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The downfall of Temlaham

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1928
Author
Barbeau, Marius
Publisher
Toronto : The Macmillian Company of Canada Limited
Call Number
07.2 B23t
Author
Barbeau, Marius
Responsibility
Illustations by A. Y. Jackson, Edwin H. Holgate, W. Langdon Kihn, Emily Carr and Annie D. Savage
Publisher
Toronto : The Macmillian Company of Canada Limited
Published Date
1928
Physical Description
xii, 253 pages, 1 leaf color frontispiece, color plates 23 cm
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Indigenous
Canada - Western Region
History-Canada
History
Abstract
A novel based on the Skeena River Rebellion of 1886, interwoven with the Gitksan legend of Temlaham.
Accession Number
3069A
Call Number
07.2 B23t
Collection
Archives Library
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A Frontier guide to mystic Jasper and the Yellowhead Pass

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1973
Author
Anderson, Frank W.
Publisher
Aldergrove, B.C. : Frontier Pub
Call Number
08.3 J31a c.2 Pam
Author
Anderson, Frank W.
Responsibility
Frank W. Anderson
Publisher
Aldergrove, B.C. : Frontier Pub
Published Date
1973
Physical Description
56 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 21 cm.
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Jasper
Jasper National Park
History
Rocky Mountains and Jasper Parks
Rocky Mountains
Yellowhead Pass
Abstract
Pertains to the history, and early events that led to the creation of Jasper National Park. The author, Frank Anderson, encourages readers to delve into the history surrounding the unmarked territory in Jasper. Through discussion of the Fur Trade era, the Railroad era and the Peaceful era, the author demonstrates the ways in which Jasper has since evolved from its earlier beginnings.
Accession Number
2017.8683
Call Number
08.3 J31a c.2 Pam
Collection
Archives Library
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The rebirth of Canada's Indians

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1977
Author
Cardinal, Harold
Publisher
Edmonton : Hurtig Publishers
Call Number
07.2 C11t
  1 website  
Author
Cardinal, Harold
Responsibility
Harold Cardinal
Publisher
Edmonton : Hurtig Publishers
Published Date
1977
Physical Description
222 pages
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
First Nations
Treaties
Education
Politics
History
History-Canada
Abstract
The story of the Indian peoples' fight for justice through the tunnels and mazes of bureaucracy. An affirmation of the Indian way of life, of the Indian religion, and a demand for acceptance of the Alberta proposal for a new Indian Act. Chapters cover the Indian Act, Indian organization, education, economic development and aboriginal rights. (from LAC entry)
Contents
A Canadian - what the hell it's all about
Make love not war - the changing role of Indian organizations
Organize or else - it's not enough to find a bad guy
The politics of poverty - how to survive in the democratic system
Economic development I - without all the crap and mythology
Economic development II - some of teh nitty is pretty gritty
Education I - with our heads in the clouds
Education II - always the prime topic
Education III - strangers in the classroom
Education IV - the need for legislation and funding
The Indian Act I - government by a bunch of bureaucrats, or Her Majesty pulled a fast one
The Indian Act II - moose meat beats bologna
The Indian Act III - time to get down to specifics
The Indian Act IV - to serve the people, not the government
The Indian Act V - the only good indian is a sleeping indian
Aboriginal rights - from a philosophical, religious viewpoint
The Treaties - the Queen's forked tongue
The claims - our children won't wait
Indian organization I - they breathe the same air; they drink the same water
Indian organizations II - we forgot to scalp the general
Indian organizations III - the war continues - Chretien rises from the dead
Integration and alienation - education and our childres
Earmarked for Indian education - raindrops kept falling on their heads
The education ferment - Cold Lake stands firm
A hell of a mess - no problem is insoluable
Wood, grass, stone - despair and rebirth
ISBN
0888301251
Accession Number
P2020.07
Call Number
07.2 C11t
Collection
Archives Library
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Anthropology on the Great Plains

