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Inv. No. 000240
Johnston, Patrick.
Native Children and the Child Welfare System
James Lorimer & Company Publishers, Toronto, 1983. 2nd Printing, Stiff Paper Wraps
23.0 cm, xxii; 150pp includes appendices, bibliography,
Very Good with No dust-jacket as issued / The interior is clean. There is some bumping and rubbing, light soiling to covers.
A quote from the dust jacket. This book presents the facts and background to the controversy over the Native child welfare....Patrick Johnston explains the jurisdictional tangle...
$ 40.00 Native, Aboriginal, Welfare, Social System
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Inv. No. 000191
MacEwan, Grant.
Portraits from the Plains
McGraw Hill, Toronto, 1971. First Edition, Cloth Covered Boards (Hardcover)
22.0 cm, 287pp,
Near Fine in a good dust jacket / The dust-jacket is rubbed and creased with chipping. The Book is in near fine condition. The dust-jacket did do the job of protecting this item.
Biographical sketches of great leaders among the aboriginals. Maski-pitoon, Tom Three Persons, and Poundmaker are but a couple included. isbn 0070929092
$ 30.00 Macewan, Allen Sapp, Almighty Voice, Tailfeathers, Crowfoot
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Inv. No. 000205
MacGregor, J. G..
Blankets and Beads A History of the Saskatchewan River
The Institute of Applied Art, Ltd, Edmonton, [1949]. First Trade Paperback Edition, Illustrated Card Covers
22.0 cm, 276pp includes index,
Very Good with No dust-jacket as issued / The interior is clean and tight. The covers show light soiling. The condition is very good to near fine.
With maps, images and tables this book tells the story of the most colourful episodes, of the past along the Saskatchewan River.
$ 45.00 Métis, Saskatchewan, Saskatchewan River, Saskatoon, Fur Trade, Native, Aboriginal
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Inv. No. 000196
Members of Indian Affairs.
The Education of Indian Children in Canada
The Ryerson Press, Toronto, 1965. First Edition, Cloth Covered Boards (Hardcover)
23.5 cm, xii, 129pp includes appendices and index,
Very Good with No dust-jacket as issued / The book shows light rubbing to the boards and corners.
Illustrated endpapers with, aboriginal, birds of prey and animals. "A symposium written by members of Indian Affairs education division, with comments by the Indian peoples." There are articles written in French. From the forward: Our hope is that it may open up vistas for researchers with the necessary resources to explore the field of education of historic interest and of growing importance to an ethnic group which has survived with remarkable resilience the vicissitudes of colonization and immigration
$ 60.00 Aboriginal, Canada, Education,
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Inv. No. 000549
Miller, J. R..
Skyscrapers Hide the Heavens A History of Indian-White Relations in Canada
University of Toronto Press, Toronto, 2001. Third Edition, Trade Paperback
23.0 cm, xv; 481pp includes notes, biblio, index,
Very Good with No dust-jacket as issued / The book show light rubbing and the corners have light bumping.
A quote from the dust jacket. …Skyscrapers Hide the Heavens is the first comprehensive account of Indian-White relations throughout Canada's history…This new edition is the result of substantial revision to incorporate current scholarship and bring the text up to date. It includes new material on the North, and reflects changes brought about by the Oka crisis, sovereignty issue, and various court decisions of the 1990's… isbn 0802081533
$ 20.00 Indian, Treaty, Red River, Métis
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Inv. No. 000298
Rev. Thomas Crosby.
Among the An-ko-me-nums or The Flathead tribe of Indians of the Pacific Coast
William Briggs, Toronto, 1907. First Edition, Illustrated Cloth Covered Boards (Hardcover)
19.5 cm, vi, 7-243pp,
Very Good with No dust-jacket / The book shows light rubbing to spine, The interior front hinge is starting and rear hinge has cracked. There is a Methodist Sunday School presentation label pasted to the fep 1907. All lettering and gold stamping in very good to near fine condition.
