The Eighteenth-Century Wyandot

By John L. Steckley
Subjects: History, Canadian History, Indigenous Studies
Series: Indigenous Studies

The Wyandot were born of two Wendat peoples encountered by the French in the first half of the seventeenth century—the otherwise named Petun and Huron—and their history is fragmented by their dispersal ...

Literary Land Claims

By Margery Fee
Subjects: Indigenous Studies, Literary Criticism, Canadian Literature
Series: Indigenous Studies

Literature not only represents Canada as “our home and native land” but has been used as evidence of the civilization needed to claim and rule that land. Indigenous people have long been represented ...

Reverse Shots

Edited by Wendy Gay Pearson & Susan Knabe
Subjects: Cultural Studies, Film & Media, Indigenous Studies
Series: Film and Media Studies

From the dawn of cinema, images of Indigenous peoples have been dominated by Hollywood stereotypes and often negative depictions from elsewhere around the world. With the advent of digital technologies, ...

Indigenous Poetics in Canada

Edited by Neal McLeod
Subjects: Indigenous Studies, Literary Criticism, Canadian Literature, Poetry
Series: Indigenous Studies

Indigenous Poetics in Canada broadens the way in which Indigenous poetry is examined, studied, and discussed in Canada. Breaking from the parameters of traditional English literature studies, this volume ...

Bridging Two Peoples

By Allan Sherwin
Subjects: Medical, History Of Medicine, History, Canadian History, Indigenous Studies
Series: Indigenous Studies

Bridging Two Peoples tells the story of Dr. Peter E. Jones, who in 1866 became one of the first status Indians to obtain a medical doctor degree from a Canadian university. He returned to his southern ...

Aboriginal Peoples in Canadian Cities

Edited by Heather A. Howard & Craig Proulx
Subjects: Social Science, Urban Studies, Indigenous Studies
Series: Indigenous Studies

Since the 1970s, Aboriginal people have been more likely to live in Canadian cities than on reserves or in rural areas. Aboriginal rural-to-urban migration and the development of urban Aboriginal communities ...

Music Traditions, Cultures, and Contexts

Edited by Robin Elliott & Gordon E. Smith
Subjects: Indigenous Studies, Ethnography, Music

Music Traditions, Cultures, and Contexts is a tribute to the ethnomusicologist Beverley Diamond in recognition of her outstanding scholarly accomplishments. The volume includes essays by leading ethnomusicologists ...

Troubling Tricksters

Edited by Deanna Reder & Linda M. Morra
Subjects: Cultural Studies, Literary Criticism, Indigenous Studies
Series: Indigenous Studies

Troubling Tricksters is a collection of theoretical essays, creative pieces, and critical ruminations that provides a re-visioning of trickster criticism in light of recent backlash against it. The complaints ...

Canada and the Métis, 1869-1885

By D.N. Sprague
Foreword by Thomas R. Berger
Subjects: History, Canadian History, Indigenous Studies

“In this book, Professor D. N. Sprague tells why the Métis did not receive the land that was supposed to be theirs under the Manitoba Act. ... Sprague offers many examples of the methods used, such ...

The Long Journey of a Forgotten People

Edited by Ute Lischke & David T. McNab
Subjects: History, Canadian History, Indigenous Studies
Series: Indigenous Studies

Known as “Canada’s forgotten people,” the Métis have long been here, but until 1982 they lacked the legal status of Native people. At that point, however, the Métis were recognized in the constitution ...