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A CANADIAN INDIAN BIBLIOGRAPHY 1960-1970.

By: Abler, Thomas S., Weaver, Sally M. With Claire C. Veillette and Iris V. Yuzdepski. Case Law Digest prepared by Douglas E. Sanders with Paul C. Taylor.

Price: $40.00 USD

Publisher: Toronto, University of Toronto Press: 1974

Seller ID: 28044

ISBN: 0802020925

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

732 pp, 9 1/4" H. "This bibliography lists and annotates material published between 1960 and 1970 of interest to the serious student of the Indians and Metis in Canada. A team of researchers worked through books, monographs, journals, theses, unpublished papers and reports, publications by Indians, and federal and provincial government documents to generate over three throusand entries covering a multi-disciplinary range of aspects of current society and culture. Some aspects such as physical anthropology, biomedicine, archaeology, and linguistics had to be excluded, however. Both ...
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THE INVASION OF CANADA, 1812-1813.

By: Berton, Pierre.

Price: $25.00 USD

Publisher: Toronto, McClelland & Stewart: 1980

Seller ID: 30458

ISBN: 0771012357

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

363 pp, 9 3/4" H. Pictorial endpapers, maps/battle plans. Blue (faux?) leather spine with gilt lettering & decoration, gray boards with blue decoration on front board. "This first edition copy - is one of a limited number (unspecified) which have been specially bound and slipcased" from the copyright page. " To America's leaders in 1812, an invasion of Canada seemed the best way to bloody John Bull's nose. It would, as Thomas Jefferson confidently predicted, be 'a mere matter of marching'. How could a nation of eight million fail to subdue a struggling colony of 300,000? Yet,...
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BELLEVILLE: A POPULAR HISTORY.

By: Boyce, Gerry.

Price: $25.00 USD

Publisher: Toronto, Natural Heritage / Dundurn: 2008

Seller ID: 24510

ISBN: 1550028634

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Fine

310 pp, square large 8vo (9" x 9"). B&w photographs, reproductions, maps. "(A) treasure trove of stories - 'glorious and not-so-glorious' - embodying the history of the city of Belleville (Ontario) and its beautiful surroundings. Gerry Boyce, the dean of the area's historians, has done a masterful job of pulling together the best of Belleville's storied past, episode by episode, decade by decade: here one learns about the Native roots of the place, its debatable 'discovery' by Champlain, its hot-headed pre-Confederation politics, its involvement in Spiritualism in the 1850s and ...
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THE BUFFALO PEOPLE: PREHISTORIC ARCHAEOLOGY ON THE CANADIAN PLAINS.

By: Bryan, Liz.

Price: $12.00 USD

Publisher: Edmonton, University of Alberta Press: 1991

Seller ID: 29909

ISBN: 0888642210

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good

215 pp, 9" H. B&w and colour photographs, b&w drawings/diagrams. "The prehistoric nomadic inhabitants of Canada had no writing, no large settlements, and very little in the way of lasting material things. Before Europeans came to North America they had no guns, no horses, no hard metals. What clues we have come primarily from the work of archaeologists sifting through the buried evidence - little bits of stone and bone and pottery, refuse heaps and fire pits, ancient villages and burials, fingerprints and prehistoric blood. Yet theirs is a long and triumphant story of survival, a sto...
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ONTARIO HISTORICAL SOCIETY. PAPERS AND RECORDS. VOL. I.

By: Casey, Thomas, et al.

Price: $45.00 USD

Publisher: Toronto, William Briggs: 1899

Seller ID: 28953

Binding: Stapled in Wraps

Condition: Good

140 pp, 10" H. 2 b&w plates. Contents: Rev. John Langhorn - Personal Note; Marriage Record of Rev. John Langhorn, No. 1; Rev. G. O'Kill Stuart's Register at St. John's Church, Bath; Marriage Register of St. John's Church, Ernest Town, No. 2; Langhorn's Book, No. 3; In the Parish Register of St. George, Kingston; A Register of Baptisms for the Township of Fredericksburgh; Rev. John Langhorn's Records, 1787-1813 - Burials; Rev. John Langhorn Register of St. Paul's Church, Fredericksburgh; Rev. Robert McDowall - Personal Note; McDowall Marriage Register; A Register of Baptisms by the Rev. R...
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AT THE MOUTH OF THE CREDIT.

By: Clarkson, Betty. With contributions by Lorne Joyce and Harold Hare.

