Books – History

Settler City Limits

Indigenous Resurgence and Colonial Violence in the Urban Prairie West

Heather Dorries (Editor), Robert Henry (Editor), David Hugill (Editor), Tyler McCreary (Editor), Julie Tomiak (Editor)

Urban Indigenous resistance and resurgence.

Published October 2019 | Colonialism, Geography, History, Indigenous Studies, Social History, Urban Studies
The Rise and Fall of United Grain Growers

Cooperatives, Market Regulation, and Free Enterprise

Paul D. Earl (Author)

The first in-depth history of the UGG.

Published October 2019 | Agriculture & Food, Business History, History
Distorted Descent

White Claims to Indigenous Identity

Darryl Leroux (Author)

Exposing the impacts of aspirational identity.

Published September 2019 | Colonialism, Ethnic Studies, History, Identity Studies, Indigenous Studies
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
Communal Solidarity

Immigration, Settlement, and Social Welfare in Winnipeg’s Jewish Community, 1882–1930

Arthur Ross (Author)

Creating a democratic and supportive community.

Published March 2019 | Studies in Immigration and Culture, Ethnic Studies, History, Immigration
Kayanerenkó:wa

The Great Law of Peace

Kayanesenh Paul Williams (Author)

A living law.

Published October 2018 | History, Indigenous Studies, Law
Rooster Town

The History of an Urban Métis Community, 1901–1961

Evelyn Peters (Author), Matthew Stock (Author), Adrian Werner (Author)

A Métis enclave at Winnipeg’s edge.

Published October 2018 | Colonialism, History, Indigenous Studies, Métis Studies, Urban Studies
Czech Refugees in Cold War Canada

1945–1989

Jan Raska (Author)

Cold War citizen allies.

Published August 2018 | Studies in Immigration and Culture, Ethnic Studies, History, Identity Studies, Immigration, Oral History & Storytelling, Public Policy
Stories of Oka

Land, Film, and Literature

Isabelle St-Amand (Author)

Understanding the Oka Crisis—or the Kanehsatake Resistance—three decades later.

Published May 2018 | Film & Media Studies, History, Indigenous Studies, Literary Criticism
Towards a New Ethnohistory

Community Engaged Scholarship among the People of the River

Keith Thor Carlson (Author), John Sutton Lutz (Author), David M. Schaepe (Author), Naxaxalhts’i – Albert “Sonny” McHalsie (Author)

A community-driven history. A cross-cultural dialogue.

Published April 2018 | Colonialism, History, Indigenous Studies, Oral History & Storytelling