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  • Cheated

    The Laurier Liberals and the Theft of First Nations Reserve Land

    “Canadians and politicians have a common responsibility: to learn from the mistakes inherited from a colonialist legacy; and to not repeat the wrongs, corruption, and injustices our people suffered in the hands of government officials, politicians, and their oppressive laws. Reading and learning from Cheated would be a good place to start reconciliation and reparation.” — Ovide Mercredi, former ... Leer más

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  • Who Killed Jackie Bates?

    de Bill Waiser ...
    Short listed for 3 Saskatchewan Book Awards:Non-Fiction Award, Saskatoon Award, Book of the Year Award. On the morning of 5 December 1933, a young RCMP constable discovered a grisly scene in the Avalon schoolyard in rural Saskatchewan. A young boy lay dead in a rented car, an apparent victim of carbon monoxide poisoning. In the car with him were his parents, who would survive both the effects of ... Leer más

    $10.99 USD

  • All Hell Can't Stop Us

    The On-to-Ottawa Trek and Regina Riot

    de Bill Waiser ...
    The Great Depression of the 1930s brought drought, unemployment, and poverty to the West, and the token wages from the government's "make work" projects only fanned the flames of unrest. In 1935, this unrest took on a purpose: to march on Ottawa and demand a solution from Prime Minister R. B. Bennett. Thus was born the On-to-Ottawa trek, which culminated in the Regina Riot, where the protesters ... Leer más

    $7.99 USD

  • Gordie's Skate

    de Bill Waiser ...
    Ilustraciones de Leanne Franson ...
    Set in Saskatchewan during the Great Depression, this is the story of hockey legend Gordie Howe and his first experience with skating. The book is charmingly illustrated in full colour by Leanne Franson. Bill Waiser is a popular historian and Governor-General's-Award-winning author. Times were hard for five-year-old Gordie and his family in the 1930s. One day, a neighbour, desperate for some money ... Leer más

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    Cheated

    The Laurier Liberals and the Theft of First Nations Reserve Land

    Narrado por Adam Barr ...

    Completo

    9 hora 34 minutos

    You won't find the Ocean Man and Pheasant Rump reserves on a map of southeastern Saskatchewan. In 1901, the two Nakoda bands reluctantly surrendered the seventy square miles granted to them under treaty. It's just one of more than two dozen surrenders aggressively pursued by the Laurier Liberal government over a fifteen-year period. One in five acres was taken from First Nations.This confiscation ... Leer más

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  • La Confédération, 1864-1999

    nouvelles perspectives

    Plusieurs croient que le 1er juillet 1867 représente la date de la Confédération canadienne, le jour de la création du nouveau pays. Mais le processus ne faisait que s'amorcer en 1867. Du petit dominion aux frontières restreintes, le pays est devenu une fédération beaucoup plus grande, avec dix provinces, trois territoires, et des centaines de communautés autochtones. Les politiciens ont longtemps ... Leer más

    $28.99 USD

  • A Century of Parks Canada, 1911-2011

    Series Libro 1 - Canadian History and Environment
    "... a diverse and fascinating array of perspectives on the history of Canada's national parks, illuminating many less well-understood aspects of the evolving place of people in and near these parks." - Stephen Bocking, Professor and Chair, Environmental and Resource Studies Program, Trent University When Canada created a Dominion Parks Branch in 1911, it became the first country in the world to ... Leer más

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  • Reconsidering Confederation

    Canada’s Founding Debates, 1864-1999

    July 1st 1867 is celebrated as Canada's Confederation - the date that Canada became a country. But 1867 was only the beginning. As the country grew from a small dominion to a vast federation encompassing ten provinces, three territories, and hundreds of First Nations, its leaders repeatedly debated Canada's purpose, and the benefits and drawbacks of the choice to be Canadian. Reconsidering ... Leer más

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  • Bison and People on the North American Great Plains

    A Deep Environmental History

    Series series Connecting the Greater West Series
    The near disappearance of the American bison in the nineteenth century is commonly understood to be the result of over-hunting, capitalist greed, and all but genocidal military policy. This interpretation remains seductive because of its simplicity; there are villains and victims in this familiar cautionary tale of the American frontier. But as this volume of groundbreaking scholarship shows, the ... Leer más

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    The Hole-in-the-Wall Gangs and the Final Chapter of the Wild West

    de Tom Clavin ...
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    Quitting: A Life Strategy

    The Myth of Perseverance—and How the New Science of Giving Up Can Set You Free

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    I Wish My Teacher Knew

    How One Question Can Change Everything for Our Kids

    de Kyle Schwartz ...
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    One day, third-grade teacher Kyle Schwartz asked her students to fill-in-the-blank in this sentence: "I wish my teacher knew _____." The results astounded her.Some answers were humorous, others were heartbreaking—all were profoundly moving and enlightening. The results opened her eyes to the need for educators to understand the unique realities their students face in order to create an open, safe, ... Leer más

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