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1980
Publisher
Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press
Call Number
07.2 W86a
Responsibility
Edited by W. Raymond Wood and Margot Liberty
Publisher
Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press
Published Date
1980
Physical Description
vii, 306 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Indigenous
Indigenous Culture
Indigenous Customs
Indigenous People
Indigenous Traditions
Turtle Island
History
Abstract
Native American tribes living on the Great Plains have long attracted the attention of Euro-American scholars, inspiring over the years a vast quantity of research. The contributors to this volume discuss and evaluate all the major works of scholarship devoted to the culture of Plains Indians, from the arrival of these peoples on the North American grasslands thousands of years ago, through their subsequent Village and High Plains lifeways, to their present-day adaption to reservation and urban life. Toghether, the twenty-two authors undertake a comprehensive survey of the state of anthropology on the Plains: what it has been, what it is now, and what it may offer theory and method in the future. -- From interior dustjacket
Contents
The Plains setting / B. Miles Gilbert -- The influence of Plains ethnography on the development of anthropological theory / E. Adamson Hoebel -- The Plains culture area concept / Richard Scaglion -- Prehistoric studies on the Plains / Alfred E. Johnson and W. Raymond Wood -- An overview of Great Plains physical anthropology / David V. Hughey -- Studies in Plains linguistics : a review / Robert C. Hollow and Douglas R. Parks -- Plains trade in prehistoric and protohistoric intertribal relations / W. Raymond Wood -- The ethnohistorical approach in Plains area studies / Mildred Mott Wedel and Raymond J. DeMallie -- Plains economic analysis : the Marxist complement / Alan M. Klein -- Morgan's problem : the influence of Plains ethnography on the ethnology of kinship / John H. Moore -- Social control on the Plains / Garrick Bailey -- The Sun Dance / Margot Liberty -- The Ghost Dance / Omer C. Stewart -- The Native American church / Omer C. Stewart -- Plains Indian art / Mary Jane Schneider -- Plains Indian music and dance / William K. Powers -- Psychological anthropology / Margot Liberty and Robert Morais --The formal education of Plains Indians / Janet Goldenstein Ahler -- Plains Indian women : an assessment / Katherine M. Weist -- Research in health and healing in the Plains / Luis S. Kemnitzer -- Peoples of the Plains / compiled by Douglas R. Parks, Margot Liberty, and Andrea Ferenci.
ISBN
9780803247086
Accession Number
2022.17
Call Number
07.2 W86a
Collection
Archives Library
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The Stonies of Alberta : an illustrated heritage of genesis, myths, legends, folklore and wisdom of Yahey Wichastabi, the people-who-cook-with- hot-stones

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1983
Author
Chumack, Sebastian
Publisher
Calgary : Alberta Foundation
Edition
Special ed
Call Number
07.2 St7
Author
Chumack, Sebastian
Responsibility
narrated by 12 Stoney elders
translated by Alfred "Toots" Dixon
recorded by Thomas T. Williams
written by Sebastian Chumak
Edition
Special ed
Publisher
Calgary : Alberta Foundation
Published Date
1983
Physical Description
256p. : ill., ports
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
First Nations
Stoney First Nation (formerly known as Stoney Indians)
History
Abstract
"A private heritage project designed, directed, researched, produced, published, funded by the Alberta Foundation"
Notes
Bob Mackie, photographer
ISBN
0-920710-01-8
Accession Number
24000 (missing)
p2019-13
Call Number
07.2 St7
Collection
Archives Library
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Light footsteps at Vermilion Lakes : early people in a mounatin

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1991
Author
Helgason, Gail
Publisher
Canada : Helgason and Dodd Ltd
Call Number
08.3 He34
Author
Helgason, Gail
Publisher
Canada : Helgason and Dodd Ltd
Published Date
1991
Physical Description
71 p. ; 26 unnumbered plates : ill
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
History
Vermilion Lakes
Archaeology
Indians
Notes
Includes bibliography
Accession Number
8201
Call Number
08.3 He34
Collection
Archives Library
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Canada's first nations : a history of founding peoples from earliest times

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1992
Author
Dickason, Olive Patricia
Publisher
Don Mills, Ont. : Oxford University Press
Call Number
07.2 D55c
Author
Dickason, Olive Patricia
Responsibility
Olive Patricia Dickason
Publisher
Don Mills, Ont. : Oxford University Press
Published Date
1992
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
First Nations
History
Canada
Abstract
Designed to provide a comprehensive introduction into the subject. Interdisciplinary approach, incorporating insighes from archaology, anthropology, biology, sociology, and political science, adds depth as well as breadth.
Contents
At the beginning -- The outside world intrudes -- Spread across the continent -- Towards new horizons -- Into the contemporary world
ISBN
0-7710-2800-8 pbk
Accession Number
2019.01
Call Number
07.2 D55c
Collection
Archives Library
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Gathering moss : a natural and cultural history of mosses

