The Providential President
Title | The Providential President PDF eBook |
Author | Vern L. Alford |
Publisher | Xlibris Corporation |
Pages | 247 |
Release | 2014-11-06 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1503512908 |
The worst terrorist attack since 9/11 forces a newly elected president thrown into office by unusual circumstances to act. Watch as he defies political correctness and strikes against America's enemies both at home and abroad, taking the nation by surprise. Sticking to his vow, President Hudnall intentionally deceives the public, ruins his reputation, and causes his family pain, all the while using his secret resources to bring ultimate justice to the world of the jihadist.
A History of the Original Peoples of Northern Canada
Title | A History of the Original Peoples of Northern Canada PDF eBook |
Author | Keith J. Crowe |
Publisher | McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP |
Pages | 268 |
Release | 1991 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780773508804 |
For more than fifteen years, Keith Crowe's A History of the Original Peoples of Northern Canada has informed a multitude of residents in and visitors to the Canadian North and has served as a standard text. Now, in a new epilogue, Crowe describes and analyses the changes in the North which have come about since the book's first publication. The success of this book over the years is due in large part to Crowe's approach. While the majority of works on Canadian history are essentially European in perspective, Crowe has endeavoured to interpret the history of the original peoples of northern Canada from a native standpoint. He has attempted to provide a work that native Canadians can use to learn the broad outlines of their cultural and historical development as well as details about their people, places, and events, while giving non-native people a more accurate version of northern Canadian history and ethnology. Crowe begins with the emergence, in prehistoric times, of the three great groups of hunting people -- the Algonkian, Athapaskan, and Inuit -- describing their contribution to the cultural heritage of native peoples today. He devotes particular attention to the various native tribes and some of their outstanding leaders; to the fur trade, its effects, and the emergence of the Métis people; to the devastating consequences of trading and whaling for the Arctic and the Inuit who lived there; to the Yukon Indians and the Gold Rush; to the coming of Christianity; and to the impact of governmental and economic encroachment on the North and the native peoples' response to this -- moving into the boardroom and elected office. In his new epilogue, Crowe surveys the major land claims since 1974 -- some settled, most still under negotiation, and some, like the James Bay hydro-electric project, being challenged. Crowe also explains the complexities of the land-claims process and points out the irony inherent in native peoples having to help create numerous "foreign" laws and institutions in order to protect an essentially simple way of life. He describes the native peoples' movement into and up the ranks of government at all levels and emphasizes the important role played by regional and national native associations, such as the Assembly of First Nations. He outlines the changes and developments in education in the North and provides a detailed assessment of the still very difficult economic situation, stressing the native peoples' concern that economic development in the North not be divorced from environmental considerations. Keith J. Crowe, who served for many years in the Department of Indian and Northern Affairs, is now retired but remains privately active in northern and native issues.
Who's who and why
Title | Who's who and why PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 1598 |
Release | 1912 |
Genre | Bahamas |
ISBN |
The Mining Investor
Title | The Mining Investor PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 948 |
Release | 1907 |
Genre | Industries |
ISBN |
Alaska's Urban and Rural Governments
Title | Alaska's Urban and Rural Governments PDF eBook |
Author | Thomas A. Morehouse |
Publisher | University Press of America |
Pages | 276 |
Release | 1984 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 9780819137715 |
Includes notes.
Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents
Title | Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 500 |
Release | 1978 |
Genre | Government publications |
ISBN |
Un/covering the North
Title | Un/covering the North PDF eBook |
Author | Valerie Alia |
Publisher | UBC Press |
Pages | 252 |
Release | 1999 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780774807074 |
Despite setbacks and cutbacks, Canada leads the world in northern andAboriginal communications. This book provides a comprehensive survey ofcommunications in the circumpolar region, focusing on the CanadianArctic and sub-Arctic but also looking at the circumpolar North(Alaska, Siberia, Greenland, and the Nordic/Saami nations). Radio,television, magazines, newspapers, and web sites are all covered. Astechnologies and access improve, Aboriginal people are increasinglytaking control of their own representation and consolidating theirpresence in northern media. Alia concludes that Canada will maintainits leadership in northern communications in the years ahead, given thetopic's far-reaching importance and international context.