As Long as the Sun Shines and Water Flows
A Reader in Canadian Native Studies
This collection of papers focuses on Canadian Native history since 1763 and presents an overview of official Canadian Indian policy and its effects on the Indian, Inuit, and Metis.
Totem Poles
An Illustrated Guide
This bestseling guide helps readers interpret and enjoy the form and meaning of totem poles -- as ancestral emblems and ceremonial objects, as expressions of wealth and power, as mythological symbols and magnificent artistic works of the people of the Pacific Northwest.
Overland from Canada to British Columbia
By Mr. Thomas McMicking of Queenston, Canada West
Harsh and Lovely Land
The Major Canadian Poets and the Making of a Canadian Tradition
Poet-critic Tom Marshall examines four stages in the development of a purely Canadian tradition in poetry through a focus on the work of major poets writing in English from the mid-nineteenth century to the present.
For Most Conspicuous Bravery
A Biography of Major-General George R. Pearkes, V.C., through Two World Wars
Set against the background of Canada's twentieth century transformation from a rural and agricultural society into an urban technological nation, General Pearkes's career makes a compelling biographical study.
The Reminiscences of Doctor John Sebastian Helmcken
A unique account of the way social and economic conditions were actually felt and experienced in B.C. at the time of Confederation.