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Three UMP Books at UM Native Studies Colloquium!
Spring 2021 books featured at the 2021 Winter Colloquium, Department of Native Studies, University of Manitoba!
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Marsha Knight, Narrator of A Two-Spirit Journey
Audiobook update—meet the narrator continues!
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A Diminished Roar Honoured in Manitoba Day Awards!
Jim Blanchard receives an honourable mention for his work.
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Happy pandemic holidays!
UMP will be closed for the holidays from December 24, 2020 to January 4, 2021.
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Manitoba’s Mixed Bag of Policy Responses
An excerpt from COVID-19 in Manitoba by Andrea Rounce, Karine Levasseur, and Shannon Furness.
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Mary Riter Hamilton honoured for Remembrance Day
Canada Post launches stamp recognizing the legacy of Canada’s first unofficial female battlefield artist.
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Manitoba 150 Excerpt #6: Creating Space
An excerpt from the life story of Verna J. Kirkness, a Cree woman from Manitoba, whose simple quest to teach “in a Native way,” revolutionized Canadian education policy and practice.
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Manitoba 150 Excerpt #5: Winnipeg Beach
An excerpt from Dale Barbour’s book on leisure and courtship in a resort town.
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Manitoba 150 Excerpt #4: Winnipeg 1912
An excerpt from Jim Blanchard’s first book, set in 1912, when no city on the continent was growing faster or was more aggressive than Winnipeg.
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Manitoba 150 Excerpt #3: Structures of Indifference
An excerpt from McCallum and Perry’s book on the tragic consequences of systemic racism.
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Manitoba 150 Excerpt #2: Thrashing Seasons
An excerpt from Nathan Hattons’s book on sporting culture in Manitoba and the genesis of prairie wrestling.
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Manitoba 150 Excerpt #1: River Road
An excerpt from Gerald Friesen’s book on Manitoba and prairie history.