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2003
Author
Wall Kimmerer, Robin
Publisher
Corvallis, Oregon : Oregon State University Press
Call Number
07.2 W14g
Author
Wall Kimmerer, Robin
Publisher
Corvallis, Oregon : Oregon State University Press
Published Date
2003
Physical Description
viii, 168 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Mosses
Indigenous
History
Nature
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
ISBN
0870714996
Accession Number
P2022.02
Call Number
07.2 W14g
Collection
Archives Library
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Indigenous peoples of North America : a concise anthropological overview

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2012
Author
Muckle, Robert J.
Publisher
Toronto : University of Toronto Press
Call Number
07.2 M88i
  1 website  
Author
Muckle, Robert J.
Responsibility
Robert J. Muckle
Publisher
Toronto : University of Toronto Press
Published Date
2012
Physical Description
xviii, 198 pages : illustrations, maps
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Anthropology
First Nations
History
Archaeology
Abstract
Most books dealing with North American Indigenous peoples are exhaustive in coverage. They provide in-depth discussion of various culture areas which, while valuable, sometimes means that the big picture context is lost. This book offers a corrective to that trend by providing a concise, thematic overview of the key issues facing Indigenous peoples in North America, from prehistory to the present. It integrates a culture area analysis within a thematic approach, covering archaeology, traditional lifeways, the colonial era, and contemporary Indigenous culture. Muckle also explores the history of the relationship between Indigenous peoples and anthropologists with rigor and honesty. The result is a remarkably comprehensive book that provides a strong grounding for understanding Indigenous cultures in North America (from publisher's website)
Contents
Situating the indigenous peoples of North America -- Studying the indigenous peoples of North America through the lens of anthropology -- Comprehending North American archaeology -- Studying population, languages, and cultures in North America as they were at AD 1500 -- Overview of traditional lifeways -- Understanding the colonial experience -- Contemporary conditions, nation-building, and anthropology -- Epilogue : final comments -- Appendices: The United Nations declaration on the rights of indigenous peoples ; Excerpts from the code of ethics of the American Anthropological Association (2009) ; Excerpts from the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (1990) ; Excerpts from the Royal Proclamation of 1763 ; Apology for residential schools ; Apology to the native peoples of the United States ; Studying indigenous peoples of North America.
ISBN
9781442603561
Accession Number
P2020.08
Call Number
07.2 M88i
Collection
Archives Library
URL Notes
Publisher's website
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The inconvenient Indian : a curious account of Native people in North America

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2013
Author
King, Thomas
Publisher
[Toronto] : Doubleday Canada
Call Number
07.2 Ki58t
Author
King, Thomas
Responsibility
Thomas King
Publisher
[Toronto] : Doubleday Canada
Published Date
2013
Physical Description
xiv, 303 pages ; 26 cm
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
First Nations
History
Abstract
Since its publication in 2012, The Inconvenient Indian has become a Canadian classic. At once a history and a subversion of history, this book has launched a national conversation about what it means to be "Indian" in North America, and the relationship between Natives and non-Natives in the centuries since the two first encountered each other. This is a book both timeless and timely, burnished with anger yet tempered by wit, and ultimately a hard-won offering of hope--a sometimes inconvenient but nonetheless indispensable account for all of us, seeking to understand how we might tell a new story for the future."-- Provided by publisher.
Contents
Prologue : Warm toast and porcupines -- Forget Columbus -- The end of the Trail -- Too heavy to lift -- One name to rule them all -- We are sorry -- Like cowboys and Indians -- Forget about it -- What Indians want -- As long as the grass is green -- Happy ever after.
ISBN
978-0-385-66422-6
Accession Number
p2019-14
Call Number
07.2 Ki58t
Collection
Archives Library
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Mountain romantics : the Whytes of Banff

