Books – Titles A-Z

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  A Culture’s Catalyst

  Historical Encounters with Peyote and the Native American Church in Canada

  Fannie Kahan (Author), Erika Dyck (Editor)

  Psychiatrists, peyote, and the Native American Church of Canada.

  Published May 2016 | Indigenous Studies, Medical History, Religion

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  A Diminished Roar

  Winnipeg in the 1920s

  Jim Blanchard (Author)

  A lively and entertaining tour through an overlooked period in Winnipeg’s history.

  Published August 2019 | History, Social History, Urban Studies

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  A Great Restlessness

  The Life and Politics of Dorise Nielsen

  Faith Johnston (Author)

  Dorise Nielsen was a pioneering feminist, a radical politician, the first Communist elected to Canada’s House of Commons, and the only woman elected in 1940. But despite her remarkable career, until now little has been known about her.

  Published October 2006 | History, Political Studies, Women’s Studies

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  A History of the Old Icelandic Commonwealth

  Islendinga Saga

  Jon Johannesson (Author)

  The founding of the Old Icelandic Commonwealth in 930 A.D. is one of the most significant events in the history of early Western Europe. This pioneering work of historiography provides a comprehensive history of Iceland from 870 A.D. to the end of the Commonwealth in 1262.

  Published January 2007 | University of Manitoba Icelandic Studies, Icelandic Studies

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  A Knock on the Door

  The Essential History of Residential Schools from the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada

  Phil Fontaine (Author), Aimée Craft (Author), The Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada (Author)

  An essential introduction to one of the most pressing questions Canada faces.

  Published December 2015 | Perceptions on Truth and Reconciliation, History, Human Rights, Indigenous Studies

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  A Land Not Forgotten

  Indigenous Food Security and Land-Based Practices in Northern Ontario

  Michael A. Robidoux (Editor), Courtney W. Mason (Editor)

  Reclaiming food security and community health.

  Published March 2017 | Agriculture & Food, Indigenous Studies

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  A National Crime

  The Canadian Government and the Residential School System, 1879 to 1986

  John S. Milloy (Author)

  Using previously unreleased government documents, historian John S. Milloy provides a full picture of the history and reality of the residential school system. A National Crime shows that the residential system was chronically underfunded and often mismanaged, and documents in detail and how this affected the health, education, and well-being of entire generations of Aboriginal children.

  Published May 1999 | Critical Studies in Native History, History, Indigenous Studies

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  A National Crime (2017)

  The Canadian Government and the Residential School System

  John S. Milloy (Author)

  The groundbreaking bestseller reissued.

  Published March 2017 | Critical Studies in Native History, History, Indigenous Studies, Social History

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  A Thousand Miles of Prairie

  The Manitoba Historical Society and the History of Western Canada

  Jim Blanchard (Editor)

  A Thousand Miles of Prairie is a fascinating look at Manitoba’s early boom years (1880-1910) through the eyes and words of some of the most interesting personalities of early Winnipeg. This collection brings together fourteen pieces from the first decades of the Manitoba Historical Society, when its lectures were attended by the province’s political and cultural elite.

  Published October 2002 | History

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  A Two-Spirit Journey

  The Autobiography of a Lesbian Ojibwa-Cree Elder

  Ma-Nee Chacaby (Author), Mary Louisa Plummer (Author)

  A compelling, harrowing, but ultimately uplifting story of resilience and self-discovery.

  Published May 2016 | Critical Studies in Native History, Autobiography, Indigenous Studies