North America local history
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Jeanne Chevalier, Fille du Roi: Her StoryIn June, 1671 Jeanne Marguerite Chevalier left France to find a new life in Quebec, as a Fille du Roi (King's Daughter) sent by Louis XIV to help settle the new colony. Arriving two months later, this remarkable woman went on to marry and...
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Shipwrecked LivesThe Empress of Ireland passenger liner collided with the Norwegian collier Storstad in the St. Lawrence River on a foggy night in May 1914, sinking in 14 minutes and claiming the lives of 1,012 people. This is the story of the survivors and the...
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The Medicine Wheel: Stories of a Hoop DancerMedicine Wheel: Stories of a Hoop Dancer" encourages children to connect with the symbol and understand inclusion of all cultures by learning along with this young boy and his friends who come to hear the story from across the world. Accompanied by vibrant illustrations...
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Impact to Contact: The Shag Harbour IncidentIn 1967 a mysterious object crashes into the waters near the tiny fishing village of Shag Harbour, Nova Scotia. An extensive military, underwater search unfolds but definitive answers remain elusive. The authors have maintained an ongoing civilian investigation and make the bold assertion that...
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Their Home and Native LandWith the skills he honed as one of Canada's top newspaper reporters and speech writers, Toronto author Robert MacBain profiles four Ojibway communities in northwestern Ontario. Their Home and Native Land is well-researched, well-written and tells a very compelling story. It will change the...
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Hiking Trails 1: Southern Vancouver Island, Greater Victoria and VicinityCovers the Capital Regional District, including Portland and Sidney islands, the Saanich peninsula, core municipalities, western communities, Sooke to Port Renfrew, and Juan de Fuca Marine Trail. Over 140 walks and hikes, ranging from shorter neighbourhood walks to longer hikes; includes the Gowlland Tod...
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The Miners of WabanaFor seventy-one years, iron ore was mined at Wabana, Bell Island: half the output was used in Canada; the other half was shipped around the world. When the mine shut down on June 30, 1966, it was Canada's oldest, continuously operating iron mine. The...
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The German Canadians 1750-1937: Immigration, Settlement & CultureIn tracing the pioneering role that German-speaking settlers from all over Europe and America played in the opening up and development of large parts of eastern and western Canada, Lehmann shows German Canadians to be one of Canada's founding peoples. His work establishes the...
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Alvaro Obregon: Power and Revolution in Mexico, 1911-1920The Mexican Revolution produced some romantic and heroic figures. In Mexico at the time, however, one man loomed large as the embodiment of revolutionary goals and the one leader able to take the country from strife into peace. That man was Alvaro Obreg n....
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Nokum Is My TeacherWill you walk with me, Grandmother? Will you talk with me a while? I'm finding life confusing And I'm looking for some answers To questions all around me At that school and on the street. You have always been here for me Will you...
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The First Flute: Whowhoahyahzo TohkohyaNames should be respected. They should be valued. They should be honoured. When a name is given to an adult, it is often given based on the life that person has lived. The name is a statement about the person he or she has...
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Arrows in a Quiver: From Contact to the Courts in Indigenous-Canadian RelationsAn overview of settler colonialism and the pathway to decolonization and reconciliation from an indigenous perspective Written in an accessible style and ideal for classroom use, Arrows in a Quiver provides an overview of Indigenous-settler relations, including how land is central to Indigenous identity...
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Our Grandmothers' Lives: As Told in Their Own WordsThis collection of reminiscences and personal stories tells us about the daily lives of Cree women over the past century: household chores, snaring rabbits, and picking berries, going to school, marriage, bearing and raising children. Seven Cree women share memories about their lives and...
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AlegoAn enchanting and utterly authentic introduction to the life of an Inuit child and her world. Written and illustrated by Ningeokuluk Teevee, one of the most interesting young artists in Cape Dorset, home to the great tradition of Inuit art, this is a beautifully...
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Tuk and the WhaleTold by a young Inuit boy, this story imagines what might have happened if the people of a Baffin Island winter camp had encountered European whalers. This story is set on the eastern coast of Baffin Island in the early decades of the 1600s....
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Raven and the Mountaineer: Explorations of the St. Elias MountainsThe Raven and the Mountaineer is the most significant contribution toward the history of the St. Elias Mountain Range -- the Himalayas of Canada. To introduce this mountain range to the reader the author has chosen the aboriginal emblem and traditionally sacred bird the...
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The the Best of All Possible WorldsDavid Arnason has spent a lifetime along the shores of Lake Manitoba near the settlement of New Iceland, or Gimli as it is officially known. A keen observer, not much misses his notice and over his long writing career the lake and the town...
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Tecumseh & Brock: The War of 1812At the turn of the nineteenth century, the British Empire is at the height of its ascendancy; Napoleonic France is struggling to maintain its position as a world power; and the incumbent American empire is quickly expanding its territory, while the Native peoples struggle...
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Civilian Internment in Canada: Histories and LegaciesCivilian Internment in Canada initiates a conversation about not only internment, but also about the laws and procedures--past and present-- which allow the state to disregard the basic civil liberties of some of its most vulnerable citizens. Exploring the connections, contrasts, and continuities across...
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Czech Refugees in Cold War Canada: 1945-1989During the Cold War, more than 36,000 individuals entering Canada claimed Czechoslovakia as their country of citizenship. A defining characteristic of this migration of predominantly political refugees was the prevalence of anti-communist and democratic values. Diplomats, industrialists, politicians, professionals, workers, and students fled to...
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