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2014
Author
Scott, Chic
Publisher
Banff, Alberta, Canada : Assiniboine Publishing Limited
Edition
First hardcover edition
Call Number
08.3 Sc3m copy 1 (signed)
08.3 Sc3m copy 2
  1 website  
Author
Scott, Chic
Responsibility
Chic Scott
Edition
First hardcover edition
Publisher
Banff, Alberta, Canada : Assiniboine Publishing Limited
Published Date
2014
Physical Description
232 pages, 48 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some colour), maps, portraits (some colour)
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Whyte (White) family
Whyte Jon
Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies
Whyte, Barbara
Whyte, Catharine Robb
White, Brad
White, Cliff J
White, Clifford
White, Clifford A.
White, Jack (Dave Jr.)
Whyte, Peter
History
Banff
Banff National Park
Abstract
This book tells the story of the White/Whyte family of Banff — pioneers Dave and Annie who created a successful mercantile business in Banff, their son Cliff who played a major role in creating the Mount Norquay ski resort and Skoki Lodge, his brother Peter and his wife Catharine who became two of the most famous artists of the Canadian Rockies, Clifford Jackson White and his wife Bev who created modern Sunshine Village Ski Resort, Jon Whyte the poet and historian and Cliffy, Brad and Tristan White who have had distinguished careers in the Warden Service and the tourist industry. This book tells the story of one of the most unique towns in Canada, through its ups and downs, and the colourful characters who have called Banff home. (From author's website)
Contents
Dave White -- go west, young man -- Dave and Annie -- partners -- Cliff White -- ski pioneer -- Pete 'n' Catharine -- Camelot on the bow -- Jackie and Barbara -- one good woman -- The White compound -- good and bad times -- Clifford and Bev -- the sunshine years -- Pete's later years and Catharine reborn -- Jon Whyte -- the bard of Banff -- Cliffy, Brad and Tristan -- new directions -- The Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies.
Notes
Copy 1 signed by author
ISBN
9780981105925
Call Number
08.3 Sc3m copy 1 (signed)
08.3 Sc3m copy 2
Collection
Archives Library
URL Notes
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Long road home : centennial commemoration of Jasper's Mountain Metis

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2014?
Publisher
Alberta : People & Peaks Productions ; Willmore Wilderness Foundation
Call Number
07.2 W68l DVD
  1 website  
Responsibility
Willmore Wilderness Foundation ; collaborative production with the Mountain Metis Centre
Publisher
Alberta : People & Peaks Productions ; Willmore Wilderness Foundation
Published Date
2014?
Physical Description
1 digital video disc : sound, colour ; 12 cm.
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Jasper National Park
Metis
Willmore Wilderness Provincial Park
Horses
Pack trips
History
History of Alberta
Notes
Summary: In 1806 Metis guide Jacco Findlay was the first to blaze a packtrail over Howse Pass and the Continental Divide. He made a map for Canadian explorer David Thompson, who followed one year later. Jacco left the North West Company and became the first "Freeman" or "Otipemisiwak" in the Athabasca Valley. In 1907 the Canadian Government passed an Order in Council for the creation of the "Jasper Forest Park" enforcing the evacuation of the Metis in the Athabasca Valley. By 1909 guns were seized causing the community to surrender its homeland including Jacco's descendants. Six Metis families made their exodus after inhabiting the area for a century. This documentary, focuses on a 14-day return trip of the descendants of the evicted families, as well as Jacco's progeny. Storied are shared through the voices of family members as they reveal their struggle to preserve traditions and culture as Mountain Metis.
ISBN
829982125729
Call Number
07.2 W68l DVD
Collection
Archives Library
URL Notes
Website for film and Mountain Metis - Otipemisiwak
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Rails over the mountains : exploring the railway heritage of Canada's western mountains

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2016
Author
Brown, Ron
Publisher
Toronto : Dundurn
Call Number
08.3 B78r
  1 website  
Author
Brown, Ron
Responsibility
Ron Brown
Publisher
Toronto : Dundurn
Published Date
2016
Physical Description
156 pages : illustrations
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Railways
History
History of Alberta
History-Canada
Rocky Mountains
Canadian Pacific Railway
Canadian Pacific Railway Company
Canadian Pacific Railway Hotels
Abstract
Ride the rails through Canada’s western mountains to explore the many vestiges of the region’s spectacular and surprising railway heritage. Here is where grand railway hotels were built to attract tourists to the West’s beautiful scenery and bring profit to the railway lines as well. Rustic stations added to the allure. The challenges of conquering the mountains resulted in some of Canada’s most ingenious feats of engineering, such as spiral tunnels and soaring trestles (one of which was featured in The Amazing Race Canada). Relive the days of rail on a steam train, the luxurious Rocky Mountaineer, or one of VIA Rail’s mountain journeys. Outdoor enthusiasts can follow the abandoned roadbeds of Canada’s more spectacular rail trails, like the legendary Kettle Valley Railway. Also included are some of Canada’s most extensive railway museums, which have helped to bring this vanished era back to life. (From publisher's website)
Contents
The rails arrive -- Conquering the mountains : the tunnels and bridges -- The faces of the railways : the heritage railway stations -- Life on the line : the railway towns -- The dream castles : western Canada's railway hotels -- Railway structures : a forgotten heritage -- Celebrating the heritage : the railway museums -- The rail trails -- All aboard.
ISBN
9781459733596
Accession Number
P2020.07
Call Number
08.3 B78r
Collection
Archives Library
URL Notes
Publisher's website
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In this together : fifteen stories of truth & reconciliation