Frontispiece with tissue in place. Illustrated throughout with b/w plates depicting life in Indian camps, various figures in British Columbia, and various buildings. Soliday 1-661, Waters 486, Amtmann 3499
$ 800.00 Flathead, British Columbia, Vancouver Island
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Inv. No. 000206
Richard Gosse, James Young Blood Henderson, Roger Carter.
Continuing Poundmaker & Riels Quest Presentations made at a Conference on Aboriginal Peoples and Justice
Purich Publishing / The College of Law, Saskatoon, 1994. First Edition, Illustrated Paper Wraps
23.0 cm, xvi, 445pp includes chronology and index,
Very Good with No dust-jacket as issued / The book shows light rubbing to edges, with light red pen marks to front fore edge. Otherwise in very good condition clean and bright interior.
A quote from the dust jacket. This book is a compilation of the presentations made at the conference. Subjects include Aboriginal approaches to justice, the right to self-government.... isbn 1895830036
$ 45.00 Aboriginal, Saskatchewan Riel, Poundmaker, Law, Self-Government
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Inv. No. 000561
Translated by Freda Ahenakew & H. C. Wolfart.
kohkominawak otacimowiniwawa Our Grandmothers' Lives as Told in Their Own Words
Canadian Plains Research Center, Regina, 1998. Reprint, Illustrated Card Covers
23.0 cm, 408pp includes chapter notes, and references,
Near Fine with No dust-jacket as issued / The book is clean tight and bright.
A quote from the dust jacket. "The stories are presented in the original Cree, with English translations on the facing pages for easy comparison, and also in Cree syllabics." The book is a reprint in facsimile of the first edition done in 1992. isbn 0889771189
$ 45.00 First Nation, Cree, Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation, Grandmothers, Lives in the Bush
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Inv. No. 000505
Volume Editor: Christian Thompson.
Saskatchewan First Nations Lives Past and Present
Canadian Plains Research Center, Regina, 2004. First Edition, Illustrated Card Covers
24.5 cm, xxiv, 151pp includes sources and other reading,
Near Fine with No dust-jacket as issued / The book is near fine clean and bright.
A quote from the dust jacket. In this volume are more than 125 biographies, which together demonstrate the diversity and depth of Saskatchewan's First Nations community and the contribution of First Nations people of the province. People included include, Doug Cuthand, Morley Watson, Laura Big Eagle, Peter Lethbridge ... isbn 0889771618
$ 30.00 Aboriginal, First Nations, Saskatchewan,
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Inv. No. 000171
Kehoe, Alice B..
Hunters of the Buried Years A prehistory of the Prairie Provinces
For Don Watts best regards Alice Kehoe. Ralph D. Carson,
School Aids & Text Book Publishing Co. Ltd., Regina, nd. First Edition, Illustrated Cloth Covered Boards (Hardcover)
18.5 cm, 94pp includes epilogue,
Near Fine with No dust-jacket / The book has light rubbing to corners, otherwise near fine. There is an annotation by the author on front free end paper. The book is clean and tight.
This book describes in line drawings, illustrations and photographs, the pre-history of the peoples of Western Canada.
$ 25.00 Western Canada, Prairies, Kehoe, Hunters, Pottery,
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Inv. No. 000316
MacDougall, J. R..
Two Thousand Miles of Gold from Val d'Or to Yellowknife
McClelland & Stewart, Limited, Toronto, (1946). First Edition, Cloth Covered Boards (Hardcover)
22.0 cm, xvi, 234pp includes index,
Very Good in a very good dust jacket / The jacket, has a couple of open and closed tears to the edges with light soiling to rear panel. Internally clean and bright. Overall this item shows very good to near fine in condition.
Illustrated throughout with b/w plates of miners, mining camps and machinery. This is a history of the gold mines in the Canadian Shield to the gold rush in Yellowknife.
$ 45.00 Gold Mining Canada, Gold, Yellowknife, Canadian Shield
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Inv. No. 000312
Snyder, Roy G..
Fifty Years of Artificial Insemination in Canada 1934 - 1984
The Canadian Association of Animal Breeders, Canada, 1984. First Edition, Trade Paperback
23.0 cm, 337pp,
Very Good with No dust-jacket as issued / Their is some light soiling, along with rubbing to edges and spine. There are small chips to bottom of spine. The interior is clean, bright and tight.
