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DREAMCATCHERS: MYTHS AND HISTORY. (DREAM CATCHERS)

By: Gottlieb, Julie V., Researcher

Price: $22.50 USD

Publisher: Etobicoke, Prospero: 1999

Seller ID: 25930

ISBN: 1552678458

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

128 pp, 10 1/4" H. Colour and b&w photographs, drawings. "In Ojibway tradition, mothers and grandmothers netted tiny circular cobweb-like charms from willow and sinew. These delicate charms were not meant to last but were intended to protect newborn children from 'everything evil, just as a spider's web catches and holds everything that comes in contact with it'. The beauty of dreamcatchers is reflected in their symmetry and natural accents. For generations, they have been crafted by making a hoop out of fresh wood, and then weaving a web inside the circle of deer sinew or colored ...
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Image for THE CANADIAN HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION. REPORT, 1964 OF THE ANNUAL MEETING HELD AT CHARLOTTETOWN, JUNE 10-13 OF THIS YEAR. WITH HISTORICAL PAPERS.

THE CANADIAN HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION. REPORT, 1964 OF THE ANNUAL MEETING HELD AT CHARLOTTETOWN, JUNE 10-13 OF THIS YEAR. WITH HISTORICAL PAPERS.

By: Heisler, John P. And Ouellet, Fernand, Editors. Marcel Trudel, Yves F. Zoltvany, J. Mackay Hitsman, Marc La Terreur, Russel Ward, J. Hanrahan, Richard M. Saunders, C.B. O'Keefe, W.B. Hamilton, A.V. Tucker, G.S. French, Forest McDonald.

Price: $20.00 USD

Publisher: Ottawa, Canadian Historical Association: 1964

Seller ID: 28935

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Good

163 pp, 9 3/4" H. Contents (two articles in French marked by *): *Discours du President, par Marcel Trudel; The Problem of Western Policy under Philippe de Rigaud de Vaudreuil 1703-1725, by Yves F. Zoltvany; Military Defenders of Prince Edward Island 1775-1864, by J. Mackay Hitsman; *Correspondence Laurier - Mme Joseph Lavergne 1891-1893, par Marc La Terreur; 'Frontierism' and National Stereotypes, by Russel Ward; Cathedral Schools: The Institutional Development of Twelfth-Century Education, by J. Hanrahan; Education Against the Jesuits: A Weapon of the Enlightenment, by Richard M. Saunde...
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THE DRAMA OF THE FORESTS: ROMANCE AND ADVENTURE.

By: Heming, Arthur.

Price: $45.00 USD

Publisher: Toronto, S.B. Gundy: 1924

Seller ID: 29495

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good+

324 pp, 7 3/4" H. 14 colour plates, including frontispiece (collated). "(I) travelled twenty-three times through various parts of the vast northern woods, between Maine and Alaska, and covered thousands upon thousands of miles by canoe, pack-train, snowshoes, bateau, dog-train, buck-board, timber-raft, prairie-schooner, lumber-wagon, and 'alligator'. (B)ack again I went at all seasons of the year to encamp in that great timber-land that sweeps from the Atlantic to the Pacific. thus it has taken me thirty-three years to gather the information this volume contains - (but) I wish to e...
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KISS OF THE FUR QUEEN.

By: Highway, Tomson.

Price: $12.50 USD

Publisher: Toronto, Doubleday Canada: 1998

Seller ID: 18557

ISBN: 0385256523

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

310 pp, large 8vo (9 1/4" H). The author's first novel. Two small Cree boys are torn from their family and placed in a Catholic residential school where their names are changed and they are forced to speak English only. As young men, they move to Winnipeg where they confront racism, but are always watched over by the 'Fur Queen', a beautiful young woman they saw in their childhood in a photograph and have taken as their guardian angel. "Native story-telling techniques with European narrative form to create an engaging, funny, passionate and triumphant novel about the experience of be...
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THE FALCON BOW: AN ARCTIC LEGEND.

By: Houston, James.

