Books – Indigenous Studies

Legends of the Capilano

E. Pauline Johnson (Author), Joe Capilano (Author), Mary Agnes Capilano (Author), Alix Shield (Editor)

Bringing the legends home with this update on E. Pauline Johnson’s 1911 classic.

Forthcoming April 2023 | First Voices, First Texts, Biography, Indigenous Studies, Literature, Oral History & Storytelling
Reclaiming Anishinaabe Law

Kinamaadiwin Inaakonigewin and the Treaty Right to Education

Leo Baskatawang (Author)

A manifesto for Indigenous education detailing efforts in Treaty #3 territory to revitalize and codify the Anishinaabe law kinamaadiwin inaakonigewin.

Forthcoming March 2023 | Decolonization, Education, History, Indigenous Studies, Law
I Will Live for Both of Us

A History of Colonialism, Uranium Mining, and Inuit Resistance

Joan Scottie (Author), Warren Bernauer (Author), Jack Hicks (Author)

A reflection on political and environmental history and a call for a future in which Inuit traditional laws and values are upheld.

Published November 2022 | Contemporary Studies on the North, Autobiography & Memoir, Decolonization, Environmental Studies, Indigenous Studies, Inuit Studies, Resource Management
AboriginalTM

The Cultural and Economic Politics of Recognition

Jennifer Adese (Author)

Discussions of Indigenous identity, authenticity, and agency.

Published October 2022 | Decolonization, History, Identity Studies, Indigenous Studies, Political Studies, Public Policy
In Our Backyard

Keeyask and the Legacy of Hydroelectric Development

Aimée Craft (Editor), Jill Blakley (Editor)

The story of the Keeyask dam and the Nelson River from the perspective of Indigenous peoples.

Published May 2022 | Decolonization, Environmental Studies, Indigenous Studies, Public Policy, Resource Management
The Arts of Indigenous Health and Well-Being

Nancy Van Styvendale (Editor), J.D. McDougall (Editor), Robert Henry (Editor), Robert Alexander Innes (Editor)

Art for life’s sake.

Published November 2021 | Art & Architecture, Decolonization, Indigenous Studies, Medical History, Performing Arts
Returning to Ceremony

Spirituality in Manitoba Métis Communities

Chantal Fiola (Author)

A homecoming through ceremony.

Published October 2021 | Decolonization, History, Identity Studies, Indigenous Studies, Métis Studies, Oral History & Storytelling, Religion
Dadibaajim

Returning Home Through Narrative

Helen Olsen Agger (Author)

Story and place.

Published October 2021 | Critical Studies in Native History, Decolonization, History, Indigenous Studies, Oral History & Storytelling
Inventing the Thrifty Gene

The Science of Settler Colonialism

Travis Hay (Author), Theresa (Teri) Redsky Fiddler (Afterword)

Flawed science.

Published September 2021 | Decolonization, History, Indigenous Studies, Medical History
Sharing the Land, Sharing a Future

The Legacy of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples

Katherine A.H. Graham (Editor), David Newhouse (Editor)

An RCAP retrospective and fresh lens on reconciliation.

Published June 2021 | Perceptions on Truth and Reconciliation, History, Indigenous Studies, Public Policy