On The Plains

Author : James William Daschuk
Publisher : University of Regina Press
Page : 345 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : History
ISBN : 9780889772960

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Clearing the Plains by James William Daschuk Pdf

In arresting, but harrowing, prose, James Daschuk examines the roles that Old World diseases, climate, and, most disturbingly, Canadian politics--the politics of ethnocide--played in the deaths and subjugation of thousands of aboriginal people in the realization of Sir John A. Macdonald's "National Dream." It was a dream that came at great expense: the present disparity in health and economic well-being between First Nations and non-Native populations, and the lingering racism and misunderstanding that permeates the national consciousness to this day. " Clearing the Plains is a tour de force that dismantles and destroys the view that Canada has a special claim to humanity in its treatment of indigenous peoples. Daschuk shows how infectious disease and state-supported starvation combined to create a creeping, relentless catastrophe that persists to the present day. The prose is gripping, the analysis is incisive, and the narrative is so chilling that it leaves its reader stunned and disturbed. For days after reading it, I was unable to shake a profound sense of sorrow. This is fearless, evidence-driven history at its finest." -Elizabeth A. Fenn, author of Pox Americana "Required reading for all Canadians." -Candace Savage, author of A Geography of Blood "Clearly written, deeply researched, and properly contextualized history...Essential reading for everyone interested in the history of indigenous North America." -J.R. McNeill, author of Mosquito Empires

Author : Amelia M. Paget,University of Regina. Canadian Plains Research Center
Publisher : University of Regina Press
Page : 124 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : History
ISBN : 0889771596

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The People of the Plains by Amelia M. Paget,University of Regina. Canadian Plains Research Center Pdf

In People of the Plains (first published in 1909), Amelia McLean Paget records her observations of the customs, beliefs, and lifestyles of the Plains Cree and Saulteaux among whom she lived.

Author : Gerald Murnane
Publisher : Text Publishing
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2017-04-03
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781925355901

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The Plains by Gerald Murnane Pdf

This is the story of the families of the plains—obsessed with their land and history, their culture and mythology—and of the man who ventured into their world. First published in 1982, The Plains is a mesmerising work of startling originality. This handsome new hardback edition is introduced by Ben Lerner, author of the internationally acclaimed novels Leaving the Atocha Station and 10:04, and a work of criticism, The Hatred of Poetry.

Author : William Thomas Hamilton
Publisher : Applewood Books
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2010-10
Category : History
ISBN : 9781429045353

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My Sixty Years on the Plains by William Thomas Hamilton Pdf

Author : Ian Frazier
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2001-05-04
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781466828889

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Great Plains by Ian Frazier Pdf

National Bestseller Most travelers only fly over the Great Plains--but Ian Frazier, ever the intrepid and wide-eyed wanderer, is not your average traveler. A hilarious and fascinating look at the great middle of our nation. With his unique blend of intrepidity, tongue-in-cheek humor, and wide-eyed wonder, Ian Frazier takes us on a journey of more than 25,000 miles up and down and across the vast and myth-inspiring Great Plains. A travelogue, a work of scholarship, and a western adventure, Great Plains takes us from the site of Sitting Bull's cabin, to an abandoned house once terrorized by Bonnie and Clyde, to the scene of the murders chronicled in Truman Capote's In Cold Blood. It is an expedition that reveals the heart of the American West.

Author : Rosanne Bittner
Publisher : Sourcebooks, Inc.
Page : 528 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2012-07-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781402267666

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Thunder on the Plains by Rosanne Bittner Pdf

With more than 7 million books in print, RT Book Reviews Career Achievement Award winning and USA Today Bestselling author Rosanne Bittner pens a historical Western romance filled with dangerous cowboys, capable heroines, and an epic love story that sweeps across the Old West. IN A LAND OF OPPORTUNITY Sunny Landers wants a big life-as big and free as the untamed land that stretches before her. Land she will help her father conquer to achieve his dream of a transcontinental railroad. She won't let a cold, creaky wagon, murderous bandits or stampeding buffalo stand in her way. She wants it all-including Colt Travis. ALL THE ODDS WERE AGAINST THEM Like the land of his birth, half Cherokee Colt Travis is wild, hard, and dangerous. He is a drifter, a wilderness scout with no land and no prospects hired by the Landers family to guide their wagon train. He knows Sunny is out of his league and her father would never approve, but beneath the endless starlit sky, anything seems possible... Praise for Bestselling Historical Western Romances by Rosanne Bittner: "A hero to set feminine hearts aflutter...western romance readers will thoroughly enjoy this." -Library Journal "Fans of such authors as Jodi Thomas and Georgina Gentry will enjoy Bittner's thrilling tale of crime and love in the Old West."-Booklist Online "One of the most powerful voices in western romance."-RT Book Reviews

Author : William F. Drannan
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 617 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2023-03-06
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9783368342258

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Thirty-One Years On the Plains and in the Mountains: Or, the Last Voice from the Plains. an Authentic Record of a Life Time of Hunting, Trapping, Scouting and Indian Fighting in the Far West by William F. Drannan Pdf

Reproduction of the original.

Author : David Goodman Mandelbaum
Publisher : University of Regina Press
Page : 428 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1979
Category : History
ISBN : 0889770131

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The Plains Cree by David Goodman Mandelbaum Pdf

Based on the author's thesis. Part I was previously published in 1940 by the American Museum of Natural History. This revised edition includes two additional comparative sections.