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2016
Publisher
Victoria, B. C. : Brindle & Glass Publishing, an imprint of TouchWood Editions
Call Number
07.2 M56i
Responsibility
Edited by Danielle Metcalfe-Chenail
Publisher
Victoria, B. C. : Brindle & Glass Publishing, an imprint of TouchWood Editions
Published Date
2016
Physical Description
215 pages ; 22 cm
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Indigenous
History
Canada
Abstract
A collection of essays about reconciliation and anti-racism by Indigenous and non-Indigenous contributors from across Canada.
Contents
Introduction / Danielle Metcalfe-Chenail; The importance of rivers / Carleigh Baker; Dropped, not thrown / Joanna Streetly; Drawing lines / Erika Luckert; Jawbreakers / Donna Kane; This many-storied land / Kamala Todd; The perfect tool / Zacharias Kunuk; To kill an Indian / Steven Cooper with Twyla Campbell; Two-step / Katherin Edwards; Echo / Carol Shaben; Mother tongues / Katherine Palmer Gordon; White Aboriginal woman / Rhonda Kronyk; Colonialism lived / Emma Larocque; Marking the page / Lorri Neilsen Glenn; Lost fires still burn / Carissa Halton; From Aha to AHO! / Antione Mountain; A conversation between Shelagh Rogers and the Honourable Justice Murray Sinclair.
ISBN
9781927366448
Accession Number
P2022.14
Call Number
07.2 M56i
Collection
Archives Library
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Native American almanac : more than 50,000 years of the cultures and histories of indigenous peoples

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2016
Author
Wakim Dennis, Yvonne; Hirschfelder, Arlene; and Rothenberger Flynn, Shannon
Publisher
Canton, MI : Visible Ink Press
Call Number
07.2 D42n
Author
Wakim Dennis, Yvonne; Hirschfelder, Arlene; and Rothenberger Flynn, Shannon
Publisher
Canton, MI : Visible Ink Press
Published Date
2016
Physical Description
xi, 643 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Indigenous Peoples
History
Indigenous Culture
Turtle Island
Abstract
The impact of early encounters, past policies, treaties, wars, and prejudices toward America's Indigenous peoples is a legacy that continues to mark America. The history of the United States and Native Americans are intertwined. Agriculture, place names, and language have all been influenced by Native American culture. The stories and history of pre- and post-colonial Tribal Nations and peoples continue to resonate and informs the geographical boundaries, laws, language and modern life. From ancient rock drawings to today's urban living, the Native American Almanac: More Than 50,000 Years of the Cultures and Histories of Indigenous Peoples traces the rich heritage of indigenous people. It is a fascinating mix of biography, pre-contact and post-contact history, current events, Tribal Nations' histories, enlightening insights on environmental and land issues, arts, treaties, languages, education, movements, and more. Ten regional chapters, including urban living, cover the narrative history, the communities, land, environment, important figures, and backgrounds of each area's Tribal Nations and peoples. The stories of 345 Tribal Nations, biographies of 400 influential figures in all walks of life, Native American firsts, awards, and statistics are covered. Over 300 photographs and illustrations bring the text to life. The most complete and affordable single-volume reference work about Native American culture available today, the Native American Almanac is a unique and valuable resource devoted to illustrating, demystifying, and celebrating the moving, sometimes difficult, and often lost history of the indigenous people of America. Capturing the stories and voices of the American Indian of yesterday and today, it provides a range of information on Native American history, society, and culture. -- Publisher's description
Contents
Historical overview of Indian-White relations in the United States -- Northeast -- Southeast -- Midwest -- Northern plains -- Southern plains: Texas and Oklahoma -- The Great Basin and Rocky Mountains -- Southwest -- Pacific Northwest: Washington State and Oregon -- California -- Alaska -- Hawaii -- Urban -- Appendix A: Canada -- -- Appendix B: Mexico -- Appendix C: Caribbean -- Appendix D: Greenland -- Appendix E: Indigenous nations/groups in Native America Almanac -- Appendix F: Indian lands: definitions and explanations -- Appendix G: Indigenized English -- Appendix H: Indigeneity from sea to sea -- Appendix I: Selected indigeneity firsts: people, places, and things -- Appendix J: Native owned and operated museums -- Appendix K: The indigeneity of the Powwow -- Appendix L: Indigenous ancestry affiliation of some notable people.
ISBN
9781578595075
Accession Number
2022.17
Call Number
07.2 D42n
Collection
Archives Library
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Native Americans in the movies : portrayals from silent films to the present

