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Claiming Anishinaabe: decolonizing the human spirit
Par Lynn Gehl. 2017
Denied her Indigenous status, Lynn Gehl has been fighting her entire life to reclaim mino-pimadiziwin--the good life. Exploring Anishinaabeg philosophy…
and Anishinaabeg conceptions of truth, Gehl shows how she came to locate her spirit and decolonize her identity, thereby becoming, in her words, "fully human." Gehl also provides a harsh critique of Canada and takes on important anti-colonial battles, including the land claims process and sex discrimination in the Indian Act. 2017.Children of the broken treaty: Canada's lost promise and one girl's dream
Par Charlie Angus. 2015
Exposes a system of apartheid in Canada that led to the largest youth-driven human rights movement in the country's history.…
The movement was inspired by Shannen Koostachin, a young Cree woman George Stroumboulopoulos named as one of "five teenage girls in history who kicked ass." All Shannen wanted was a decent education. She found an ally in Charlie Angus, who had no idea she was going to change his life and inspire others to change the country. Based on extensive documentation assembled from Freedom of Information requests, Angus establishes a dark, unbroken line that extends from the policies of John A. Macdonald to the government of today. He provides chilling insight into how Canada - through breaches of treaties, broken promises, and callous neglect - deliberately denied First Nations children their basic human rights. 2015.Conflict in Caledonia: Aboriginal land rights and the rule of law (Law and society series,)
Par Laura DeVries. 2011
February 2006. First Nations protesters blocked workers from entering a housing development in southern Ontario, their protest highlighting the issue…
of land rights and sparking a series of ongoing events known as the “Caledonia Crisis.” This account of the dispute links the actions of police, officials, and locals to non-Aboriginal discourses about law, landscape, and identity. DeVries encourages non-Aboriginal Canadians to reconsider their assumptions. 2011.Cairns, through the study of the historical record, discusses the desired relation of Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal peoples to each other…
in Canada. He considers the differences between the assimilationist assumptions of the imperial era and the more recent attempts at nation-to-nation negotiations supported by the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples, and contemplates whether either of these approaches can lead to an outcome that will satisfy both sides. 2000.Bitter embrace: white society's assault on the Woodland Cree
Par Maggie Siggins. 2005
For over 200 years, the Cree community of Pelican Narrows has endured a torturous relationship with encroaching European culture, from…
the Hudson Bay factors and missionaries of earlier times to the bureaucrats and police of today. Author Siggins gives us the human face behind the newspaper headlines of Native issues, after years of research on a community she has known most of her life. 2005.Chariots of the gods?: unsolved mysteries of the past
Par Michael Heron, Erich Von Daniken. 1972
The author argues that the gods of the dim past have left traces which we can read and decipher today,…
because space travel was a reality to the men thousands of years ago. He claims that our forefathers received visits from the universe, and that these "strangers" annihilated part of mankind existing at the time and produced a new, perhaps the first, homo sapiens. 1972. Uniform title: Erinnerungen an die Zukunft.Canadian hauntings: true ghost stories
Par Michael Norman, Beth Scott. 2004
Houses of evil, child ghosts, and poltergeists - they're all in this collection of true, unexplainable encounters from across Canada.…
From the haunted art gallery in Burnaby, B.C. to mysteries in the Maritimes, this is a grand tour of ghostly goings-on. Descriptions of violence. For Junior and Senior High readers. Bestseller 2005. 2004.At peace in the light: the further adventures of a reluctant psychic who reveals the secret of your spiritual powers
Par Dannion Brinkley, Paul Perry. 1995
Brinkley tells how he adjusted to the psychic ability he acquired after his near-death experiences and found his life's mission…
in helping hospice patients face death. Sequel to "Saved by the light." 1995.Arctic adventures: tales from the lives of Inuit artists
Par Raquel Rivera. 2007
Describes true dramatized events in the lives of four modern Inuit artists. The stories range from a boy's survival adventure…
with his dog on shifting ice and a hunter's close-up encounter with a polar bear, to a shaman's dangerous journey to appease the sea-goddess at the bottom of the stormy ocean. Also includes a brief biography of each artist, a bibliography and glossary. Grades 3-6. 2007.All about mediumship
Par Ursula Roberts. 1994
When Europeans first arrived on this continent, Algonquian languages were spoken from the northeastern seaboard through the Great Lakes region,…
