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Biographies of the great chiefs Sitting Bull, Chief Joseph, Quanah Parker, Red Cloud, Sequoyah, and Louis Riel. Vol.

From Many, One looks at the educational policies and practices of the presidency of Plutarco Elías Calles in post-revolutionary Mexico.

Originally published in 1837 in Europe in German, French, and Slovenian editions, Baraga’s Short History of the North American Indians is the personal, first-hand account of a Catholic missionary i

The pace of technological, social, and environmental change in Canada's Arctic has profound effects on resource management and policy decisions.

Writing Geographical Exploration: Thomas James and the Northwest Passage, 1631-33 summarizes the various factors that influence the writing and interpretation of exploration narratives, demonstrati

Words and images interact with each other in art and everyday life and do so in many different ways.

A fascinating examination of the international politics, pressures and personalities behind one of the most controversial decisions in Canadian history, the mothballing of the incredibly sophistica

Food is in the eye of the beholder. This book assembles an amazing and often stomach-turning array of things people put in their mouths.

Don't like the weather; just wait five minutes.

The traditional mythology of the West is dominated by male images: the fur trader, the Mountie, the missionary, the miner, the cowboy, the politician, the Chief.

Looking back over the past half century, Jaques recounts the tumultuous history of the Alberta farm organization Unifarm.

Trudeau appeared to enjoy the encounter.

Alberta’s ranching heritage occupies an important place in the province’s historical consciousness.

"It is my hope, and the hope of the Office of the Treaty Commissioner, that this publication can help provide the historical context needed to intelligently and respectfully forge new relations bet

During a time of two world wars and a sluggish world economy, many Northern Europeans left their homelands to build the American and Canadian West with dreams of abundance and new life.