Price: $12.50 USD

Publisher: Toronto, McClelland and Stewart: 1986

Seller ID: 19110

ISBN: 0771042523

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good+

96 pp, 8vo (8 3/8" H). Beautifully illustrated throughout in b&w by the author. "Kungo's people - the Inuit on the coast in the Far North - are starving because the summer run of fish has failed them and the caribou herds have not returned. A hot-headed young Inuit hunter accuses the inland Indians of deliberately setting fires to prevent the caribou migration. Kungo journeys inland with the falcon bow and discovers the truth of the caribou's disappearance. The Indians are also starving, he finds. It is up to Kungo to prevent a bloody feud from breaking out between these neighboring pe...
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Image for AN ARCTIC SKETCHBOOK. A LECTURE GIVEN AT THE OSBORNE COLLECTION OF EARLY CHILDREN'S BOOKS, NOVEMBER 4, 1999. THE HELEN E. STUBBS MEMORIAL LECTURES. NUMBER TWELVE.

AN ARCTIC SKETCHBOOK. A LECTURE GIVEN AT THE OSBORNE COLLECTION OF EARLY CHILDREN'S BOOKS, NOVEMBER 4, 1999. THE HELEN E. STUBBS MEMORIAL LECTURES. NUMBER TWELVE.

By: Houston, James.

Price: $19.95 USD

Publisher: Toronto, Toronto Public Library: 1999

Seller ID: 16493

ISBN: 0920601456

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Near Fine

31 pp, 8 1/2" H. Limited to an edition of 500 copies. B&w illustrations from 'Tika'liktak' and 'The White Archer' by the author. The text of a lecture by James Houston - "Mr. Houston's distinguished career as an author, illustrator and artist began fifty years ago, and like the Arctic community whose creations he brought to the attention of the world, it has flourished ever since. The books Mr. Houston has written and illustrated have contributed to the international knowledge and appreciation of the rich culture and traditions of Canada's aboriginal peoples, and have achieved that...
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WINTER STUDIES AND SUMMER RAMBLES IN CANADA. 3 VOLUME SET.

By: Jameson, Mrs. (Anna Jameson).

Price: $25.00 USD

Publisher: Toronto, Coles: 1972

Seller ID: 28325

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Near Fine

315 pp, 341 pp, 356 pp, 8 3/8" H - 3 volume set, without the original slipcase. Part of the Coles Canadiana Collection - a facsimile reprint of the Saunders and Otley, London, 1838 edition. The journals of Anna Jameson. "While in Canada, I was thrown into scenes and regions hitherto undescribed by any traveller, (for the northern shores of Lake Huron are almost new ground,) and into relations with the Indian tribes, such as few European women of refined and civilised habits have ever risked, and none have recorded. My intention was to have given the result of what I had seen, and t...
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WINTER STUDIES AND SUMMER RAMBLES IN CANADA. (3 VOLUMES IN 1)

By: Jameson, Mrs. (Anna)

Price: $25.00 USD

Publisher: Toronto, Coles: 1972

Seller ID: 28280

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

315 pp, 341 pp, 356 pp - 3 volumes in 1, 8 1/2" H. Originally published in 1838 by Saunders and Otley, London, England, this facsimile reprint is part of the Coles Canadiana Collection. Maroon boards with black title block, gold lettering/banding on spine, golde lettering/banding on front board. Anna Jameson's account of her travels in Upper Canada, by sleigh, steamboat, canoe, stage coach, etc., gives firsthand impressions of the people and places, including much information on the native people she encountered. Light wrinkling at top of spine, minor corner wear.
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THE MANITOUS: THE SPIRITUAL WORLD OF THE OJIBWAY.

By: Johnston, Basil.

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: Toronto, Key Porter: 1995

Seller ID: 30463

ISBN: 1550139924

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good-

247 pp, 8" H. B&w illustrations. "A definitive collection of the legends and spiritual teachings of the Ojibway people, taken from the oral tradition and recorded here by the world's leading native expert, 'The Manitous' is a journey to the core of the Ojibway heritage, told through the stories of warriors, lovers, thieves, and spirits, and filled with the insight and wisdom of an ancient tribe. These engrossing stories - most of which have never before been recorded - provide a window into one of the oldest North American cultures, and hold great meaning for modern readers." In...
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CHANGING LIVES: WOMEN IN NORTHERN ONTARIO.

By: Kechnie, Margaret and Reitsma-Street, Marge, eds. (Valerie Senyk, Eileen Goltz, Theresa Solomon-Gravel, Mary Ann Corbiere, Sheila Hardy, Helen Debevc-Moroz, Carol Alexis Stos, Dorothy Ellis, Pat Tobin, Varpu Lindstrom, Karen Blackford, et al.)

