THE WESTERN CREE (Pakisimotan Wi Iniwak) MASKI PITON'S BAND (Maskepetoon, Broken Arm) of PLAINS CREE Volume 2 - Post 1860, Appendicies


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A continuation of the Maski Piton Band history Volume 1, from 1860-1890, with appendicies including organizational and political flow charts, Chieftainships, Kinship, Band population tables, Band membership lists, Social character- istics, range, Cree Forager Culture, butchering techniques, Seasonal band locations/distribution




Metis Legacy


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Focuses on the Métis in Canada but also includes some articles and annotated references on the Métis in the United States.




From Rupert's Land to Canada


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Dr. John E. Foster spent many years researching and interpreting the Metis, continually re-examining his own thinking about the fur trade and the West, trying to find new lines of inquiry across disciplinary boundaries, and, playing with ideas that re-imagined the Canadian West. In From Rupert's Land to Canada, in tribute to John's work, his friends and colleagues further explore themes related to "Native History and the Fur Trade," "Metis History," and the "Imagined West". Contributors include Michael Payne, Nicole St-Onge, Jan Grabowski, Jennifer Brown, Heather Rollason, Frits Pannekoek, Heather Devine, Gerhard Ens, Gerry Friesen, Ted Binnema, Ian MacLaren, Rod Macleod, Tom Flanagan and Glen Campbell.




First People, First Voices


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Speeches, letters, diaries, journals, petitions, prayers, songs, poems, drama and stories covering Indian writing and oratory in Canada from the 1630s to the 1980s. Generally arranged chronologically, also provides the Indian view of Canadian history.







The Battle of Seven Oaks


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The Western Cree (Pakisimotan Wi Iniwak) - Warfare on the Northwest Plains


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A look at Indian warfare on the Northern Plains since 1600 and the role of the Cree and Assiniboine Indians. Descriptions of the little-known Cree/Assiniboine Warrior Societies and regalia. A comprehensive documenting of battles and casualties for the northern plains tribes. 180pages, numerous photos and illustrations.




The Western Cree (Pakisimotan Wi Iniwak) - Ethnography -


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The most comprehensive compilation of ethnography of the Western Cree. 374 pages. Tribal/Band Structure, membership, burial practices, marriagepatterns, warfare, tipis, cosmology/spirits, naming practices, dress, bows, disease, mortality & starvation, transportation, etc.