Multiculturalism and the Foundations of Meaningful Life
Reconciling Automony, Identity, and Community
Theories of liberal multiculturalism seek to reconcile cultural rights with universal liberal principles. Some focus on individual autonomy; others emphasize communal identity. Andrew Robinson argues that liberal multiculturalism can be justified without privileging either ...
Myth and Memory
Stories of Indigenous-European Contact
The Archive of Place
Unearthing the Pasts of the Chilcotin Plateau
Weaves together a series of narratives about environmental history in British Columbia’s Chilcotin Plateau.
The Ermatingers
A 19th-Century Ojibwa-Canadian Family
An exciting story that contributes to our understanding of Indian and European biculturalism, through the story of fur trader Charles Ermatinger, his Obijwa wife, Mananowe, and their three sons.
Indigenous Legal Traditions
The essays in this book present important perspectives on the role of Indigenous legal traditions in reclaiming and preserving the autonomy of Aboriginal communities and in reconciling the relationship between these communities and Canadian governments.
Cree Narrative Memory
From Treaties to Contemporary Times
Drawing upon the narrative memory of his family from the James Smith and Sandy Lake reserves in Saskatchewan, Neal McLeod gives a narrative history of the determination and adaptability of Plains Cree.
Kiumajut (Talking Back)
Game Management and Inuit Rights, 1900-70
Examines Inuit relations with the Canadian state, with a particular focus on regulating Inuit based on government animal counting methods, and the emerging regime of government intervention.
At Home with the Bella Coola Indians
T.F. McIlwraith's Field Letters, 1922-4
From Maps to Metaphors
The Pacific World of George Vancouver
Now available in paperback for the first time, From Maps to Metaphors, the classic on Vancouver's voyage, illuminates the European and Native experience of the “discovery” of the Pacific coast.
Strangers in Blood
Fur Trade Company Families in Indian Country
The experience of these conscientious objectors offers insight into evolving attitudes about the rights and responsibilities of citizenship during a key period of Canadian nation building.
Tammarniit (Mistakes)
Inuit Relocation in the Eastern Arctic, 1939-63
No Place to Go
Local Histories of the Battered Women’s Shelter Movement
The first history of the battered women’s shelter movement in Canada, this book traces the development of transition houses and services for abused women and the campaign that made wife battering a political issue.
First Nations of British Columbia, Second Edition, The
An Anthropological Survey
A concise and accessible overview of First Nations cultures and issues in the province, this book familiarizes readers with the history, diversity, and complexity of First Nations to provide a context for contemporary concerns and initiatives.
Nunavut
Rethinking Political Culture
Original and provocative, Nunavut explores political attitudes, behaviour, and institutions in Nunavut before, during, and after the creation of the new territory, challenging our understandings of how political cultures are generated and sustained.
Let Right Be Done
Aboriginal Title, the Calder Case, and the Future of Indigenous Rights
New Histories for Old
Changing Perspectives on Canada’s Native Pasts
The collection combines essays by prominent senior historians, geographers, and anthropologists with contributions by new voices in these fields, to shed new light on the history of scholarship on Canada’s Aboriginal past.
Reshaping the University
Responsibility, Indigenous Epistemes, and the Logic of the Gift
Imagining Head-Smashed-In
Aboriginal Buffalo Hunting on the Northern Plains
Archaeologist Jack Brink has written a major study of the mass buffalo hunts and the culture they supported before and after European contact. drawing on his 25 years excavating at Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump in southwestern Alberta, Canada – a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Navigating Neoliberalism
Self-Determination and the Mikisew Cree First Nation
This remarkable book argues that neoliberalism, which drives government policy concerning First Nations in Canada, can also drive self-determination -- including the Mikisew First Nation, which successfully exploited opportunities for greater autonomy and well-being that the current political and economic climate has presented.