"I am very pleased that this history if Artificial Insemination in Canada has now been completed and put into print, to serve as a permanent record of the role that this technique has played, to date, in livestock improvement here in Canada."R. J. McDonald
$ 120.00 Insemination, Breeder, Artificial Insemination, Animal Breeders
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Inv. No. 000542
Eric J. Holmgren and Patricia M. Holmgren.
Over 2000 Place Names of Alberta
Western Producer Book Service, Saskatoon, 1973. 2nd Edition, Hard Cover
23.5 cm, 240pp,
Very Good in a very good dust jacket / The dust-jacket has small chips to top of spine and back panel. The book itself is in very good clean, tight and unmarked condition.
The map endpapers show Alberta and have guides to find the place names in the book, The errata slip is still intact. This is a list of town and Mountains in Alberta with their elevations indicated. isbn 0919306373
$ 65.00 Mountains, Alberta, Place Names,
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Inv. No. 000253
Bowen, Lynne.
Three Dollar Dreams
Oolichan Books, Lantzville, 1987. First Edition, Hard Cover
23.5 cm, 408pp includes sources consulted and index,
Very Good in a very good dust jacket / Light rubbing and closed tear to front cover of dust-jacket. The interior is clean and tight. Overall a very nice copy.
Signed and inscribed by Frank Ney, former Mayor of Nanaimo and the Lynne Bowen(author). "Between 1848 and 1900, every coal miner who came to Vancouver Island had a dream. For some it was just to find a better life; for others it was to become rich and powerful." Illustrated throughout , this is their story of their fight for the rights and safe working conditions. isbn 0889820651
$ 80.00 Frank Ney, Vancouver Island, Coal, Coal Miners, Struggle
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Inv. No. 000802
Aberson, Jane L..
From the Prairies with Hope
Canadian Plains Research Center, Regina, 1991. First Edition, Illustrated Card Covers
23.0 cm, xxxiv, 177pp,
Near Fine with No dust-jacket as issued / The book is clean bright and tight.
Jane Aberson's columns from 1929 to 1936 for the Dutch weekly, Het Nieuwsblad van het Nooden and edited by Robert E. VanderVennen present a life in Canada during the dirty thirties which were published in the Netherlands. isbn 0889770646
$ 25.00 Dutch, Manitoba, Canada, Immigrant, Netherland
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Inv. No. 000116
Henderson Publisher.
Henderson's Brandon Directory 1951
Henderson Directories Limited, Brandon, 1951. unknown Edition Volume xxv, Illustrated Cloth Covered Boards (Hardcover)
23.5 cm, unpaginated [22a] in signatures,
Very Good with No dust-jacket / The book shows rubbing and light bumping top corners. The spine ends are bumped. There are a few names underlined in pencil. Overall a very good book.
The covers are illustrated with local merchant advertisements. The directory lists various business in Brandon and also the householders in alphabetical order. The list contains the complete street addresses of the businesses and local householder.
$ 75.00 Henderson Directory, Brandon, Manitoba
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Inv. No. 000254
Manitoba Telelphone System.
Manitoba Calling
Manitoba Telephone System, Winnipeg, 1947. unknown Edition, Cloth Covered Boards (Hardcover)
24.0 cm, 12 pp sections with 18pp per section,
Very Good with No dust-jacket as issued / There is rubbing and soiling to the boards. Otherwise in very good condition
This is a bound copy of the Manitoba Calling booklet for the year 1947. It is illustrated with colour and b/w images.
$ 40.00 Manitoba, MacVicar, Fur Trade, Indian Wars
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Inv. No. 000207
McKenzie, Tully.
It's Time to Remember: 1874-1974
Tremaine Activity Group, Tremaine, Manitoba, [1975]. First Edition, Cloth Covered Boards (Hardcover)
25.0 cm, 429pp,
Very Good with No dust-jacket as issued / The book is in very good condition, with slightly warped boards.
