I'll Sing 'til the Day I Die
Title | I'll Sing 'til the Day I Die PDF eBook |
Author | Beth Brant |
Publisher | |
Pages | 128 |
Release | 1995 |
Genre | History |
ISBN |
"...I like to sing", says Eva Maracle, "and I'll sing 'til the day I die". A hundred years of Native North American history emerges from the lives of fifteen Elders of Tyendinaga, in conversation with Mohawk writer Beth Brant. School teachers, domestic workers, miners, civil servants and factory workers people these accounts with the grist and joy of everyday lives spanning the 20th century. From farming and canning to a chemist who unknowingly worked to develop the atom bomb, the Elders speak history in the first person present. A history that, like the Elders themselves, transcends colonial oppression, arriving strong and generous, grounded in land and community.
Mansion on the Hill
Title | Mansion on the Hill PDF eBook |
Author | Olmond M. Hall |
Publisher | iUniverse |
Pages | 246 |
Release | 2000 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1893652769 |
This story begins as a parody of a famous trial that took place in the 1990s. However, the travesty develops a life of its own. The spoof takes place in the 1930s in the deep South. It has similar names, and in a number of other ways parallels the 1990 trial. This satiric drama has hardships, fun times, romance, murder, suspense and mystery. It delves into the backgrounds of some of the key players.
A Fatherly Eye
Title | A Fatherly Eye PDF eBook |
Author | Robin Brownlie |
Publisher | University of Toronto Press |
Pages | 236 |
Release | 2003-12-15 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1442655240 |
For more than a century, government policy towards Aboriginal peoples in Canada was shaped by paternalistic attitudes and an ultimate goal of assimilation. Indeed, remnants of that thinking still linger today, more than thirty years after protests against the White Paper of 1969 led to reconsideration Canada's 'Indian' policy. In A Fatherly Eye, historian Robin Brownlie examines how paternalism and assimilation during the interwar period were made manifest in the 'field', far from the bureaucrats in Ottawa, but never free of their oppressive supervision. At the same time, she reveals how the Aboriginal 'subjects' of official policy dealt with the control and coercion that lay at the heart of the Indian Act. This groundbreaking study sheds new light on a time and a place we know little about. Brownlie focuses on two Indian agencies in southern Ontario - Parry Sound and Manitowaning (on Manitoulin Island) - and the contrasting management styles of two agents, John daly and Robert Lewis, especially during the Great Depression. In administering the lives of the Anishinabek people, the government paid inadequate attention to the protection of treaty rights and was excessively concerned with maintaining control, in part through the paternalistic provision of assistance that helped to silence critics of the system and prevent political organizing. As Brownlie concludes, the Indian Affairs system still does not work well, and 'has come to represent all that is most oppressive about the history of colonization in this country'. Previously published by Oxford University Press
An Unauthorized Biography of the World
Title | An Unauthorized Biography of the World PDF eBook |
Author | Michael Riordon |
Publisher | Between The Lines |
Pages | 332 |
Release | 2004 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1896357938 |
An Unauthorized Biography of the Worldexplores the practice of engaged oral history: the difficult, sometimes dangerous work of recovering fragments of human story that have gone missing from the official versions. Michael Riordon has thirty years' experience as a writer and broadcaster in the field. Readers will encounter a gallery of brave, passionate people who gather silenced voices and lost life stories. The canvas is broad, the stakes are high: the battles for First Nations lands in Canada; environmental justice in Chicago; genocide in Peru; homeless people organizing in Cleveland; September 11/01, and after, in New York City; gay survivors of electroshock in Britain; the struggle to preserve a people's identity in Newfoundland; peasant resistance to a huge transnational gold mine in Turkey.
Encyclopedia of Life Writing
Title | Encyclopedia of Life Writing PDF eBook |
Author | Margaretta Jolly |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 1141 |
Release | 2013-12-04 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 1136787445 |
First published in 2001. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Why Are You So Sad? Selected Poems
Title | Why Are You So Sad? Selected Poems PDF eBook |
Author | David W. McFadden |
Publisher | Insomniac Press |
Pages | 330 |
Release | 2014-05-14 |
Genre | Poetry |
ISBN | 1897415001 |
His life in Canadian poetry has spanned five decades, and David W. McFadden is still going strong. This selection from his career to date brings back into print many of the greatest poems from nearly two dozen books. Chosen and introduced by fellow poet Stuart Ross, in full collaboration with the author, these poems reaffirm McFadden's status as one of Canada's most gratifying, ineffable, and necessary poets.
In Christ Alone
Title | In Christ Alone PDF eBook |
Author | Stuart Townend |
Publisher | Shawnee Press (TN) |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2013-05 |
Genre | Choruses, Sacred (Mixed voices, 3 parts) with piano |
ISBN | 9781480332911 |
(Glory Sound Simply Sacred). The increasing treasury of modern hymns and sacred songs by Keith and Kristyn Getty and collaborator Stuart Townend are explored in this new resource designed for choirs of any level. Many of this writing team's biggest successes are included, all lovingly adapted by some of our most gifted arrangers. Music for the entire church year is contained in this collection. Transcending stylistic boundaries, the music and message are home in both contemporary-styled worship venues and traditional programs. Creative instrumental adornments offer additional options for performance while sensitive arranging make this compilation accessible to choirs of any size. Available separately: SAB, Listening CD, Preview Pack (Book/CD Combo), 10-Pack Listening CDs, Instrumental CD-ROM (Score & parts for flute, penny whistle, oboe, acoustic guitar, electric bass, drum set, percussion, violin 1 & 2, viola, cello *Note, instrumentation varies on each song), StudioTrax CD (Accompaniment Only), SplitTrax CD.