Books – Oral History & Storytelling
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Indigenous Women, Work, and History
1940–1980
A modern history of Indigenous labour in the Canadian workforce.
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Mind’s Eye
Stories from Whapmagoostui
An evocative collection of stories of Cree history and culture from northern Quebec.
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The Search for a Socialist El Dorado
Finnish Immigration to Soviet Karelia from the United States and Canada in the 1930s
The untold story of the founding and subsequent destruction of a Finnish socialist community in the Soviet Union.
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Masculindians
Conversations about Indigenous Manhood
Inspiring interviews with leading writers and activists on the past, present, and future of Indigenous masculinity.
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Elder Brother and the Law of the People
Contemporary Kinship and Cowessess First Nation
An entirely new way of viewing Aboriginal cultural identity on the northern plains.
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The Constructed Mennonite
History, Memory, and the Second World War
One man, four identities, and a son’s quest to reconcile the public and private histories of his Mennonite father in WWII.
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Centering Anishinaabeg Studies
Understanding the World Through Stories
A foundational text for understanding the field of Aboriginal Studies.
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Stories in a New Skin
Approaches to Inuit Literature
A groundbreaking introduction to Inuit literary criticism.
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Life Stages and Native Women
Memory, Teachings, and Story Medicine
A rare and inspiring guide to the health and well-being of Aboriginal women and their communities.
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Imagined Homes
Soviet German Immigrants in Two Cities
Imagined Homes: Soviet German Immigrants in Two Cities is a study of the social and cultural integration of two migrations of German speakers from Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union to Winnipeg, Canada in the late 1940s, and Bielefeld, Germany in the 1970s. Employing a cross-national comparative framework, Hans Werner reveals that the imagined trajectory of immigrant lives influenced the process of integration into a new urban environment.
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