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2016
Author
Hilger, Michael
Publisher
Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield
Call Number
07.2 Hi54n
Author
Hilger, Michael
Responsibility
Michael Hilger
Publisher
Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield
Published Date
2016
Physical Description
ix, 453 pages ; 26 cm
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
First Nations
Films
History
Abstract
"Since the early days of the silent era, Native Americans have been captured on film, often in unflattering ways. Over the decades, some filmmakers have tried to portray the Native American on screen with more balanced interpretations -- to varying degrees of success. More recent films such as The New World, Flags of Our Fathers, and Frozen River have offered depictions of both historical and contemporary Native Americans, providing viewers with a range of representations. Here, Michael Hilger surveys more than a century of cinema. Drawing upon his previous work, From Savage to Nobleman, Hilger presents a thorough revision of the earlier volume. The introductory material has been revised with updated information and examples and also adds discussions of representative films produced since the mid-1990s. Now organized alphabetically, the entries on individual films cover all relevant works made over the past century, and each entry contains much more information than those in the earlier book. Details include a film summary, nation represented, image portrayal, production details, and DVD availability. Many of the entries also contain comments from film critics to indicate how the movies were regarded at the time of their theatrical release. Supplemented by appendixes of image portrayals, representations of nations, and a list of made-for-television movies, this volume offers readers a comprehensive and up-to-date overview of hundreds of films in which Native American characters have appeared on the big screen."--Publisher's description.
Contents
Traditional images of Native Americans -- Representative movies from silent films to the present -- Images of contemporary Native Americans -- Entries A-Z -- Appendix A: Films by nations -- Appendix B: Image portrayals of Native Americans -- Appendix C: Television films -- Appendix D: Films in chronological order.
ISBN
978-1-4422-4001-8
Accession Number
p2019-05
Call Number
07.2 Hi54n
Collection
Archives Library
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The green horse : my early years in the Canadian Rockies : a park warden's story

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25013
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2017
Author
Portman, Dale
Publisher
[Victoria, British Columbia] : Rocky Mountain Books
Call Number
08.3 P81t
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Author
Portman, Dale
Publisher
[Victoria, British Columbia] : Rocky Mountain Books
Published Date
2017
Physical Description
368 pages : illustrations, map
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Rocky Mountains
Horses
Warden Service
Wardens
History
Autobiography
Abstract
Born in the west but raised initially in the east, Dale Portman was eight years old when his family headed back to the land of the Rockies. Growing up in Calgary, he was introduced to the Rocky Mountains at an early age and as a young man eventually found work in Banff National Park, where he spent most of his time in the saddle while working for outfitter Bert Mickle, based out of Skoki Lodge near Lake Louise. Jobs in the local tourist industry and at a couple of ski hills followed. Eventually Dale was drawn to the warden service, doing avalanche control and forecasting in Rogers Pass, with the backcountry of northern Jasper, Yoho National Park and Field, BC, eventually becoming the stage for many memorable, humorous, tragic and life-affirming moments. The Green Horse takes the reader on a journey through a time when our mountain national parks were less touristy and more substantive. When there was space for everyone to enjoy without having to line up and there was a sense of freedom and adventure in the air. (From Rocky Mountain Books website)
Contents
Foreword -- Prologue -- My youth -- Banff and Lake Louise -- Faye and Donny -- A mountain winter and a spring roundup -- Dale and the Mickles -- Lake Louise -- Rogers Pass -- Early Jasper -- Alfie and Ginger -- Jasper tales -- Blue Creek -- Yoho -- Yoho again -- Epilogue.
ISBN
9781771602266
Accession Number
P2020-2
Call Number
08.3 P81t
Collection
Archives Library
URL Notes
Summary on Rocky Mountain Books website
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The Cave and Basin : Banff's hot springs and the birth of Canada's national parks

