Purich Books

Purich Publishing was founded by Don Purich and Karen Bolstad in 1992. Together, they built an influential and enduring list of books in Indigenous studies and law, and about Western Canadian issues. On December 1, 2015, Purich Publishing’s list was acquired by UBC Press, whose existing strengths in the fields of Indigenous studies and law made it an ideal home for Purich.

UBC Press will continue to build on this significant legacy under a new imprint, Purich Books. We are moving forward with a clear purpose: to publish impassioned and experienced voices that will ignite understanding and champion change. Informed by substantive knowledge and written with the vigor of direct engagement, these are the books, the authors, and the ideas that readers will come to know as essential.

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Aboriginal Self-Government in Canada, Third Edition

Current Trends and Issues

Foreword by John Hylton; Edited by Yale Belanger

An interdisciplinary guide for learning about government policy and the aspirations of Canada’s Aboriginal peoples.

  • Copyright year: 2008
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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.

  • Copyright year: 2007
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The Cypress Hills

An Island by Itself

Building on the success of their earlier work, The Cypress Hills: The Land and its People, Hildebrandt and Hubner revisit the hills and bring new and updated material to this book.

  • Copyright year: 2007
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Two Families

Treaties and Government

Through an examination of treaty rights, Johnson makes a passionate plea for equality and harmony between First Nations, governments, and society in general.

  • Copyright year: 2007
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Gambling with the Future

The Evolution of Aboriginal Gaming in Canada

Slots, cards, and casinos: what does gambling mean to First Nations communities in Canada?

  • Copyright year: 2006
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Justice for Young Offenders

Their Needs, Our Responses

This ground-breaking analysis of complex issues of youth justice challenges the assumptions behind Canada’s approach to youth justice and mental health disorders.

  • Copyright year: 2006
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Treaty Promises, Indian Reality

Life on a Reserve

In a respectful and personal account of his life and the Cowessess people, Harold LeRat, shares the history and many successes of Indian peoples, despite the numerous challenges they faced.

  • Copyright year: 2005
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A Breach of Duty

Fiduciary Obligations and Aboriginal Peoples

The government, Guerin, and the golf course: the inside story of the Musqueam people’s 26-year struggle to right the injustice done to them by the federal government in leasing their land as a golf course.

  • Copyright year: 2005
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Advancing Aboriginal Claims

Visions/Strategies/Directions

Edited by Kerry Wilkins

Policy, philosophy, strategy, and legal arguments are combined to build innovative strategies to advance Aboriginal claims.

  • Copyright year: 2005
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Tough on Kids

Rethinking Approaches to Youth Justice

In this compelling, thought-provoking and sometimes heartbreaking book, the authors use the stories of their young clients to illustrate the very real costs of the current system, analyzing theories behind youth justice, and how these are reflected in Canadian legislation both past and present.

  • Copyright year: 2003
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