Myths About Native Americans

    by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, Dina Gilio-Whitaker ...
    Series Book 5 - Myths Made in America
    Unpacks the twenty-one most common myths and misconceptions about Native AmericansIn this enlightening book, scholars and activists Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz and Dina Gilio-Whitaker tackle a wide range of myths about Native American culture and history that have misinformed generations. Tracing how these ideas evolved, and drawing from history, the authors disrupt long-held and enduring myths such as: ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

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  • Canada and the Métis, 1869-1885

    by D.N. Sprague ...
    “In this book, Professor D.N. Sprague tells why the Métis did not receive the land that was supposed to be theirs under the Manitoba Act.... Sprague offers many examples of the methods used, such as legislation justifying the sale of the land allotted to Métis children without any of the safeguards ordinarily required in connection with transactions with infants. Then there were powers of attorny, ... Read more

    $35.29 USD

  • Colonial Genocide in Indigenous North America

    Edited by Andrew Woolford, Jeff Benvenuto, Alexander Laban Hinton ...
    This important collection of essays expands the geographic, demographic, and analytic scope of the term genocide to encompass the effects of colonialism and settler colonialism in North America. Colonists made multiple and interconnected attempts to destroy Indigenous peoples as groups. The contributors examine these efforts through the lens of genocide. Considering some of the most destructive ... Read more

    $21.59 USD

  • The Complete Idiot's Guide to Native American History

    Fascinating Biographies of Heroic Leaders and the Tragic Tales That Changed the

    by Walter Fleming ...
    This book is a comprehensive overview of the history and culture of the peoples who are now known as the First Americans. Author Walter C. Fleming covers the many different tribes that stretched from the Atlantic to the Pacific, including compelling biographies of their greatest leaders. He examines the beliefs, customs, legends and the myriad contributions Native Americans have given to modern ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Speaking for Ourselves

    Environmental Justice in Canada

    Edited by Julian Agyeman, Peter Cole, Randolph Haluza-DeLay, Pat O'Riley ...
    The concept of environmental justice has evolved over the past two decades to offer a new direction for social movements, public policy, and public planning. Researchers worldwide now position social equity as a building block for sustainability. Yet the relationship between social equity and the environmental aspects of sustainability has been little studied in Canada.Speaking for Ourselves draws ... Read more

    $31.99 USD

  • Black Elk

    The Life of an American Visionary

    by Joe Jackson ...
    Winner of the Society of American Historians' Francis Parkman PrizeWinner of the PEN / Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award for BiographyBest Biography of 2016, True West magazineWinner of the Western Writers of America 2017 Spur Award, Best Western BiographyFinalist, National Book Critics Circle Award for BiographyLong-listed for the Cundill H... ... Read more

    $17.29 USD

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    Also available as: Audiobook