Interspersed with maps, and reproduced photographs, this is a history of an area in Manitoba, South and West of Minnedosa. The area includes the Tremaine-Hunterville District.
$ 40.00 Tremaine, Hunterville, Minnedosa, Sioux, Cree, Salteaux,
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Inv. No. 000528
Paterson, Edith.
Tales of Early Manitoba From the Winnipeg Free Press
Winnipeg Free Press, Winnipeg, 1970. First Edition, Illustrated Card Covers
20.0 cm, 136pp,
Very Good with No dust-jacket as issued / The book has light sunning to spine and the corners are bumped. The interior is browning pages are still supple.
The buffalo vanished like melting snow. Various stories based on early pioneers recollections.
$ 20.00 Pioneers, Manitoba, Métis, Buffalo,
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Inv. No. 000202
Reekie, Isabel M..
Along the Old Melita Trail
Modern Press, Saskatoon, 1965. First Edition, Cloth Covered Boards (Hardcover)
22.0 cm, 218pp,
Very Good in a near fine dust jacket / With light rubbing to bottom p of boards this item is in very good to near fine condition.
A local history of Melita, Manitoba and surrounding area interspersed with reproduced photographs.
$ 60.00 Melita, Settlers, Trail, Manitoba,
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Inv. No. 000531
The Manitoba Library Association.
Pioneers and Early Citizens of Manitoba A Dictionary of Manitoba Biography From the Earliest Times to 1920
Peguis Publishers, Winnipeg, 1971. First Edition, Hard Cover
23.0 cm, 268pp includes bibliography,
Very Good in a very good dust jacket / The book and jacket are very good to near fine in condition. The jacket shows light sunning and the text block is clean and tight.
A comprehensive biographical source of Manitoba early pioneers. isbn 0919566014
$ 60.00 Biography, Manitoba, Pioneers, Red River, Hudson Bay, Winnipeg
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Inv. No. 000113
Valerie Hedman, Loretta Youk, Joyce Henderson.
Flin Flon
Flin Flon Historical Society, Flin Flon, 1974. First Edition, Illustrated Cloth Covered Boards (Hardcover)
22.5 cm, 385pp,
Very Good with No dust-jacket / The book has bumped spine ends and light rubbing on corners. There is an inscription from previous owner on ffep. The interior is bright and clean.
Illustrated throughout with maps and photographs complimenting the Flin Flon Historical record. Flin Flon a mining centre in Western Canada.
$ 110.00 Flin Flon, Mining, Manitoba
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Inv. No. 000770
Various.
Our 1 - 6 Heritage A History of the School Districts of Deer Creek - Lindal - Elk Creek - Diamond
One Six History Book Committee, Morden, Manitoba, 1976. First Edition, Illustrated Cloth Covered Boards (Hardcover)
23.5 cm, 407pp,
Very Good with No dust-jacket / Light rubbing and bumping to spine tips. The boards have a slight warp. The interior is clean.
A story of settlers from Scandinavian countries, Austria and Germany, in the early 1900's. Illustrated throughout with b/w images and endpaper maps.
$ 145.00 History, Canada, Norwegian, Austria, Germany Manitoba, One-Six,
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Inv. No. 000805
Aldous, Dave.
Barns in Saskatchewan
Dave Aldous, Saskatoon, 1995. 2nd Edition, Illustrated Card Covers
21.0 cm, 107pp,
Near Fine with No dust-jacket as issued / The book shows light rubbing to edges. The interior is clean, bright and tight.
Describes various barns, their construction and uses in Saskatchewan. isbn 0969961707
$ 25.00 Barns, Horses, Cows, Round Barns, Barns,
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Inv. No. 000835
Anderson, Eldon.
Struggle and Splendor An illustrated account of creative achievements on the great Canadian Plains.
Panorama Publications, Regina, 1996. First Edition, Illustrated Card Covers
21.5 cm, 120pp,
Near Fine with No dust-jacket as issued / The book is clean, bright and tight.
Illustrated in b/w and colour images by Eldon Anderson. isbn 0968113508
$ 35.00 Saskatchewan, Dust Storms, Prairies,
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