Price: $17.50 USD

Publisher: Erin, Ontario, Boston Mills Press: 1988

Seller ID: 29256

ISBN: 0919822169

Binding: Stapled in Wraps

Condition: Near Fine

72 pp, 8 3/4" H. B&w maps, photographs, drawings. Errata sheet tipped in. Contents: The Mississauga Indians; The Government Inn at the Mouth of the Credit River; Survey and Settlement, 1805-1818 Treaty L and; The Credit Harbour Becomes a Shipping Centre; The Government Builds a Log Village for the Indians; The Government Plans a Village at the Credit Harbour; Rebellion Years 1837; Government and the Coming of the Railway; Stone Hooking and Fishing (by Lorne Joyce); The 1855 Harbour Fire, and the Coming of the Railway; Old Port Credit (from a talk by Harold Hare); Port Credit Becomes an ...
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THE TRADITIONAL HISTORY AND CHARACTERISTIC SKETCHES OF THE OJIBWAY NATION.

By: Copway, G. (George), or, Kah-ge-ga-gah-bowh, Chief of the Ojibway Nation.

Price: $12.50 USD

Publisher: Toronto, Prospero: 2001

Seller ID: 27233

ISBN: 1552671801

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

298 pp, 8vo (8 7/8" H). "Numerically the largest group of Native North Americans, the Ojibway were the first to have a history written by one of their own people. Published in 1850, its author, George Copway, or Kah-ge-g a-gah-bowh, had already achieved a certain amount of fame delivering passionate lectures in North America and Europe. Attired in traditional Ojibway dress, Copway held up the virtues of tribal life while promoting mid-nineteenth-century ideas on education. Arguing for a separate Native North American state, Copway garnered considerable support from both Natives and...
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PEEPS AT MANY LANDS: CANADA.

By: Cranston, J. Herbert.

Price: $50.00 USD

Publisher: London, A. & C. Black: 1935

Seller ID: 23586

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good+

90 pp, small 8vo (7 11/16" H). 4 colour plates by T. Mower Martin, b&w map, photographs - collated. Contents: "From Sea to Sea and From River Unto the Ends of the Earth"; Seen From an Aeroplane; A Climate Second to None; The Canadian Melting Pot; City and Country Life; The Habitants of Quebec; Maintaining Law and Order; The Red Man's Last Stand; Caring for the Eskimos; Centres of Population; The World's Fastest Games (Ice Hockey / Lacrosse); Fun in the Out-of-Doors; The Gigantic Iron Horse; More Motorists than Cyclists; Mercy Flights in the Northland; Wild but not Dangerous; Mini...
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ONTARIO HISTORICAL SOCIETY. PAPERS AND RECORDS. VOL.VIII.

By: Cruickshank, E., Lt.-Col.; Gardiner, H.F; Bruce, G.W., Lt.-Col.; Mills; G.K.; Rogers, R.V.; Ellis, W.S.; McMorine, Rev.; Machar, Agnes Maule; Cumberland, Barlow; MacKenzie, Charles; Gilkison, Augusta Isabella Grant; Carnochan, Janet.

Price: $45.00 USD

Publisher: Toronto, Ontario Historical Society: 1907

Seller ID: 28955

Binding: Stapled in Wraps

Condition: Good-

228 pp, 9 7/8" H. B&w illustrations. Contents: The Insurrection in the Short Hills in 1838; The Hamiltons of Queenston, Kingston and Hamilton; The Petuns; The Nottawasaga River Route; The First Commission of the Peace for the District of Mecklenburg; Some Events in the History of Kingston; Early History of the Anglican Church in Kingston; Some Epochs in the Story of Old Kingston; The Navies of Lake Ontario in the War of 1812. Notes from the Papers of a Naval Officer then serving on His Majesty's Ships; Cataraqui; Captain William Gilkison. Notes from a Paper; Early Churches in the Niagara...
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THE GREAT MACKENZIE: IN WORD AND PHOTOGRAPH.

By: Davies, Raymond Arthur.

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: Toronto, Ryerson Press: 1947

Seller ID: 28975

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good-

139 pp, 8 1/4" H. Profusely illustrated with b&w photographs. A pictorial work about the Mackenzie River basin, its people, industries, institutions, shortly after the end of World War II. Contents: Foreword; The Awakening; The Gateway; The Great River; Northern Wealth; Fuel for the World; Northern Farming; Make Way for People; The Churches of the North; A Plan to Build the North; Conclusion. Small area of light printing ink smudging of text on page 41 - still very legible, light printing ink mark in bottom margin of page 48, some light edge wear, wrinkling at top/bottom of spine, small...
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AYORAMA.