across much of Canada, and even in scattered communities of the American West. This book contains vital background information and new translations of songs and stories reaching back to the seventeenth century; gathers a host of respected and talented singers, storytellers, historians, anthropologists, linguists, and tribal educators, both Native and non-Native, from the United States and Canada-all working together to orchestrate a single, complex performance of the Algonquian languages. Some descriptions of violence. 2005.Adventures of a psychic: the fascinating and inspiring true-life story of one of America's most successful clairvoyants
Par Sylvia Browne, Antoinette May. 1998
Describes how Sylvia Browne at age five learned that she, like many of her relatives, had psychic abilities. With the…
help of her "spirit guide," an Aztec-Inca woman from the 1500s, Sylvia solves police cases, predicts future events, and contacts ghosts. Some strong language. 1998.After life: answers from the other side
Par John Edward, Natasha Stoynoff. 2003
Edward, an internationally acclaimed psychic medium, frequent guest on "Larry King Live," and feature of the HBO documentary "Life after…
Life," sets forth, with examples, the premise that the learning process and exchange of energy and love continue in the afterlife. Bestseller. 2010, c2003.A poison stronger than love: the destruction of an Ojibwa community
Par Anastasia M Shkilnyk. 1985
Documents the destructive effects of Canadian policy and urban industrialism on the Grassy Narrows Ojibway band of Ontario. Their forced…
1963 relocation to a new reserve was a destabilizing experience which was worsened by mercury poisoning from the industrial pollution of their river. 1985.A complete guide to magic and ritual: how to use natural energies to heal your life
Par Cassandra Eason. 1999
Have you ever touched wood for luck or owned a lucky charm? This text discusses how you can change your…
life by tuning into the magic of plants, flowers and essential oils, or harnessing the energy of the sun, moon and the seasons, in order to attract love or improve family relationships and encourage good health and prosperity. 1999.The complete book of aliens & abductions
Par Jenny Randles. 1999
Written by the Director of Investigations at the British UFO Research Association, this reference examines key cases and episodes of…
alleged alien abduction. It also analyses the phenomenon, nation by nation, and features a comprehensive review of the major theories. 1999.Spoken here: journeys among threatened languages
Par Mark Abley. 2003
An award-winning Canadian journalist documents the unprecedented extinction of the world's less-spoken languages. Drawing on his encounters with linguistic remnants…
from the arctic to aboriginal Australia, he illustrates threats to many endangered tongues. The report also speaks to the relationship between language and identity, and warns of globalization's consequences. 2003.Si les ovnis et les enlèvements extraterrestres ne sont que fantasmes de lesprit et mythes modernes, comment est-il possible, demande…
Jean Casault, que des dizaines de comités scientifiques se soient penchés sur cette question depuis 1947? Comment se fait-il que des chercheurs sérieux aient bien voulu être associés à ces phénomènes? Chaque année aux États-Unis, on rapporte des milliers de cas dobservations dovnis. Dans le monde, ce compte pourrait atteindre quelques millions. Ce nest pas rien, en particulier si on réalise que de 5% à 28% de ces observations restent inexpliquées à ce jour. Cest suffisant pour que cet ouvrage intéresse tant les sceptiques que les gens qui croient que dautres formes de vie existent ailleurs. -- 4e de couv.Les pouvoirs inexpliqués des animaux: pressentiment et télépathie chez les animaux sauvages et domestiques ((J'ai lu ; 6798. Aventure secrète))
Par Rupert Sheldrake, Jerome Bodin, Jocelyne De Pass. 2001
Doit-on ignorer les pouvoir inexpliqués tels que la télépathie, précognition, orientation que les animaux semblent manifester? Dépassant le domaine de…
l'anecdotique où ce type de phénomène a été jusqu'alors relegué, le docteur Sheldrake aborde pour la première fois ces questions sous un angle rigoureusement scientifique. Titre uniforme: Dogs that know when their owners are coming home and other unexplained powers of animals.Être et renaître Inuit, homme, femme ou chamane ((Le langage des contes))
Par Bernard Saladin D'Anglure. 2006
Au nord du cercle polaire, à Igoolik, dans le Nuvanut canadien, des Inuit tentent de concilier le respect de la…
tradition et la modernité, le souvenir encore très vif du chamanisme, avec une christianisation récente, la vie de chasseurs-pêcheurs, avec l'école, l'internet et le développement minier. Ils cherchent à valoriser leur tradition orale et leur conception originale de l'être et du renaître inuit : mythes d'origine de la vie humaine, de la différenciation des sexes, de la mort, de la guerre et d'espèces animales ; instauration des règles du mariage et des relation de la première femme chamane, en proie à la jalousie d'un homme. Disettes passées, cannibalisme de famine, stérilité des couples, avec, comme remèdes, partage de gibiers, des enfants et échange de conjoints. Cette tradition orale promeut l'épanouissement individuel et la soumission à l'intérêt collectif , elle a beaucoup à nous apprendre sur la vie et sa reproduction. [...] -- 4e de couv..