Books – Indigenous Studies

The Ojibwa of Western Canada, 1780-1870

Laura Peers (Author)

Among the most dynamic Aboriginal peoples in western Canada today are the Ojibwa, who have played an especially vital role in the development of an Aboriginal political voice at both levels of government. Yet, they are relative newcomers to the region, occupying the parkland and prairies only since the end of the 18th century. This work traces the origins of the western Ojibwa, their adaptations to the West, and the ways in which they have coped with the many challenges they faced in the first century of their history in that region, between 1780 and 1870.

Published October 1994 | Critical Studies in Native History, Indigenous Studies
As Long as the Rivers Run

Hydroelectric Development and Native Communities

James B. Waldram (Author)

Waldram examines the politics of hydroelectric dam construction in the Canadian northwest, focussing on the negotiations and agreements between the developers and the Native residents. He shows the parallels between the treatment of Natives by the government of Canada in these negotiations and the treaty process a century earlier.

Published October 1993 | Indigenous Studies
Aboriginal Resource Use in Canada

Historical and Legal Aspects

Kerry Abel (Editor), Jean Friesen (Editor)

Addresses a wide range of topics related to Aboriginal resource use, ranging from the pre-contact period to the present.

Published January 1991 | Critical Studies in Native History, Environmental Studies, History, Indigenous Studies
The Plains Cree

Trade, Diplomacy, and War, 1790 to 1870

John S. Milloy (Author)

The first economic, military, and diplomatic history of the Plains Cree from contact with the Europeans in the 1670s to the disappearance of the buffalo from Cree lands by the 1870s, focussing on military and trade relations between 1790 and 1870.

Published May 1990 | Critical Studies in Native History, Indigenous Studies
The Orders of the Dreamed

George Nelson on Cree and Northern Ojibwa Religion and Myth, 1823

Jennifer S.H. Brown (Editor), Robert Brightman (Editor)

Among Anglo-Canadian fur traders of the early nineteenth century, George Nelson stands out for his interest in the life and ways of the native people he encountered. In 1823 Nelson was serving as a Hudson’s Bay Company clerk in charge of the post at Lac la Ronge, an outpost of Ile a la Crosse in northeastern Saskatchewan. During that time he kept a letter-journal, addressed to his father, in which he related his observations of Cree and Northern Ojibwa religion and myth. This document is reproduced here for the first time.

Published January 1990 | Critical Studies in Native History, Indigenous Studies
Stories of the House People

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Peter Vandall (Author), Joe Douquette (Author), Freda Ahenakew (Editor)

Publications of the Algonquian Text Society #1.

Published January 1987 | Publications of the Algonquian Text Society, Indigenous Studies
Indian-European Trade Relations

in the Lower Saskatchewan River Region to 1840

Paul C. Thistle (Author)

This study examines the development of fur trade relations between the European traders working for the Hudson’s Bay Company and the Western Woods Cree of the lower Saskatchewan River region centred on Cumberland House (modern day Saskatchewan) and The Pas (modern day Manitoba).

Published February 1986 | Critical Studies in Native History, History, Indigenous Studies
The New Peoples

Being and Becoming Métis

Jacqueline Peterson (Editor), Jennifer S.H. Brown (Editor)

A path-breaking collection of original essays by twelve leading Canadian and American scholars, this volume is the first major work to explore, in a North American context, the dimension and meaning of the process fundamental to the European invasion and colonization of the western hemisphere: the intermingling of European and native American peoples.

Published October 1985 | Critical Studies in Native History, Indigenous Studies