By: De Coccola, Raymond and King, Paul.

Price: $25.00 USD

Publisher: New York, Oxford University Press: 1956

Seller ID: 28090

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

316 pp, 9" H. Map endpapers, drawings in black on blue stock by James Houston. Signed on title page "R. de Coccola". There is a non-authorial inscription on the half title page from one couple to another, stating "Father De C. is a good friend of ours, we hope you enjoy his story". "This is (the story of 'The People Beyond'), occasionally poignant, often shocking, but always heroic, from the opening scene of birth in an isolated iglu lit only by a flickering blubber lamp to the final disaster wrought by an epidemic that rages through a whole encampment. Raymond de ...
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HISTORY IN THEIR BLOOD: THE INDIAN PORTRAITS OF NICHOLAS DE GRANDMAISON.

By: Dempsey, Hugh A. Introduction by J. Russell Harper.

Price: $30.00 USD

Publisher: Vancouver, Douglas & McIntyre: 1982

Seller ID: 28827

ISBN: 0888943601

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good+

124 pp, 12 1/4" H. Profusely illustrated with colour reproductions, b&w photographs. "(P)resents 64 of de Grandmaison's finest Indian portraits, all from the Bank of Montreal collection. Superbly reproduced in color, they are enhanced by J. Russell Harper's introduction and a text from Hugh A. Dempsey, Chief Curator of the Glenbow Museum. Dr. Dempsey sketches in the details of de Grandmaison's life, provides a background to the history and way of life of the native peoples the artist painted, and writes informative, sometimes anecdotal, captions about the subjects themselves. The ver...
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Image for ALBERTA HISTORY. VOLUME 25, NUMBERS 2-4 (SPRING/SUMMER/AUTUMN 1977), VOLUME 26, NUMBERS 1-4 (WINTER/SPRING/SUMMER/AUTUMN 1978), VOLUME 27, NUMBERS 1 & 2 (WINTER/SPRING 1979), VOLUME 28, NUMBER 1 (WINTER 1980). 10 NUMBERS IN TOTAL.

ALBERTA HISTORY. VOLUME 25, NUMBERS 2-4 (SPRING/SUMMER/AUTUMN 1977), VOLUME 26, NUMBERS 1-4 (WINTER/SPRING/SUMMER/AUTUMN 1978), VOLUME 27, NUMBERS 1 & 2 (WINTER/SPRING 1979), VOLUME 28, NUMBER 1 (WINTER 1980). 10 NUMBERS IN TOTAL.

By: Dempsey, Hugh A., Editor. Donald B. Smith, J.W. Chalmers, L.J. Wilson, D.J. Hall, C.E.D. Wood, john Liss, W.T. Williamson, Elise A. Corbet, Tom M. Henson, Terry L. Chapman, Rolf, T. Lund, Colin A. Thomson, Eric, J. Holmgren, Anne B. Woywitka, et al.

Price: $55.00 USD

Publisher: Calgary, Alberta, Historical Society of Alberta:

Seller ID: 28936

Binding: Stapled in Wraps

Condition: Very Good

10 numbers of Alberta History, running from Spring 1977 to Spring 1979 plus Winter 1980, 10" H, each 40 pp. Colour pictorial covers, b&w photographs, drawings, maps, political cartoons. Articles cover: Half-Breed Commission; 1919 Royal Visit; Treaty No. 6; Road to Banff, 1890; Tom Kerr; Ku Klux Klan; Early Eugenics Movement; Skiing in Banff; Black Immigration; High Level Bridge; Women in Labour Movement; Railway to Athabasca; Bobtail Land Surrender; Edmonton Theatres; Arthur Evans; Stocking the Canadian Range; Elliott Galt Letters; Chivaree; Alberta Field Force; George Chipman; Buffalo B...
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CHEADLE'S JOURNAL OF TRIP ACROSS CANADA 1862-1863.

By: Doughty, A.G. and Lanctot, Gustave. (Walter Butler Cheadle)

Price: $40.00 USD

Publisher: Ottawa, Graphic Publishers: 1931

Seller ID: 3695

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good+

311 pp, small 8vo (8" H) - brown cloth with pale green letter/decoration on spine/front board. Volume One of The Canada Series, edited by F.P. Grove. Fold-out b&w map at rear, b&w illustrations. "This is the journal of the first transcanadian tourist. Before him others either on business, exploration or duty, had crossed overland from Eastern Canada to British Columbia. But Walter Butler Cheadle was the first to traverse the whole country from the Saint Lawrence to the Pacific simply 'for pleaseure', for the sheer enjoyment of seeing new lands, hunting the buffalo and visiting the gol...
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WHEN THE WHALERS WERE UP NORTH: INUIT MEMORIES FROM THE EASTERN ARCTIC.