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2017
Author
Hart, E.J. (Ted)
Publisher
Banff, AB : Summerthought Publishing
Call Number
08.3 H11c
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Author
Hart, E.J. (Ted)
Responsibility
Ted (E.J.) Hart
Publisher
Banff, AB : Summerthought Publishing
Published Date
2017
Physical Description
91 pages
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Cave and Basin
History
History of Alberta
History-Canada
National parks
Tourism
Abstract
THE CAVE AND BASIN by Ted Hart is the story of mineral springs in Banff National Park that were instrumental to the growth of Banff and formed the nucleus of Canada’s national park system. Authored by renowned historian E.J. (Ted) Hart, Cave and Basin offers background on what is now protected as a national historic site, exploring the story of its discovery and the lives of those involved in its development as a world-famous attraction. It describes these unique and fascinating hot springs and how they became the catalyst for important developments in Canadian history and culture. The book details the story of the springs’ first discovery, their critical place in a government decision to create a reserve to protect them for public use and their development into a tourist location where generations of Canadians and those from around the world came to enjoy their soothing balm. In the process, the springs, and the Cave and Basin particularly, became the epicentre for both the creation and the commemoration of Canada’s national parks. (From publisher's website)
Contents
Introduction
Chapter 1 - Sacred waters of the mountains
Chapter 2 - Like some fantastic dream
Chapter 3 - The hot springs investigation
Chapter 4 - Recuperate the patients and recoup the treasury
Chapter 5 - As near perfetion as it is possible to make
Chapter 6 - Walter Painter's wonder
Chapter 7 - Different guises
Chapter 8 - Recent times
Index
Photo credits
About the author
ISBN
9781926983271
Accession Number
P2020.07
Call Number
08.3 H11c
Collection
Archives Library
URL Notes
Publisher's website
Websites
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Secwe´pemc people, land, and laws = Yeri´7 re Stsq'ey's-kucw

