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Aboriginal Peoples and Politics: The Indian Land Question in British Columbia, 1849-1989
Aboriginal Peoples and Politics: The Indian Land Question in British Columbia, 1849-1989

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Tennant, Paul
Book Description: Univ of British Columbia Press, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, 1991. Soft Cover. Book Condition: Very Good-. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. "Aboriginal claims remain a controversial but little understood issue in comtemporary Canada. This book presents the first comprehensive treatment of the land question in British Columbia and is the first to examine the modern political history of British Columbian Indians." Black cover with red titling and white decoration on front, white titling on spine. Very light edge wear, a few pencil underlinings. 305 pages. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have.
Price: $12.75

After Native Claims: The Implications of Comprehensive Claims Settlement for Natural Resources in British Columbia
After Native Claims: The Implications of Comprehensive Claims Settlement for Natural Resources in British Columbia

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Cassidy, Frank and Dale, Norman
Book Description: Oolichan Books, Lantzville, BC, 1988. Soft Cover. Book Condition: Very Good-. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. "The authors look critically at the uncertainty surrounding comprehensive land claims in British Columbia and at the paths native groups are taking in projects concerning fisheries, forestry and minerals." Grey covers with white titling on front and spine, front illustrated with a serigraph of the Raven by Mark Henderson. Very light edge wear and one small crease on left bottom corner of back cover. 230 pages. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have.
Price: $14.95

Alaska Beckons
Alaska Beckons

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Barbeau, Marius
Book Description: MacMillan Compoany of Canada, , 1947. Hard Cover. Book Condition: Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Anthropological history of Alaska. Tan cloth with red and black titling, black decoration on front and spine, colourful illustrated end papers, black and white frontispiece, illustrated title page, and handsome black and white illustrations throughout. Text block edges darkened with evidence of light damp damage on lower corner, otherwise book is in great shape. Dust jacket, not price-clipped, has edgewear and chipping and is sunned. 343 pages. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have.
Price: $65.00

American Indian Art Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 3, Summer 1976
American Indian Art Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 3, Summer 1976

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Ashton, Robert et al, Editors
Book Description: American Indian Art Magazine, Scottsdale, Arizona, 1976. Soft Cover. Book Condition: Good to Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Periodical contains articles, essays, history, book reviews, shows, museums, galleries, advertising. Cover art is Shalako Mana from First Mesa. Cover has light edgewear, shelf wear, back lower corner is bumped and creased, otherwise book is in great shape. 82+ pages Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have.
Price: $15.00

American Indian Art Magazine, Vol. 8, No. 3, Summer 1983
American Indian Art Magazine, Vol. 8, No. 3, Summer 1983

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Goldfein, Roanne P, Editor
Book Description: American Indian Art Magazine, Scottsdale, Arizona, 1983. Paper Cover. Book Condition: Good to Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Periodical contains articles, essays, history, book reviews, shows, museums, galleries, advertising. Cover art is Ghost Dancer by Oscar Howe. Cover has light edgewear and shelf wear, bottom front corner is creased, light crease near leading edge, small crease on back lower corner, otherwise book is in great shape. 86+ pages Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have.
Price: $12.75

American Indian Myths and Legends
American Indian Myths and Legends

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Erdoes, Richard; Ortiz, Alfonso
Book Description: Pantheon Books, New York, New York, U.S.A., 1984. Hard Cover. Book Condition: . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Brown paper covered boards with little gilt illustration, black cloth spine with copper coloured decoration on front and copper coloured titling on spine, some black and white drawings. Ex library book with the usual tape marks, stamps and pocket. Dust jacket has a 3/4" x 1 3/4" cut out at front, spine has a bit of sunning and spine ends are worn, it is price clipped. 527 pages. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have.
Price: $15.75

American Indian Pottery
American Indian Pottery

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Wirt, Sharon
Book Description: Hancock House, Blaine, WA, U.S.A., 1984. Soft Cover. Book Condition: Very Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book explores the different pottery styles of early Native Americans. Tan soft cover with colourful illustrations, black titling on spine and front, illustrated throughout with colour photographs and black and white drawings. Cover has light edge wear and light shelf wear and a sticker remnant at front top corner, but is otherwise in great shape. 32 pages Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have.
Price: $6.75

Apache Chronicle: The Story of the People
Apache Chronicle: The Story of the People

