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Aboriginal Self-Government in Canada: Current Trends and Issues
Hylton, John H.
Book
1994
Ideas for developing Aboriginal institutions to provide social programs including for indigenous people in cities.
Canada's 1960s: The Ironies of Identity in a Rebellious Era
Palmer, Bryan D.
Book
2008
A history of social movements of the 1960s, including Canada’s student and anti-war movements, the rise of women’s liberation, labour agitation, and Quebec’s independence movement.
Connexions Annual 1994: A Sourcebook of Social and Environmental Alternatives
Diemer, Ulli (ed.)
Serial Publication (Periodical)
1994
Simultaneously a reference book and an introduction to the world of social and environmental alternatives. The bulk of the Annual is devoted to listings of grassroots groups. It also contains a series...
Dumont, Gabriel: Connexipedia Article
Article
Métis leader in what is now western Canada. (1837-1906).
I Have Lived Here Since the World Began: An Illustrated History of Canada's Native People
Ray, Arthur J.
Book
1996
Ray shows that Native culture played an important -- and largely unrecognized -- part in Canada's economic development. Rather than being "civilized" by European explorers, the indigenous people were ...
A Long and Terrible Shadow: White Values, Native Rights in the Americas 1492-1992
Berger, Thomas R.
Book
1991
Against the odds, Native peoples have waged a tenacious struggle to survive and the re-emerge as distinct cultures.
Riel, Louis: Connexipedia Article
Article
Metis leader, founder of Manitoba, central figure in the North-West rebellion. (1844-1885).

From the Connexions Archives

The Alliance, Voice of Metis and Non-Status Indians of Quebec, Vol.4, No.8-9
Periodical profile published 1978
Serial Publication (Periodical)
1978
Forgotten People/Peuple Oublie
Periodical profile published 1979
Serial Publication (Periodical)
1979
This monthly tabloid is the voice of the Native Council of Canada, an umbrella group representing non-status Indians and Metis across Canada.
Toronto Native Times
Periodical profile published 1980
Serial Publication (Periodical)
1980
Covers a wide range of Native issues.