By: Eber, Dorothy Harley.

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: Kingston, McGill-Queen's University Press: 1989

Seller ID: 22992

ISBN: 0773507027

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

187 pp, 8vo (8 3/4" H). Map endpapers, b&w and colour photographs, reproductions. "During the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, whaling vessels from Britain and America plied their trade in great numbers in the waters off the Eastern Arctic of North America. The heyday of whaling has, until now, been documented solely from the perspective of the whalers, never from the viewpoint of the Inuit, whose lives were touched - and sometimes destroyed - by their presence. Here, finally, is a rich view from the perspective of the Inuit, who welcomed the whalers and served on their cr...
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ADVENTURERS IN THE WEST: HENRY ROSS HALPIN, FUR TRADER AND INDIAN AGENT.

By: Elliott, David R. Foreword by Dr. Richard J. Preston.

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: Toronto, Natural Heritage / Dundurn: 2008

Seller ID: 24496

ISBN: 1550028030

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Near Fine

239 pp, 9" H. B&w photographs, reproductions, maps. "In 1872, Irish-born, seventeen-year-old Henry Ross Halpin arrived in Fort Garry, Manitoba, to take up a position with the Hudson's Bay Company. His career took him from the shores of Hudson Bay, across the plains, and to the headwaters of the Mackenzie River. Throughout his life, he immersed himself in learning the traditions and culture of Canada's Native Peoples and ultimately became an Indian agent. At his death in 1930, he was described as 'one of the best acquainted with Indian tradition and legend in the west'. Halpin was cat...
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THE COVENANT CHAIN: INDIAN CEREMONIAL AND TRADE SILVER.

By: Fredrickson, N. Jaye. Catalogue of the exhibition by Sandra Gibb. Foreword by John E. Langdon.

Price: $45.00 USD

Publisher: Ottawa, National Museum of Man: 1980

Seller ID: 23001

ISBN: 0660103478

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good+

168 pp, large 8vo (9 3/8" H). Profusely illustrated in b&w and colour. "Indian trade silver is a fascinating and little-known part of our cultural heritage - a product of the interaction between two profoundly different cultures during the European exploration of North America. Originating in the early diplomatic gifts of medals to friendly Indians, the distribution of silver became widespread during the height of the fur trade, 1760 to 1821. Silver ornaments designed specifically for the fur trade included brooches, gorgets, armbands, legbands, earrings, nose-rings, crosses and headb...
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THE INUIT PRINT / T'ESTAMPE INUIT.

By: Goetz, Helga. Foreword by William E. Taylor, Jr.

Price: $55.00 USD

Publisher: Ottawa, National Museum of Man: 1980

Seller ID: 22997

ISBN: 066050278X

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good+

267 pp, oblong large 8vo (9 3/8" H x 10 5/16" D). Profusely illustrated with b&w and colour reproductions. Bilingual text (English/French). "The 155 prints reproduced in this widely acclaimed catalogue, 12 of them in full colour, constitute a retrospective survey of the first twenty years of Inuit printmaking in the Canadian Arctic. Selected for exhibition internationally, the prints provide exciting insights into the traditions and beliefs of a unique group of artists. Five widely scattered communities are represented - Cape Dorset (where James Houston introduced the Inuit to this...
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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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LETTERS FROM THE 49TH PARALLEL, 1857-1873: SELECTED CORRESPONDENCE OF JOSEPH HARRIS AND SAMUEL ANDERSON.

By: Harris, Joseph and Anderson, Samuel. Edited and with introduction by C. Ian Jackson, technical appendix by Louis M. Sebert.

Price: $60.00 USD

Publisher: Toronto, Champlain Society: 2000

Seller ID: 13429

ISBN: 0969342586

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

477 pp, large 8vo (9 1/4" H) - bright red cloth with gold lettering and emblem on spine. One of an limited edition of 820 copies - this copy unnumbered. B&w photographs, maps, figures. Selected letters of Joseph Harris (serving the U.S. government) and Samuel Anderson (serving the British government) during the Boundary Survey from Point Roberts to the Rockies (1857-62) and from the Lake of the Woods to the Rockies (1872-74). Interior - two tiny corner creases, tiny crease at top edge of pages 290-360, otherwise clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - two tiny faint m...
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