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When Native and Métis unrest escalated into the Northwest Rebellion of 1885, settlers in southern Alberta's cattle country were terrified.

The blossoming of Métis society and culture in the 19th century marked a fascinating and colourful era in western Canadian history.

Robert James Challenger uses the form of parables to teach children important values.

When June Cameron and Paul Holsinger set out in 1983 in Paul's ancient 26-foot wooden sloop, Wood Duck, to cross the perilous Hecate Strait and explore the weather-beaten west coast of the Queen Ch

George Littlechild: The Spirit Giggles Within is a stunning retrospective of a career that has spanned nearly four decades.

These inspiring true stories illuminate the courage and wisdom of five 19th-century Native leaders and famous Métis who fought against impossible odds to preserve the culture and rights of their pe

The Legend of the Buffalo Stone is based on the history of the Blackfoot people—specifically their dependence on the buffalo and how they hunted the great animals on foot before horses were brought

Omakayas and her family live on the land her people call the Island of the Golden-Breasted Woodpecker.

Native American Black Elk is known to millions from the book Black Elk Speaks. Yet the man himself faded from view, even though he witnessed momentous events in the American West.

A controversial figure in his day, Black Hawk was the leader of the Sauk American Indian tribe in the early 1800s.

The legacy of residential schools has haunted Canadians, yet little is known about the day and public schools where most Indigenous children were sent to be educated.

Indigenous peoples around the world are seeking greater control over tangible and intangible cultural heritage.

Despite centuries of sustained attacks against their collective existence, Indigenous peoples represent over 5,000 languages and cultures in more than 70 nations on six continents.

In 1999 the Nisga’a First Nation in northwestern British Columbia signed a landmark agreement which not only settled their land claim but outlined significant powers that could be exercised by its

Aboriginal people want an education that reflects their cultural values and linguistic heritages, an education that will foster their children’s engagement and identity and not marginalize them as