Indigenous Canadian from Bruce McLeod

VERY GOOD highly acclaimed First Edition of this comprehensive study of Indigenous-White relations in Canada. No creases, square & solid, excellent covers, clean interiors with some pencil notes in margins. 6x9, 329 pages, maps, illustrations, notes, bibliography, index.

Good++ reprint trade softcover, 5x8, 153 pages, guide to pronouncing vocabulary. An excellent reading copy. Some shelf-wear to covers and light tanning to pages, but clean with no markings, square & solid. A moving introduction to the heritage of Canada's indigenous people: Ojibway and Iroquois, Cree and Okanagan, all are here in 30 stories of magicians, beautiful maidens… Read more about this item

FINE 3rd printing trade softcover. Crisp, clean, no creases, no markings, very nice. 6" x 9", 314 pages, maps, photos, notes, index.

Very Good 1st printing softcover. A crisp and clean copy with no markings, lightly tanned pages. Excellent covers, no creases, just light edge wear. 6x9, 190 pages. Profiles of 24 Canadians in the NWT, from Chiefs to artists to politicians, from reindeer rancher to trucker to dog musher.

Very good 1st printing softcover. A nice copy with crisp, clean and unmarked pages. Square, solid, no creases. 6x9, 285 pages. This book is a wake-up call for all Canadians, regardless of their race or ethnicity.

Good+ 1st Printing. Light shelfwear, sticker removal mark on front, occasional light underlining. Crisp, clean and tight pages. 6x9, 169 pages. A series of papers on Canadian minority groups, including Inuit of Churchill and Frobisher Bay, Micmac, Cree and Kwakiutl First Nations. Metis and other minorities.

Very Good 1st trade softcover. Occasional high-lighting in text, otherwise FINE. No wear to covers, no creases, crisp & clean. 6x9, 192 pages, notes, index. The author proposes Canadian Indigenous concepts of sentencing alternatives including sentencing circles, elder and community sentencing panels, sentence advisory committees and community mediation projects.

Very Good 1st printing softcover. No creases, crisp & clean, light shelfwear only, occasional high-lighting otherwise no markings. 6x9, 320 pages, index. Interweaving personal stories from his many years as a lawyer and judge, with concrete recommendations for reforming the justice system for Indigenous people, the author presents a sensitive blueprint for overhauling the system.

Near-Fine trade softcover. 2nd printing of updated and expanded edition of 1993. Nearly perfect covers, as-new unmarked interiors. 6x9, 301 pages, bibliography, index. This book makes a significant contribution to criminal justice literature and is useful in courses in law, criminology, women's studies and sociology. Among the highlighted issues are prostitution, battered women syndrome as a legal defence, Indigenous… Read more about this item

Fine/Fine 1st Edition (stated), 1st Printing. Crisp, clean, no markings. Unclipped DJ. 6.25" x 9.25", 242 pages. This powerful heart-breaking account of a young Ojibwa boy, Lester Desjarlais of Sandy Bay in Manitoba, is a must-read for politicians, First Nations leaders and anyone who wants to understand... and make a difference.

Fine 1st printing softcover in metal comb binding. Nearly perfect covers, as-new unmarked interiors. Crisp, bright, solid. 6.25" x 9", 137 pages, illustrated with beautiful colour photos of historic artifacts, index. A rare collection of traditional recipes compiled from the anthropological records of British Columbia First Nations bands, both coastal and interior.

Very Good 2nd trade paperback edition. Only light shelf wear to covers. Interiors unmarked and fine. 6x9, 109 pages, illustrated by masterful drawings by Bill Reid, this book contains 10 stories from Haida mythology. This edition includes a new preface by Claude Levi-Strauss.

Near-Fine/Near-Fine 1st Printing. Rear upper corner lightly bumped, ownership markings on endpaper, otherwise as-new. Unclipped DJ has no tears, hint of shelf-wear. 6.25" x 9.25", 187 pages, well-illustrated with maps and photographs. In 1933, Winnifred Marsh moved from England to Eskimo Point, becoming the first European woman to live north of Churchill. Running a mission for the Padlimiut, she and… Read more about this item

Very Good. Some cover creases but fine INTERIORS. This thoroughly revised 7th Edition includes a new chapter, and updates for census statistics and federal legislation. 7" x 9.25", 442 pages, bibliography, index. Previous editions published as Canada's Indians, Native People in Canada, Native Peoples in Canada.

VG 2nd Printing trade paperback, occasional underlining and notes in text. 8vo, 241 pages, endnotes, bibliography, index. The legacy of the residential school system ripples throughout Native Canada, its fingerprints on the domestic violence, poverty, alcoholism, drug abuse, and suicide rates that continue to cripple many Native communities. Magic Weapons is the first major survey of Indigenous writings on the… Read more about this item

Near-Fine 1st Ed. trade paperback. No markings. 8vo, 207 pages, notes, bibliography, index. Historical biography of 3 generations of a prominent Canadian Metis family. In about 1800, Charles Oakes Ermatinger married Charlotte (Mananowe) Katawabidai, the daughter of an Ojibwa chief. Their three sons grew up with both their mother's hunter/warrior culture and their father's European roots. After early years spent… Read more about this item

Fine/Fine 2nd printing. An exceptional copy. Looks and feels new. Ownership stamp on map endpaper. 8vo, 355 pages, notes, bibliography, index. The Toronto Star says in a review, in part, "Cleverly explains the war (of 1812) and the emergence of a Canadian identity through the lives of British Major General Sir Isaac Brock and Shawnee chieftain Tecumseh."

Very Good 3rd printing trade paperback. A few passages underlined in pencil, nice wraps, no spine creases. 8vo, 287 pages. The author was an Assistant Crown Attorney in NW Ontario, responsible for criminal prosecutions on more than 20 remote Cree and Ojibway First Nations. He began his exploration of Indigenous approaches to justice in his book "Dancing with a Ghost",… Read more about this item

Very Good trade paperback, 3rd printing. one page has a 1cm mark, a few passages underlined in pencil. Excellent covers, crisp, clean, square, tight. 6" x 9" , 191 pages. Poems, essays and perspectives of Arthur Solomon, A Nishnawbe spiritual teacher. A Cree from Kasabonika in Northern Ontario, he was given the name "Flying Cloud". His teachings - fueled by… Read more about this item

Fine 5.5" x 8.5" softcover, 190 pages. Nearly perfect wraps, owner's stamp on endpaper, otherwise as-new. Jim Thunder returned to Buffalo Point Manitoba because he feared the residents would lose their right to self government.