North of Athabasca

North of Athabasca
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Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Total Pages : 542
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ISBN-10 : 0773520988
ISBN-13 : 9780773520981
Rating : 4/5 (88 Downloads)

Synopsis North of Athabasca by : North West Company

The fur trade has been an important building block in Canada's history. While much is known about the Hudson's Bay Company, information about the North West Company in the Slave Lake and Mackenzie River Districts has been scattered in various archives. In North of Athabasca Lloyd Keith provides the first detailed, document-based history of this pioneering company.

North American Exploration

North American Exploration
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Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Total Pages : 498
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ISBN-10 : 080321023X
ISBN-13 : 9780803210233
Rating : 4/5 (3X Downloads)

Synopsis North American Exploration by : John Logan Allen

The three volumes of North American Exploration appraise the full scope of the exploration of the North American continent and its oceanic margins from prior to the arrival of Columbus until the end of the nineteenth century. More than an assessment of historical events, these volumes portray the process of exploration. Without forgetting the romance of discovery, the authors recognize that exploration encompasses a great deal more than the adventures themselves. All explorers are conditioned by the time, place, and circumstances of their efforts; these determine objectives, the behavior of explorers, and the consequences of their discoveries. ø The second volume includes the exploration of North America from the Spanish entrada of the sixteenth century to the British and Russian explorations of the Pacific coastal regions at the end of the eighteenth century?a time during which North America was largely defined and understood in terms of advancing scientific viewpoints during the European Enlightenment. Discovery gave way to Exploration and supposition to understanding.

Memory and Landscape

Memory and Landscape
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 448
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ISBN-10 : 1771993154
ISBN-13 : 9781771993159
Rating : 4/5 (54 Downloads)

Synopsis Memory and Landscape by : Kenneth Pratt

The North is changing at an unprecedented rate as industrial development and the climate crisis disrupt not only the environment but also long-standing relationships to the land and traditional means of livelihood. Memory and Landscape: Indigenous Responses to a Changing North explores the ways in which Indigenous peoples in the Arctic have adapted to challenging circumstances, including past cultural and environmental changes. In this beautifully illustrated volume, contributors document how Indigenous communities in Alaska, northern Canada, Greenland, and Siberia are seeking ways to maintain and strengthen their cultural identity while also embracing forces of disruption. Indigenous and non-Indigenous contributors bring together oral history and scholarly research from disciplines such as linguistics, archaeology, and ethnohistory. With an emphasis on Indigenous place names, this volume illuminates how the land--and the memories that are inextricably tied to it--continue to define Indigenous identity. The perspectives presented here also serve to underscore the value of Indigenous knowledge and its essential place in future studies of the Arctic. Contributions by Vinnie Baron, Hugh Brody, Kenneth Buck, Anna Bunce, Donald Butler, Michael A. Chenlov, Aron L. Crowell, Peter C. Dawson, Martha Dowsley, Robert Drozda, Gary Holton, Colleen Hughes, Peter Jacobs, Emily Kearney-Williams, Igor Krupnik, Apayo Moore, Murielle Nagy, Mark Nuttall, Evon Peter, Louann Rank, William E. Simeone, Felix St-Aubin, and Will Stolz.

Northern Rover

Northern Rover
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Publisher : Athabasca University Press
Total Pages : 201
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ISBN-10 : 9781897425015
ISBN-13 : 1897425015
Rating : 4/5 (15 Downloads)

Synopsis Northern Rover by : A. L. Karras

From 1919 to 1970, Olaf Hanson was a trapper, trader, prospector, game guardian, fisherman, and road blasting expert in northeastern Saskatchewan. He told his life story to popular Saskatchewan author A. L. Karras, whose manuscript, written in the 1980s, only came to light after his death in 1999. In an uncompromising, straightforward style, Karras and Hanson reveal the geography, wildlife, and natural history of the region as well as the business and social interactions between people. The book offers a look at the vanished subsistence and commercial economy of the boreal forest, wound around a fascinating personal story of courage and physical stamina.

Travel

Travel
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 640
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ISBN-10 : STANFORD:36105117062492
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 (92 Downloads)

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Annual Report

Annual Report
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 524
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ISBN-10 : CHI:17664949
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 (49 Downloads)

Synopsis Annual Report by : Alberta. Dept. of Public Works

The Wild North Land

The Wild North Land
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 424
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ISBN-10 : NYPL:33433081742557
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 (57 Downloads)

Synopsis The Wild North Land by : Sir William Francis Butler

The Wild North Land

The Wild North Land
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Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Total Pages : 406
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9783368820138
ISBN-13 : 3368820133
Rating : 4/5 (38 Downloads)

Synopsis The Wild North Land by : W. Butler

Reprint of the original, first published in 1874.

Travel Magazine

Travel Magazine
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 586
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ISBN-10 : MINN:31951002796841Q
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 (1Q Downloads)

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My Life With the Eskimo

My Life With the Eskimo
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Publisher : Ravenio Books
Total Pages : 563
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ISBN-10 :
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 ( Downloads)

Synopsis My Life With the Eskimo by : Vilhjalmur Stefansson

Vilhjalmur Stefansson (1879 – 1962) was a Canadian Arctic explorer and ethnologist of Icelandic descent.