Author : James Oliver Curwood
Publisher : Read Books Ltd
Page : 362 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2015-07-06
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781473372320

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The Plains of Abraham by James Oliver Curwood Pdf

This early work by James Oliver Curwood was originally published in 1928 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. In “The Plains of Abraham,” Daniel "James" Bulain, son of a French habitant and of an English schoolmaster's daughter, sees his world turned upside-down as his family and the people of the neighbouring seigneurie are massacred by a war party of Mohawks. James Oliver 'Jim' Curwood was an American action-adventure writer and conservationist. He was born on 12th June, 1878, in Owosso, Michigan, USA. In 1900, Curwood sold his first story while working for the Detroit News-Tribune, and after this, his career in writing was made. By 1909 he had saved enough money to travel to the Canadian northwest, a trip that provided the inspiration for his wilderness adventure stories. The success of his novels afforded him the opportunity to return to the Yukon and Alaska for several months each year – allowing Curwood to write more than thirty such books. Curwood's adventure writing followed in the tradition of Jack London. Like London, Curwood set many of his works in the wilds of the Great Northwest and often used animals as lead characters (Kazan, Baree; Son of Kazan, The Grizzly King and Nomads of the North). Many of Curwood's adventure novels also feature romance as primary or secondary plot consideration. This approach gave his work broad commercial appeal and helped drive his appearance on several best-seller lists in the early 1920s. His most successful work was his 1920 novel, The River's End. The book sold more than 100,000 copies and was the fourth best-selling title of the year in the United States, according to Publisher's Weekly. He contributed to various literary and popular magazines throughout his career, and his bibliography includes more than 200 such articles, short stories and serializations. Curwood was an avid hunter in his youth; however, as he grew older, he became an advocate of environmentalism and was appointed to the 'Michigan Conservation Commission' in 1926. The change in his attitude toward wildlife can be best expressed by a quote he gave in The Grizzly King: that 'The greatest thrill is not to kill but to let live.' Despite this change in attitude, Curwood did not have an ultimately fruitful relationship with nature. In 1927, while on a fishing trip in Florida, Curwood was bitten on the thigh by what was believed to have been a spider and he had an immediate allergic reaction. Health problems related to the bite escalated over the next few months as an infection set in. He died soon after in his nearby home on Williams Street, on 13th August 1927. He was aged just forty-nine, and was interred in Oak Hill Cemetery (Owosso), in a family plot. Curwood's legacy lives on however, and his home of Curwood Castle is now a museum.

Author : Gary Robinson
Publisher : Native Voices Books
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2013-04-15
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781939053862

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Thunder On The Plains by Gary Robinson Pdf

It's been two years and middle-school student Danny Wind is still not over his father's death. When his mom marries a white man and they move to a new "white bread" neighborhood, Danny's life changes. The school principal considers him a troublemaker, and he has to avoid Willy, the school bully, who calls him "redskin" and "Tonto." After Danny acts out and gets suspended from school, his mom decides to send him to a summer survival camp for Native American teens. Danny is sure he is in for a boring summer on the reservation, without Internet access even. Instead, he meets other Native kids, learns to ride and care for horses, and develops a relationship with his grandfather, who teaches him the ways of their tribe. And even though life on the reservation is pretty cool, never in his craziest dreams did Danny expect to become involved in rescuing bison in Yellowstone National Park!

Author : Richard Edwards,Jacob K. Friefeld,Rebecca S. Wingo
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2017-09
Category : History
ISBN : 9781496202291

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Homesteading the Plains by Richard Edwards,Jacob K. Friefeld,Rebecca S. Wingo Pdf

"Homesteading the Plains offers a bold new look at the history of homesteading, overturning what for decades has been the orthodox scholarly view. The authors begin by noting the striking disparity between the public's perception of homesteading as a cherished part of our national narrative and most scholars' harshly negative and dismissive treatment. Homesteading the Plains reexamines old data and draws from newly available digitized records to reassess the current interpretation's four principal tenets: homesteading was a minor factor in farm formation, with most Western farmers purchasing their land; most homesteaders failed to prove up their claims; the homesteading process was rife with corruption and fraud; and homesteading caused Indian land dispossession. Using data instead of anecdotes and focusing mainly on the nineteenth century, Homesteading the Plainsdemonstrates that the first three tenets are wrong and the fourth only partially true. In short, the public's perception of homesteading is perhaps more accurate than the one scholars have constructed. Homesteading the Plainsprovides the basis for an understanding of homesteading that is startlingly different from current scholarly orthodoxy. "--

Author : Mary Emma Dartt Thompson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1879
Category : Hunting
ISBN : UCBK:C026049699

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On the Plains, and Among the Peaks by Mary Emma Dartt Thompson Pdf

Author : Alfred Silver
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 452 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0345377001

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Lord of the Plains by Alfred Silver Pdf

In the Canadian mountains of 1885, Gabriel Dumont and his wife Madelaine are leaders of the metis, the halfIndian culture of the plains. The Indians are starving and the war is rising.

Author : George Armstrong Custer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1874
Category : Generals
ISBN : BL:A0022016762

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My life on the plains or, Personal experiences with Indians by George Armstrong Custer Pdf

Author : Linda Lowery
Publisher : Lerner Publications ™
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2016-08-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781512422610

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Native Peoples of the Plains by Linda Lowery Pdf

A long time ago, before the Plains region of the United States was divided up into states such as Nebraska, Colorado, and Wyoming, this land was home to American Indians. Twenty-eight unique Indian nations built homes and gathered food in the Plains. They spoke distinct languages, set up political systems, and made art. They used the natural resources available in their region in order to thrive. • The Wichita lived in houses made of grass. From the outside, they looked like giant haystacks. • Omaha and Ponca people wore caps made from eagleskin. • Lakota men carved flutes to play songs for the girls they hoped to marry. Many American Indians still live in the Plains region. Explore the history of these various nations and find out how their culture is still alive today.