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Abstract: Aboriginal issues feature prominently on the Canadian agenda, from land claims agreements to self-government to resource rights, and First Peoples in Canada sets the context for the evolving relationship between Canada and the Aboriginal communities whitin its borders. This comprehensive book, widely used as a basic text in universities and colleges, now incorporates a Native perspective with new research from archaeology, anthropology, ethnography and history to tell the story of Aboriginal people from ancient times to the present. Generously illustrated with many maps, drawings and photographs, these pages clearly detail the rich cultures of all First Nations in this country. -- From back cover

Contents: Anthropological research and Aboriginal people ; The Atlantic Provinces ; The Iroquoians of the Eastern woodlands ; The Algonquians of the Eastern woodlands and Eastern Subarctic ; The Plains ; The Plateau ; The Northwest coast ; The Western Subarctic ; The Arctic ; The Metis ; Aboriginal people and Canada: emerging relations

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Abstract: Living at the limits of our ordinary perception, mosses are a common but largely unnoticed element of the natural world. Gathering moss is a mix of science and personal reflection that invites readers to explore and learn from the elegantly simple lives of mosses. In this series of linked personal essays, Robin Kimmerer leads general readers and scientists alike to an understanding of how mosses live and how their lives are intertwined with the lives of countless other beings. Kimmerer explains the biology of mosses clearly and artfully, while at the same time reflecting on what these fascinating organisms have to teach us. Drawing on her experiences as a scientist, a mother, and a Native American, Kimmerer explains the stories of mosses in scientific terms as well as in the framework of indigenous ways of knowing. In her book, the natural history and cultural relationships of mosses become a powerful metaphor for ways of living in the world. -- From back cover

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Abstract: Mick Fowler's second set of climbing memoirs, follows Vertical Pleasure (Hodder, 1995). Here the celebrated mountaineer records his expeditions since 1990. Despite work and family commitments he has maintained a regular series of 'big trips' to challending objectives around the world with a sequence of major successes. -- From inside cover

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