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Inuit Games: English EditionInuit games have been played as long as anyone can remember Learn all about Inuit games and why they are important for staying healthy and strong for life in the Arctic.Author: Thomas Anguti JohnstonPublisher: Inhabit Education Books Inc.Published: 06/02/2020Pages: 24Binding Type: HardcoverWeight: 0.50lbsSize: 8.10h...
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Missions Begin with Blood: Suffering and Salvation in the Borderlands of New SpainWinner, 2022 Frank S. and Elizabeth D. Brewer Prize While the idea that successful missions needed Indigenous revolts and missionary deaths seems counterintuitive, this book illustrates how it became a central logic of frontier colonization in Spanish North America. Missions Begin with Blood argues...
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Prairie ABCsAuthor and illustrator Jocey Asnong continues her journey across Canada in this early concept board book that showcases the diversity, habitats, native animals, and outdoor activities enjoyed across the prairie provinces of Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta. Children will learn the alphabet and letter recognition...
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Slow Disturbance: Infrastructural Mediation on the Settler Colonial Resource FrontierFrom the late nineteenth through most of the twentieth century, the evangelical Protestant Grenfell Mission in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, created a network of hospitals, schools, orphanages, stores, and industries with the goal of bringing health and organized society to settler fisherfolk and Indigenous...
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How Many Eggs Did We Collect?: English EditionElisapee and her family are going egg collecting How many eggs will they collect? Follow along as Elisapee and her family collect different kinds of eggs and count them as they go. This story infuses a fun family outing with early mental math skills.Author:...
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Aztec: A Captivating Guide to Aztec History and the Triple Alliance of Tenochtitlan, Tetzcoco, and TlacopanExplore the Captivating History and Mythology of the Aztec Nothing remains of the ancient Mesoamerican civilization who called themselves the Mexica, better known to us as the Aztecs. Nothing except for their remarkable story.In this book, we discuss their enigmatic origins and how the...
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The Big Blizzard: Bilingual Inuktitut and English EditionNiaqualuk and Haugaaq live in Cambridge Bay, Nunavut. There is a big blizzard coming Haugaaq wishes she could play outside more, but Niaqualuk is excited about playing inside. See what fun things the sisters do all day as the blizzard howls outside.Author: Julia Ogina,...
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Easy Spanish Phrase Book for Travelers: Learn How to Speak Over 1400 Unique Spanish Words and Phrases While Traveling Spain and South AmericaHow to Learn the Spanish You'll Need for Your Trip Even If Your Flight Is TomorrowYou and your best friend get a little crazy when it comes to making vacation plans, but that's what vacation is all about, right? It's also why you've been...
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Indigenous Dispossession: Housing and Maya Indebtedness in MexicoFollowing the recent global housing boom, tract housing development became a billion-dollar industry in Mexico. At the national level, neoliberal housing policy has overtaken debates around land reform. For Indigenous peoples, access to affordable housing remains crucial to alleviating poverty. But as palapas, traditional...
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What Arctic Animals Like to Do: Bilingual Inuktitut and English EditionDo you know what polar bears like to do? This book features fun illustrations that show what Arctic animals like to do.Author: Inhabit EducationPublisher: Inhabit Education Books Inc.Published: 02/05/2019Pages: 16Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.15lbsSize: 8.30h x 8.30w x 0.30dISBN: 9780228701651Audience: Baby-PreschoolAbout the AuthorEducation, Inhabit: -...
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Classic Starts: Anne of Green GablesNow every child can celebrate the 100th anniversary of Lucy Maud Montgomery's ever-popular story First introduced in Anne of Green Gables as a young orphan, Montgomery's feisty and imaginative heroine is now 16 years old and embarking on a new adventure: becoming a teacher...
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If You Want to Visit a Sea GardenDiscover the wonder of ancient sea gardens on the Northwest Coast Sea gardens have been created by First Peoples on the Northwest coast for more than three thousand years. These gardens consist of stone reefs that are constructed at the lowest tide line, encouraging...
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Mapping Indigenous Land: Native Land Grants in Colonial New SpainBetween 1536 and 1601, at the request of the colonial administration of New Spain, indigenous artists crafted more than two hundred maps to be used as evidence in litigation over the allocation of land. These land grant maps, or mapas de mercedes de tierras,...
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Érase Una Vez México 3M s all de vencedores y vencidos, con una mirada que permite al lector acercarse de una manera distinta al pasado reciente, Alejandro Rosas y Sandra Molina concluyen su apasionante y perturbadora revisi n de la Historia de M xico. Su trabajo inicia con...
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Michelin Green Guide Canada: Travel GuideThe updated Green Guide Canada is your key to exploring this second-largest country in the world, with its rich diversity in landscapes, history and culture. The guide is organized in regions for easy travel, offering top attractions, activities, shopping and nightlife, multiple driving tours...
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Zapantera Negra: An Artistic Encounter Between Black Panthers and ZapatistasWhat is the role of revolutionary art in times of distress? When Emory Douglas, former Minister of Culture of the Black Panther Party, accepted an invitation from the art collective EDELO and the Rigo 23 to meet with autonomous Indigenous and Zapatista communities in...
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Canada - Culture Smart!: The Essential Guide to Customs & CultureCanada is the second-largest country in the world, stretching from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific and spanning six time zones. From coast to coast lie vast forests, breathtaking mountains, flat, open plains, and thousands of lakes and rivers. It is also the world's...
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The Conquest of Mexico: The Seven Book History of Hernan Cortes, Mayan and Mexican Civilization, United in One VolumePrescott's history of Hernan Cortes, and his conquering of Mexico for the Spanish Empire in the 16th century, is a classic of historical literature. This edition unifies the seven books in a single volume.Drawing on sources given to him by Mexican authorities, plus existing...
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Simonie and the Dance ContestSimonie loves to dance When he sees a sign for Taloyoak's annual Christmas Jigging Dance Contest, he can't wait to enter. But practising is hard work, and Simonie starts to worry that he won't do a good job in front of all his friends...
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Training Aces: Canada's Air Training During the First World WarWhen the First World War broke out, little was known about aviation. "Training Aces" chronicles the development of aviation in Canada that began in the years before the war when early experiments in flight were made by Canadians. This book portrays the important role...
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