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: Toronto, Dundurn: 1996

Seller ID: 24469

ISBN: 1550022393

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good+

362 pp, 9" H. B&w photographs, maps, graphs, charts. A collection of essays on the women of Northern Ontario: First Nations, Ukrainian, Hispanic, Black, Finnish, Lesbian - women working as teachers, entrepreneurs, at the mines and lumber camps and in the home - women dealing with poverty, isolation, violence, health and education issues. Two of the essays are in French. Interior - clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - very light rubbing.
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THE FOUNDING OF CHURCHILL: BEING THE JOURNAL OF CAPTAIN JAMES KNIGHT, GOVERNOR-IN-CHIEF IN HUDSON BAY, FROM THE 14th OF JULY TO THE 13th OF SEPTEMBER, 1717.

By: Kenney, James F., editor. (Captain James Knight.)

Price: $65.00 USD

Publisher: Toronto, J.M. Dent & Sons: 1932

Seller ID: 28729

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

213 pp, 7 3/4" H. Five b&w illustrations, including frontispiece (collated). Inscribed on front free endpaper: "To / Jean F. Thomas / best of helpers / from / James F. Kenney / 10 June, 1943". "The Journal of the founding of the Hudson's Bay Company's trading-post at Churchill river, now published for the first time, will, it is hoped, prove to be a worth-while addition to the scanty collection of original sources for the early history of Hudson bay that are available in print." from the Preface. Contents: Introduction; The Discovery of Churchill; The First Establishm...
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TWO SPIRITS SOAR: THE ART OF ALLEN SAPP - THE INSPIRATION OF ALLAN GONOR.

By: Kinsella, W.P.

Price: $27.50 USD

Publisher: Toronto, Stoddart: 1990

Seller ID: 29251

ISBN: 0773724273

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

134 pp, oblong large 8vo (9 1/4" H x 11 15/16" D). Profusely illustrated with colour reproductions of the artist's work and b&w photographs. "(C)elebrates the distinctive talent of the Canadian painter Allen Sapp, a Cree from Saskatchewan, and his relationship with Dr. Allan Gonor, mentor and friend. Sapp specializes in paintings depicting native life as he remembers it on the Red Pheasant Reserve near North Battleford, with subjects ranging from social activities and farming chores to full-dress ceremon-ies. These remarkable examples of Canadian art might never have existed we...
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WINNER TAKE ALL: THE TRANS-CANADA CANOE TRAIL.

By: Lavender, David.

Price: $40.00 USD

Publisher: New York, McGraw-Hill: 1977

Seller ID: 28410

ISBN: 0070366780

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

363 pp, 9 1/4" H. Map. One of 'The American Trails Series'. "Hundreds of white traders operated throughout the area for 300 years. They rubbed elbows with Jesuit priests, Indians, Scottish settlers, and English adversaries. Guided by Indians, they worked out canoe routes which eventually stretched nearly 4000 miles. They suffered portages and freeze-ups which today stagger the imagination. They lived on pemmican and wild rice, berries and fish, and risked losing their lives on every trip they made. Here are the stories of the epic fights between the Nor'west and the Hudson's Bay...
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OVERLAND FROM CANADA TO BRITISH COLUMBIA. BY MR. THOMAS McMICKING OF QUEENSTON, CANADA WEST.

By: Leduc, Joanne, editor. (Thomas McMicking.)

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: Vancouver, University of British Columbia Press: 1981

Seller ID: 28146

ISBN: 0774801360

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good+

121 pp, 8vo (9 1/4" H). B&w and colour illustrations - reproductions, photographs, map. "Spurred on by reports of gold in the Cariboo, adventurers from all over the world descended on British Columbia in the mid-1800s. Among them were ambitious easterners who accepted the challenge of the shorter but more arduous overland route across the prairies and the Rockies. One such man determined to find his fortune in the West was Thomas McMicking - destined to lead the largest and best organized group of 'Overlanders' into British Columbia. His record of their epic journey is a valuable ...
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EDMONTON TRADER: THE STORY OF JOHN A. McDOUGALL.

By: MacGregor, James G.

