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The Nor'-Wester : birth of Manitoba
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue20117
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1970
- Author
- Wells, Eric
- Publisher
- Winnipeg, Manitoba : INFO
- Edition
- Vol. 100, no. 1
- Call Number
- 08.2 W44t Pam
- Author
- Wells, Eric
- Responsibility
- Eric Wells
- Edition
- Vol. 100, no. 1
- Publisher
- Winnipeg, Manitoba : INFO
- Published Date
- 1970
- Physical Description
- 62 pages
- Subjects
- Manitoba
- History
- History-Canada
- Abstract
- Pertains to a collective history created to celebrate the centennial of the birth of Manitoba. Comprehensive in nature, the publication discusses topics pertaining to Louis Riel, Indigenous Peoples and other relevant history’s that helped in the formation of Manitoba as a province in Canada. Readers can expect to learn more about the history of Manitoba, it’s becoming, and the events the province has undergone over the last 100 years.
- Contents
- Map of Canada 1870 (pg. 1)
- Crocus, symbol of Manitoba (pg. 2)
- Confederation 1870 (pg. 3)
- Blot on the Horizon (pg. 4)
- Sea of grass (pg. 8)
- Under two flags (pg. 9)
- Successful failure (pg. 11)
- Tranquil colony (pg. 14)
- Fumbled transfer (pg. 17)
- Amnesty (pg. 21)
- Annexation (pg. 22)
- Provisional government (pg. 23)
- Military solutions (pg. 27)
- Eclipse of a nation (pg. 30)
- Tarnished sunset (pg. 35)
- Adventures of kitty (pg. 37)
- Riel diary (pg. 47)
- Glossary (pg. 61)
- Last words (pg. 62)
- Accession Number
- 3069 a
- Call Number
- 08.2 W44t Pam
- Collection
- Archives Library
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The rebirth of Canada's Indians
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25275
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1977
- Author
- Cardinal, Harold
- Publisher
- Edmonton : Hurtig Publishers
- Call Number
- 07.2 C11t
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- Author
- Cardinal, Harold
- Responsibility
- Harold Cardinal
- Publisher
- Edmonton : Hurtig Publishers
- Published Date
- 1977
- Physical Description
- 222 pages
- 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
- URL Notes
- Author information
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Where go the boats : navigation on the peace 1792 - 1952
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue20131
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- [1977?]
- Author
- Hansen, Evelyn
- Publisher
- Peace River, Alta. : Peace River Centennial Museum
- Call Number
- 08.5 H19w
- Author
- Hansen, Evelyn
- Responsibility
- Evelyn Hansen
- Publisher
- Peace River, Alta. : Peace River Centennial Museum
- Published Date
- [1977?]
- Physical Description
- 38 pages : 62 illustrations, map, portraits ; 22 cm
- Subjects
- History
- History-Canada
- Peace River
- Transportation
- Abstract
- Pertains to a text outlining the period of history in which boats were interchangeably used to describe the Peace River country. Prior to 1952, boat travel had been truly integral to the Peace River country. Through the use of text and images, the publication works to tell the story of the Peace River district during a period of intense reliance on boats for transportation of people, and resources.
- Accession Number
- 3069 a
- Call Number
- 08.5 H19w
- Collection
- Archives Library
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The writing of Canadian history : aspects of English-Canadian historical writing, 1900-1970
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25080
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1976
- Author
- Berger, Carl
- Publisher
- Toronto : Oxford University Press
- Call Number
- 05.5 B35w
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- Author
- Berger, Carl
- Responsibility
- Carl Berger
- Publisher
- Toronto : Oxford University Press
- Published Date
- 1976
- Physical Description
- x, 300 pages
- Subjects
- History
- History-Canada
- Essays
- Abstract
- Pertains to how history in Canada had been studied and written about from 1900 to 1970
- Contents
- The founders of critical history: George M. Wrong and Adam Shortt -- The rise of liberty -- Frank Underhill: history as political criticism -- Harold Innis: the search for limits -- Arthur Lower and a national community -- A North American nation -- Reorientation -- Reorientation and tradition -- Donald Creighton and the artistry of history -- William Morton: the delicate balance of region and nation.
- ISBN
- 0195402804
- Accession Number
- 7883
- Call Number
- 05.5 B35w
- Collection
- Archives Library
- URL Notes
- Available online at Internet Archive
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