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The Canadian Indian : the illustrated history of the great tribes of Canada.

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1969
Author
Symington, Fraser
Publisher
Toronto : McClelland and Stewart, Illustrated Books Division
Call Number
07.2 S6t
Author
Symington, Fraser
Publisher
Toronto : McClelland and Stewart, Illustrated Books Division
Published Date
1969
Physical Description
272 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 31 cm
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Colonialism
Indigenous
Indigenous Culture
Indigenous People
Indigenous Traditions
Canadian
Abstract
Advisory, this item contains offensive and outdated language of the time. "Intent is to present an abstracted view of Indian life as it was or may have been." - Aurora
Contents
Introduction: A paradise lost -- Part one: The people and the land -- 1. From the mists of Asia -- 2. Where they struck root -- 3. The tribal lifestyle -- Part two: The fifty tribes of Canada -- 4. Nomads of the eastern forest -- 5. Hunters of the high plains -- 6. The potlatch people -- 7. The planters of corn -- 8. The northwoodsmen -- 9. The mountain dwellers -- 10. Life in the lodge -- Part three: A collision of cultures -- 11. The white invasion -- 12. The history makers -- 13. The years of war -- 14. The saga of the Bois Brules -- 15. The cavalry of the Plains -- 16. The price of fur -- 17. When wampum was wealth -- 18. The great buffalo kill -- Part four: Into exile -- 19. "My arrows are broken" -- 20. Through an Indian eye -- 21. Red children of the Queen -- Epilogue: A look at today and tomorrow -- Acknowledgements -- Bibliography -- Picture credits -- Index
Notes
Advisory, this item contains offensive and outdated language. Fragile spine.
Accession Number
2022.17
Call Number
07.2 S6t
Collection
Archives Library
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Report of the Commissioner of Dominion Parks for the year ending March 31, 1913 : Part V Annual Report 1913

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25201
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1914
Author
Canada. Department of the Interior
Call Number
02.4 C16i Part V 1913
Author
Canada. Department of the Interior
Published Date
1914
Physical Description
96p : ill
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Series
Sessional papers
Subjects
Banff (townsite)
Businesses
Government
Hot springs
Indigenous
Mining
National parks
Roads
Surveys
Tourism
Utilities
Contents
Includes extract from address delivered at Ottawa, March 12, 1913 by the Duke of Connaught
Notes
Issued as a separate publication, but is also included in full Department of Interior Report, Volume 1 - 02.4 C16i 1913 volume 1
Accession Number
7201
Call Number
02.4 C16i Part V 1913
Collection
Archives Library
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