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The Present State of Hudson's Bay ...

E-Books
Author/Creator
Edward Umfreville
"Containing a full description of that settlement, and the adjacent country; and likewise of the Fur Trade, with hints for its improvement, &c. &c. to which are added, remarks and observations made in the inland parts, during a residence of near four years; a specimen of five Indian languages; and a journal of a journey from Montreal to New York."
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A Primitive Clearing House

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
William Christie MacLeod
The American Economic Review, vol. 15, no. 3, September 1925, pp. 453-456
An explanation of the Kwakiutl potlatch as cultural commerce and how items are exchanged.
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Prince Max Meets the Mandan: The Story of How a German Prince and a Swiss Artist Saved the Cultural Heritage of the Mandan Indians

Alternate Title
Native American Symposium ; 7th, 2007
Sixty-Seven Nations and Counting: Proceedings of the Seventh Native American Symposium
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Shirley Frey
Reviews the ethnological expedition of Prince Maximilian of Wied, and artist Karl Bodmer, and discusses how both men were crucial to preserving the Mandan tribe’s history, culture, and customs.
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Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre

Web Sites » Governmental
Author/Creator
Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre
Centre located in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories features Aboriginal and European history in the North. Includes links to online exhibits, searchable databases (archives, place names, more than 9000 photos, sound), and resources for researchers and teachers.
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Princess Pocahontas, Rebecca Rolfe (1595-1617)

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Donald K. Sharpes
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 19, no. 4, 1995, pp. 231-239

Relays the true story of Pocahontas who saved the life of John Smith, leader of the first American settlement in Jamestown, but unlike the Disney version, she did not fall in love with him or marry him.

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Prior to the Negotiations

Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Louis Rain
Richard Lightning
Richard Price
Indian History Film Project
An overall summary of Treaty #6, the hows and whys of the difference in interpretation between Indian and non-Indian, based on field interviews and historical documents.
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Pritchard Articles

Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Indian History Film Project
Text from various [newspaper?] articles. Includes bibliography and notes.
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Pritchard Articles 2

Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Indian History Film Project
File consists of text from various newspaper articles.
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Promise: Bozeman's Trail to Destiny

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Philippina Halstead
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 18, no. 2, Traditional Wisdom Our Strength, Winter, 2006
Book review of: Promise: Bozeman's Trail to Destiny by Serle L. Chapman.
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Property Rights, Standards of Living, and Economic

Growth: Western Canadian Cree

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Ann Carlos
Frank Lewis
Examines how the structure of native institutions and property rights provided a relatively high standard of living in the mid eighteenth century and for part of the nineteenth, then was unable to experience modern rates of economic growth and provide avenues for further development.
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The Psychological Impact of White Settlement on Aboriginal People

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Pat O'Shane
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 19, no. 3, May/June 1995, pp. 24-29
Paper given at the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists 30th Congress held in Cairns, Queensland, May 1994. Discusses the issue of dispossession,
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The Quebec Fur-Traders and Western Policy, 1763-1774

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Marjorie G. Reid
Canadian Historical Review, vol. 6, no. 1, March 1925, pp. 15-32
Looks at the relationship between three groups of traders and their influence on British policy in the Mississippi Valley.
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The Queen's People: Ethnography or Appropriation?

Alternate Title
Review Essays: The Queen's People: Ethnography or Appropriation?
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Wendy Wickwire
Michael M'Gonigle
Native Studies Review , vol. 7, no. 2, 1991, pp. 97-113
Book review of: The Queen's People, A Study of Hegemony, Coercion, and Accommodation Among the Okanagan of Canadaby Peter Carstens.
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Quelques Particularités du Pays des Hurons en la Nouvelle France Remarquées par le Sieur Gendron, Docteur en Médecine, Qui a Demeuré dans ce Pays fort-là Long-temps

E-Books
Author/Creator
[François] Gendron
"Extract of the world or general description of its four parts…/by Pierre Davity, Paris: Denys Bechet and Louis Billaine, 1660, vol. 3, and 4, p. 201-206. “Completed To print with Albany, N.Y., by J. Munsel, this August 25, 1868”.
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Quinze Ans sous le Cercle Polaire -- Mackenzie, Anderson, Youkon. - 1889.

E-Books
Author/Creator
Emile Petitot
This book describes Petitot's explorations of the Mackenzie and Anderson Rivers and the western branch of the Yukon River. It also provides an account of Petitot's travels to the various forts such as Fort MacPerson and his encounters with protestant missionaries who tried to dissuade him from preaching in their territory.

Historical note:

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Race and the Intimate in Arctic Exploration

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Gísli Pálsson
Ethnos, vol. 69, no. 3, September 2004, pp. 363-386
Looks at exploration by anthropologist Vilhjalmur Stefansson, his fieldwork, and relationships with Inuit during the early twentieth century.
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Rampart House

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Author/Creator
Yukon Tourism and Culture

Historic site located near the mouth of Boundary Creek (Shanàghan K’òhnjik) and right next to the boundary between the United States and Canada.

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Rationalizing Epidemics: Meaning and Uses of American Indian Mortality since 1600

Alternate Title
Evolving Disparities: Native American Versus National Disease Response Rates and Their Explanatory Models
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Joan Weibel-Orlando
Current Anthropology, vol. 47, no. 4, August 2006, pp. 699-700
Book review of: Rationalizing Epidemics: Meaning and Uses of American Indian Mortality since 1600 by David S. Jones.
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Re-representing Indigeneity: Approaches to History in Some Recent New Zealand and Australian Films

Alternate Title
New Zealand Cinema: Interpreting the Past
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Janet Wilson
Discusses six films: The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith, Rabbit Proof Fence, Once Were Warriors, Whale Rider, Ten Canoes and The Feathers of Peace. Chapter in book: New Zealand Cinema: Interpreting the Past edited by Alistair Fox, Hilary Radner and Barry Keith.
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Reading Beyond Words: Contexts For Native History

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Roger Carpenter
American Review of Canadian Studies, vol. 35, no. 4, Winter, 2005, pp. 754-756
Book review of: Reading Beyond Words: Contexts for Native History edited by Jennifer S. H. Brown and Elizabeth Vibert.
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Reading "the Indies": Transnational Ventures in Early American Literature

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Brian Yothers
Early American Literature, vol. 47, no. 3, 2012, pp. 685-698
Book reviews of 4 books: Oriental Shadows: The Presence of the East in Early American Literature by Jim Egan. So Great a Proffit: How the East Indies Trade Transformed Anglo-American Capitalism by James R. Fichter. Empires and Indigenes: Intercultural Alliance, Imperial Expansion, and Warfare in the Early Modern World edited by Wayne E. Lee. The Inner Life of Empires: An Eighteenth-Century History by Emma Rothschild.
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