First Nations/Indian/Inuit from Reading Rat

Montreal: McGill-Queens University press, 1996. First edition. Tradepaper. VG+. 418 p. incl. notes, bibliography and index. VG+ Tradepaper. Part of the McGill-Queens Native and Northern series. Testimony from over 100 elders from the 5 First Nations involved in Treaty 7. With input from Walter Hildebrandt, Sarah Carter and Dorothy First Rider.

Winnipeg: Pemmican Publications, 1982. Apparent First. Staplebound. VG. Carol Kemp. 28 p booklet; VG. B& W illustrations. Set in the early 1800s, it describes a Firtst Nations child and his family taking part in the Sun Dance. Originally commissioned by Frontier School Division.

Brandon MB: Art Gallery of Southwestern Manitoba, 2008. First edition. Paperback. vVery Good +. Small paperbavk unpaginated . VG+ condition. An exploration of indigenous women artists, including a fireword by Jennifer Woodbury, essays by Jenny Western and Leah Fontaine, artist bios and colour plates of selected works. Artists are Hannah Claus, Rosalie Favell,… Read more about this item

Surrey BC: Hancock House Publishing, 2008. Second printing. Paperback. Very Good +. 80 p. digest size pb; VG+ condition; twenty-three legends from West Coast First Nations. Recommended for children although the vocabulary seems more accessible for jr. high reading levels.

Don Mills ON: Longmans, 1965. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good +. 63 p. small HC; no DJ; illustrated with charcoal sketches by the author; a classic story of Arctic life. Very nice clean condition, no marks, NOT ex-lib. Unfortunately it no longer has its DJ.

Toronto: Key Porter Books Limited, 1988. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 250 p. incl. glossary and appendix of the boys and girls who attended the school. "The humorous, bittersweet autobiography of Basil Johnston, a native Ojibway, who was taken from his family at age 10 and placed in a 'residential' school in northern Ontario." 8vo -… Read more about this item

USA: University of Nebraska Press Bison Books, 1982. First edition thus. Paperback. Very Good- . 234 p.; First Bison Books printing May 1982; reprint of original 1901 publication. George Bird Grinnell was an important figure in the history, anthropology and paleontology of the American west. In this book he collected stories from a number of different American… Read more about this item

Winnipeg: Pemmican Pubns, 1985. First edition. Paperback. Robert Kakaygeesick Jr.. 64 p.; small paperback, illustrated with finely detailed B & W drawings. Condition is Good+; some wear, prev. owner's name on title page blacked out. The story of the deliberate destruction of the buffalo and the First Nations/Metis culture that depended on them is told through the… Read more about this item

Humboldt SK: Gopher Books, 1999. First edition. Staplebound tape reinforced. Very Good +. Small 72 page soft cover with photography of Almighty Voice on buff card cover. An account of the life and tragic death of Almighty Voice, using published materials and family memories from his granddaughter Violet Gamble. Illustrated with B & W photos of… Read more about this item

Toronto: Macmillan, 1970. Apparent First. Hardcover. Very Good- /very good -. Jonathan Jenness. 116 p. (approx;; large format HC, ex-library, DJ in protective plastic cover. Aylette Jenness spent a year in the small Alaskan village she calls Makumiut and describes, in loving detail, the people and their way of life. Illustrated with many B & W photographs taken… Read more about this item

Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1973. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Merle Smith. 96 p.; small HC with orange cloth-covered pictorial boards. VG overall condition, some bumping of lower corners, no interior marks. A short summary history of early civilizations of N. America, incl. b & w illustrations. Includes list of references for further reading. Dated but a useful… Read more about this item

Toronto: Chimo Publishing, 1977. First edition. Paperback. Very Good. Allen Angeconeb. 78 p., softcover, VG condition. Slight edgewear, bottom corner bumped, small sticker pull on spine. Interior clean, binding solid. This is the first collection of poems and short stories by Ojibway poet/author George Kenny.

Lincoln, Nebraska, U.S.A.: Univ of Nebraska Pr/Bison Books, 1982. First Thus. Trade Paperback. Very Good -/No Jacket. 233 p. incl. bibliography, notes, index. First Bison Books paperback edition; orig. pub. 1975. VG-; clean, unmarked copy, back cover has diagonal crease along lower corner. "This study seeks to explain how one group of Native American, the Oglala Sioux, has… Read more about this item

Toronto: McClelland and Stewart Ltd, 1973. Not Stated. Hard Cover. Very Good+/Very Good. 270 p.; edition not stated but likely first; VG+/VG; book is very nice, clean, square, just a touch of wear at corners. DJ not price clipped, slightly faded at folds, slightly bumped, 1 inch split along spine, tape residue on bottom edge at spine area.… Read more about this item

Stoddart, 2001. Hard Cover. As New/As New. 267p. incl index. Ipperwash is located in Ontario near Sarnia. Protesting Ipperwash Natives were marched upon by the OPP resulting in the death of Anthony (Dudley) George at the hands of a sub-machine gun wielding OPP officer. The Premier of the day Mike Harris had a hand in… Read more about this item

New York: American Museum of Natural History, 1952. Not Stated. Saddle Stitched. Very Good -/No Jacket. L. A. Williams. 64 p.; Science Guide No. 136, Man and Nature Publications of the American Museum of Natural History; cover is scuffed and somewhat smudged, splitting along back fold. Stapled edge has been reinforced with archival tape. Interior clean and unmarked.… Read more about this item