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2017
Author
Ignance, Marianne and Ignance, Ronald E.
Publisher
Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago : McGill-Queen's University Press
Call Number
07.2 I1s
Author
Ignance, Marianne and Ignance, Ronald E.
Responsibility
With contributions by Mike K. Rousseau, Nancy J. Turner, Kenneth Favrholdt, and many Secwe´pemc storytellers, past and present ; foreword by Bonnie Leonard
Publisher
Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago : McGill-Queen's University Press
Published Date
2017
Physical Description
xxxv, 588 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some colour), maps ; 25 cm
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Secwepemc
Indigenous
History
British Columbia
Abstract
Secwe´pemc People, Land, and Laws is a journey through the 10,000-year history of the Interior Plateau nation in British Columbia Told through the lens of past and present Indigenous storytellers, this volume details how a homeland has shaped Secwe´pemc existence while the Secwe´pemc have in turn shaped their homeland. Marianne and Ronald Ignace, with contributions from ethnobotanist Nancy Turner, archaeologist Mike Rousseau, and geographer Ken Favrholdt, compellingly weave together Secwe´pemc narratives about ancestors' deeds, and demonstrate how these stories are the manifestation of Indigenous laws (stsq'ey') for social and moral conduct among humans and all sentient beings on the land, and for social and political relations within the nation and with outsiders. Breathing new life into stories about past transformations, the authors place these narratives in dialogue with written historical sources, and knowledge from archaeology, ethnography, linguistics, earth science, and ethnobiology. In addition to a wealth of detail about Secwe´pemc land stewardship, the social and political order, and spiritual concepts and relations embedded in the Indigenous language, the book shows how between the mid-1800s and 1920s the Secwe´pemc people resisted devastating oppression, the theft of their land, and fought to maintain political autonomy while tenaciously continuing to maintain a connection with their homeland, ancestors, and laws. An exemplary work in collaboration, Secwe´pemc People, Land, and Laws points to the ways in which Indigenous laws and traditions can guide present and future social and political process among the Secwe´pemc and with settler society. -- Provided by publisher.
Contents
[English table of contents]. The time of the ancient transformers -- What archaeology tells us about the initial peopling and life of Secwepemcu´l´ecw / Mike K. Rousseau and Marianne Ignace -- The Shuswap language -- How we look(ed) after our land / with Nancy J. Turner -- Trade, travel, and transportation / Marianne Ignace and Kenneth Favrholdt -- Secwe´pemc sense of place -- The Secwe´pemc Nation and its boundaries -- How we are relatives to one another -- Secwe´pemc chiefship and political organization -- Secwe´pemc spirituality and how it was hidden in the church -- The unfolding of dispossession during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries -- The Indian rights movement of the early twentieth century -- Stories from the past, laws and rights for the future. The sounds of Secwepemctsi´n written in the practical alphabet xxii -- Yeri´7 re sqweqwentsi´n-kt
An opening prayer xxv-xxvi -- Re sk`ele´p ell re sqle´lten
Story of coyote and salmon 36-38 -- Tsxli´tentem re sk`ele´p / Coyote and his hosts 63-72 -- 4. Secwepemctsi´n : The Shuswap language 121-144 -- Xelxli´p, xelxele´q
Coyote juggle his eyes 149-152 -- Le q´7e´ses re spi´xems re nuxwnu´xwenxw
Women's hunting long time ago 174-175 -- Secwe´pemc words for "beaver" 178 -- Secwe´pemc calendar and seasonal round based on names and activities of Skeetchestn area 196-197 -- Lilly Harry's account of annual resource gathering 198-202 -- Me7 qweqwentsi´n-kt
A meal prayer 205-206 -- [Food division] 207-208 -- [Example of mixed economy] 211-213 -- Secwe´pemc landscape terms and lexical suffixes 237-239 -- Story of Se´sqem 241-247 -- [Song, referred to as "Secwe´pemc national anthem"] 251-252 -- [North Thompson River, place-terminology] 253-254 -- The use of directional terms in talking about the landscapes 254-259 -- [Secwe´pemc views of territory and its split up into bands] 287-288 -- Stseq.qi´qe
Story of Balancing Rock 301-304 -- Snine7e´llcw
Owl's nest 304-309 -- Story of Tessie 309-311 -- ["Secwe´pemc welcome song"] 318 -- Secwe´pemc kinship and in-law terms 323-325 -- Sekla´cwa7
Story of muskrat 326-333 -- Reqets`we´ ye ell re sni´ne
The chipmunk and owl story 333-336 -- [Account of arranged marriages, 1930s-1940s] 342-346 -- [Views on marrying white men] 348-349 -- Re sqle´lten
Story of the salmon 349-353 -- Names and name giving 353-356 -- Re scwicwe´ye ell re skelkle´ts
Story of ant and grasshopper 357-359 -- ["Indian courts"] 377-379 -- Pe´xwem
Ways to heal 392-393 -- Sni´ne
Story of owl 395-398 -- Ctsrm`
Having a sweat 399 -- Catholic prayers in Secwepemctsi´n 411-418 -- Re q´we´ leqs ell re si´ntse7
The priest and the altar boy 421-423 -- [The story of Petese´q] 481-483 -- Qweni´meqll
Story of mosquito 492-496 -- Sku´7pecen
Story of porcupine 496-500.
ISBN
9780773551305
Accession Number
P2022.13
Call Number
07.2 I1s
Location
Reading Room
Collection
Archives Library
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100th anniversary of the formation of The Rocky Mountains Park Branch of the Great War Veterans’ Association - The Banff Legion - Saturday March 31, 2018

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25093
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2018
Author
The Banff Legion
Publisher
The Banff Legion
Call Number
08.3 B22o PAM
Author
The Banff Legion
Responsibility
The Banff Legion
Publisher
The Banff Legion
Published Date
2018
Physical Description
14 pages ; photographs
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
History
History of Alberta
Canada
World War I
World War II
World War, 1914-1918
World War, 1939-1945
World Wars
Banff
Banff (residents)
Abstract
Pertains to the history of the Banff Legion, celebrating 100 years of the Great War Veterans’ Association
Accession Number
TBD
Call Number
08.3 B22o PAM
Collection
Archives Library
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