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The Indian Association of Alberta : a history of political action
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue13554
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2002
- Author
- Meijer-Drees, Laurie
- Publisher
- Vancouver : UBC Press
- Call Number
- 07.2 M47i
- Author
- Meijer-Drees, Laurie
- Publisher
- Vancouver : UBC Press
- Published Date
- 2002
- Physical Description
- xxiii, 246 p. : ill., map, ports
- Subjects
- Canada. Indian Affairs Branch
- Cardinal, Harold
- Ethnic groups
- Government
- Laurie, John
- Politics
- Snow, John, Chief
- Stoney Indians
- Treaties
- Notes
- Includes discussion of the IAA and the "Red Paper" response to the 1969 "White Paper" tabled by the Liberal government. Also includes: Comparing political thought of John Calllihoo and John Tootootnis; Indian Association of Alberta executive members 1939-71; Supervisors of local Department of Indian Affairs, 1939-69; Indian Affairs administration, 1939-68; Alberta Reserve land surrenders. and of the Wesley band legal challenge for hunting rights for the Stoney supported by Norman Luxton (p.49)
- ISBN
- 0774808764
- Accession Number
- 40500 08-02-01
- Call Number
- 07.2 M47i
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Mountaineering : the freedom of the hills
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue19829
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1960
- Author
- The Mountaineers, Seattle
- Publisher
- Seattle : The Mountaineers
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Call Number
- 01 M86 1963
- Author
- The Mountaineers, Seattle
- Responsibility
- planned by the Climbing Committee of the Mountaineers
- Harvey Manning, chairman of editors
- editorial committee: John R. Hazle and others
- illus: Donna Balch Cook and Robert Cram
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Publisher
- Seattle : The Mountaineers
- Published Date
- 1960
- Physical Description
- x, 430p. : ill
- Subjects
- Mountaineering
- Manuals
- Equipment
- Camping
- Travel
- Rock climbing
- Snow
- Ice
- Ice climbing
- First aid
- Geology
- Abstract
- Pertains to how to safely mountaineer with a focus on North America as per the Mountaineers Climbing Committee
- Contents
- Preface
- Part One - Approaching the Peaks
- Equipment
- Camping and Sleeping
- Alpine Cuisine
- Wilderness Travel
- Navigation in the Hills
- Part Two - Rock Climbing
- Routefinding on Rock
- Balance
- Counterforce
- Roped Climbing
- Belaying
- Pitoncraft and Rappels
- Part Three - Snow and Ice Climbing
- Snow
- Ice
- Glaciers
- Arrests and Belays
- Part Four - Safe Climbing
- The Climbing Party and its Leadership
- Climbing Dangers
- First Aid
- Alpine Rescue
- Part Five - The Climbing Environment
- Mountain Geology
- The Cycle of Snow
- Mountain Weather
- Appendix - Food Requirements for Climbers
- ISBN
- 0916890015
- Accession Number
- 2019.43
- Call Number
- 01 M86 1963
- Collection
- Archives Library
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On thin ice: winter sports and climate change
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue14480
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2009
- Author
- Bruce, Ian
- Publisher
- David Suzuki Foundation
- Call Number
- 04 B83o Pam
- Author
- Bruce, Ian
- Publisher
- David Suzuki Foundation
- Published Date
- 2009
- Physical Description
- 53 pages and illustrations
- Subjects
- Climate
- Environment
- Snow
- Sports
- Notes
- Includes bibliographical references - effect of warming temperatures on snow, snow pack, and glaciers across Canada - 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics and athlete activism
- Call Number
- 04 B83o Pam
- Collection
- Archives Library
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