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Terrell, John Upton
Book Description: World Publishing, , 1972. Hard Cover. Book Condition: Very Good-. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. "Apache Chronicle" begins with the wanderings of Cabeza de Vaca, the first white man to see the Apache, and ends with the surrender of Gernonimo. The author documents the role of the white man in the creation of the myth of the bloodthirsty Apache and covers the 350 years of bloodshed, treachery and the destruction of a people. Red paper covered boards and red cloth spine with gilt titling, red endpapers, frontispiece, some black and white photographs, 411 pages. A few spots on the text block edge and the previous owner's name on first free endpaper. Dust jacket has light edge wear, a crease in the front flap and the back, and is price clipped. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have.
Price: $15.75

Archaeological Investigations of the Millard Creek Site, Vancouver Island, British Columbia
Archaeological Investigations of the Millard Creek Site, Vancouver Island, British Columbia

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Capes, Katherine H.
Book Description: Katherine H. Capes, Courtenay, B.C., 1977. Paper Cover. Book Condition: . 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Syesis, Vol. 10, 1977. Report on archaeological investigations at the Millard Creek shell midden site (DkSf 2) in the northern Gulf of Georgia region during the early1970's. White paper, staple binding, illustrated with black and white plates, maps, and diagrams. 28 pages. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have.
Price: $10.00

 
Archaeological Survey in the Lower Fraser River Valley, British Columbia

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Kidd, Robert S.
Book Description: National Museums of Canada, Ottawa, 1968. Paper Cover. Book Condition: . 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. From National Museum of Canada Bulletin 224, contributions to Anthropology VI: Archaeology. Report on archaeological survey of the lower Fraser River Valley. White paper, staple binding, illustrated with black and white plates and map. Edges lightly sunned. 40 pages. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have.
Price: $16.00

Artifacts from Archaeological Surveys  in the Johnstone Strait Region
Artifacts from Archaeological Surveys in the Johnstone Strait Region

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Mitchell, Donald H.
Book Description: University of Victoria, Victoria, Canada, 1971. Paper Cover. Book Condition: . 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Syesis, Vol. 5, 1972. Report on a small collection of material recovered during site-location surveys in the Johnstone Strait region. White paper with staple binding, illustrated with black and white plates and diagrams. 22 pages. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have.
Price: $10.00

Arts Des Indiens d'Amerique du Nord
Arts Des Indiens d'Amerique du Nord

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Penney, David W.
Book Description: Pierre Terrail, Paris, 1998. Soft Cover. Book Condition: Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. A beautiful art book written in French about First Nations' art in North America. Pictorial soft cover with white titling on front and spine. Minor wear to cover, a small discoloring spot at the bottom of back cover. Coloured frontispiece, more than 140 coloured illustrations of the art, plus black and white photos of First Nations' People and their environment. Very slight edgewear bottom edge, 207 pages. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have.
Price: $40.00

Ayorama
Ayorama

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De Coccola, Raymond and Paul King
Book Description: Oxford University Press, Toronto, 1955. Hard Cover. Book Condition: Good to Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The story of the Krangmalit, "The People Beyond" who live on the central Arctic coast of Canada, written by Raymond de Coccola, a missionary who lived with them for twelve years. Red cloth, gilt titling on spine, end papers are a two-colour map of the central Arctic, illustrated with line drawing. Lower cover has extrermely light wear, otherwise book appears to be without flaws. Dust jacket has edge wear with chipping, but is basically bright and clean. 316 pages. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have.
Price: $20.00

Aztecs: A History, The
Aztecs: A History, The

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Davies, Nigel
Book Description: G.P. Putnam's Sons, New York, 1974. Hard Cover. Book Condition: Very Good-. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. "From the fragments of Aztec civilization, Nigel Davies constructs a unique political history of the most famous Indian tribe of Central America, tracing their development from humble nomadic origins to rulers of the mightiest empire in the Western world." Red cloth with gilt decoration of front and gilt titling on spine, illustrated endpapers, two clusters of black and white photographs, black and white drawings and maps, 363 pages. Very light edge wear to text block, gift inscription on half title with red felt pen. Dust jacket has light edge wear and is price clipped. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have.
Price: $15.75

Back on the Rez: Finding the Way Home
Back on the Rez: Finding the Way Home

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Maracle, Brian
Book Description: Viking, , 1996. Hard Cover. Book Condition: Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Part memoir, part travelogue, part polemic, this is a revealing look at what it means to be Indian in the 1990s, and a powerful account of the journey home. Beige and brown paper covered boards, cream coloured endpapers, 306 pages. Very light edge wear. Dust jacket has light edge wear, very light sunning of spine and is not price clipped. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have.
Price: $14.75

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