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: Toronto, McClelland & Stewart: 1963

Seller ID: 28780

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

262 pp, 9 1/4" H. Map endpapers, b&w photographs, maps, reproductions. "John A. McDougall left his Ontario home in 1873 to seek his fortune in the West, first as a fur trader on the Fort Carlton Trail, and then for some fifty years as a merchant in Edmonton (population forty when he first arrived there in 1879). During his lifetime he saw the Indians signing their lands over to the Crown; watched the hamlet of Edmonton by-passed by the railroad and later cut off for weeks by hostile Indians during the second Riel Rebellion. He experienced the Edmonton boom when the Klondike rush be...
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THE MAGIC LEAVES: A HISTORY OF HAIDA ARGILLITE CARVING.

By: Macnair, Peter L. and Hoover, Alan L.

Price: $60.00 USD

Publisher: Victoria, British Columbia Provincial Museum: 1984

Seller ID: 25160

ISBN: 0771884079

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good

211 pp, 10 1/2" H x 9 11/16" D. Profusely illustrated with b&w photographs. Contents: Foreword; Acknowledgements; The Reif Collection; Argillite: The Material; The Form of Haida Art; The Haida and Tobacco; A Chronology For Argillite Artifact Types; Ceremonial Pipe Forms; Haida Panel Pipes; Ship Pipes; Animal Form Bowls; Euro-American Figures; Western Tableware; Recorders; Early Trade Pipes; Early Totem Poles; Chests and Model Houses; Haida Plates and Platters; Haida Figures and Figure Groups; Late Trade Pipes; Late Poles; Late Platters, Chests and Other Objects; Appendix - A History o...
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HALLOWED WALLS: CHURCH ARCHITECTURE OF UPPER CANADA.

By: MacRae, Marion and Adamson, Anthony.

Price: $20.00 USD

Publisher: Toronto, Clarke, Irwin: 1975

Seller ID: 27358

ISBN: 0772010294

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

304 pp, small 4to (10 1/2" H). Profusely illustrated with b&w photographs, drawings, plans. "In a lively and informative text (the authors trace) the ecclesiastical architecture of early Ontario from the prehistoric Amerindians' Serpent Mound at Rice Lake to the Confederation era. Longhouse, synagogue, meeting-house, little country church (are all described), outling the circumstances under which they were built, the architectural features, and the changes which were made to 'update' the buildings and bring them into line with current fashion. It is an entertaining and highly read...
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HALLOWED WALLS: CHURCH ARCHITECTURE OF UPPER CANADA.

By: MacRae, Marion and Adamson, Anthony.

Price: $20.00 USD

Publisher: Toronto, Clarke, Irwin: 1975

Seller ID: 29512

ISBN: 0772010294

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

TECUMSEH, A DRAMA and CANADIAN POEMS.

By: Mair, Charles.

Price: $50.00 USD

Publisher: Toronto, William Briggs: 1901

Seller ID: 27815

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good+

276 pp, 7 11/16" H. Dark blue cloth with gold lettering/decoration on spine and front board. Tissue-covered b&w photographic frontispiece of author with facsimile signature, title page decorations by J.E. Laughlin, b&w portraits of Tecumseh and Brock. Contents: Part I. Tecumseh: A Drama; The Legend of Chileeli; A Ballad for Brave Women; The Last Bison; Missipowistic; The Iroquois at the Stake; Kanata; Vain Regrets; Open the Bay!; In Memory of Wm. A. Foster; Absence; The River of Pain; Cabot; Demos Tyrannus; The Recompense; Ruins; The Chain; Fulfilment. Part II. Dreamland; The Pines; A...
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HARPOON OF THE HUNTER.

By: Markoosie. Foreword by James H. McNeill.

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: Montreal, McGill - Queen's University Press: 1970

Seller ID: 28692

ISBN: 0773501029

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

81 pp, 8 3/8" H. B&w illustrations. "The hero of this story, young Kamik, achieves manhood during the hunt for a wounded polar bear and his long journey home alone, after his companions have been killed. The first piece of (Inuit) fiction to be published in English describes life in the Canadian Arctic before the coming of the white man. It is an astonishing tale of a people struggling for survival in a brutal environment. (The author) lives deep inside the Arctic Circle at Resolute Bay, Northwest Territories. He was the first Canadian (Inuit) to hold a commercial flying licence ...
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