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Aboriginal Resource Use in Canada
Historical and Legal Aspects
Kerry Abel
University of Manitoba Press, 1991

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Politics in Manitoba
Parties, Leaders, and Voters
Christopher Adams
University of Manitoba Press, 2008
Politics in Manitoba is the first comprehensive review of the Manitoba party system that combines history and contemporary public opinion data to reveal the political and voter trends that have shaped the province of Manitoba over the past 130 years. The book details the histories of the Progressive Conservatives, the Liberals, and the New Democratic Party from 1870 to 2007. Adams looks in particular at the enduring influence of political geography and political culture, as well as the impact of leadership, campaign strategies, organizational resources, and the media on voter preferences. Adams also presents here for the first time public opinion data based on more than 25,000 interviews with Manitobans, conducted between 1999 and 2007. He analyzes voter age, gender, income, education, and geographic location to determine how Manitobans vote. In the process Adams dispels some commonly held beliefs about party supporters and identifies recurring themes in voter behaviour.
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Aboriginal TM
The Cultural and Economic Politics of Recognition
Jennifer Adese
University of Manitoba Press, 2022

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Indigenous Celebrity
Entanglements with Fame
Jennifer Adese
University of Manitoba Press, 2021

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Dadibaajim
Returning Home through Narrative
Helen Olsen Agger
University of Manitoba Press, 2021

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Stories of the House People
Told by Peter Vandall and Joe Douquette
Freda Ahenakew
University of Manitoba Press, 1987

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The Counselling Speeches of Jim Ka-Nipitehtew
Freda Ahenakew
University of Manitoba Press, 1998
A monolingual Cree speaker from Onion Lake, Saskatchewan, Jim Ka-Nipitehtew was a highly respected orator. His discourses have great force and authority, and no speeches of similar scope or depth have ever been published in their original form. He speaks of his concerns for young people, and of the proper performances of rituals, and gives an account of the signing of Treaty Six. These are superb examples of authentic spoken Cree texts. They are presented in syllabics, with Roman orthography and English translation on facing pages, and a glossary.
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Right-Wing Authoritarianism
Bob Altemeyer
University of Manitoba Press, 1981

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Devil in Deerskins
My Life with Grey Owl
Anahareo
University of Manitoba Press, 2014

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Conversations in Food Studies
Colin R. Anderson
University of Manitoba Press, 2016

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Propaganda and Persuasion
The Cold War and the Canadian-Soviet Friendship Society
Jennifer Anderson
University of Manitoba Press, 2017

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Life Stages and Native Women
Memory, Teachings, and Story Medicine
Kim Anderson
University of Manitoba Press, 2011

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Seeing Red
A History of Natives in Canadian Newspapers
Mark Cronlund Anderson
University of Manitoba Press, 2011

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Preserving the Sacred
Historical Perspectives on the Ojibwa Midewiwin
Michael Angel
University of Manitoba Press, 2002
The Midewiwin is the traditional religious belief system central to the world view of Ojibwa in Canada and the US. It is a highly complex and rich series of sacred teachings and narratives whose preservation enabled the Ojibwa to withstand severe challenges to their entire social fabric throughout the 19th and 20th centuries. It remains an important living and spiritual tradition for many Aboriginal people today.
____ The rituals of the Midewiwin were observed by many 19th century Euro-Americans, most of whom approached these ceremonies with hostility and suspicion. As a result, although there were many accounts of the Midewiwin published in the 19th century, they were often riddled with misinterpretations and inaccuracies.
____ Historian Michael Angel compares the early texts written about the Midewiwin, and identifies major, common misconceptions in these accounts. In his explanation of the historical role played by the Midewiwin, he provides alternative viewpoints and explanations of the significance of the ceremonies, while respecting the sacred and symbolic nature of the Midewiwin rituals, songs, and scrolls.
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North American Icelandic
The Life of a Language
Birna Arnbjornsdottir
University of Manitoba Press, 2006
North American Icelandic evolved mainly in Icelandic settlements in Manitoba and North Dakota and is the only version of Icelandic that is not spoken in Iceland. But North American Icelandic is a dying language with few left who speak it.North American Icelandic is the only book about the nature and development of this variety of Icelandic. It details the social and linguistic constraints of one specific feature of North American Icelandic phonology undergoing change, namely Flámæli, which is the merger of two sets of front vowels. Although Flámæli was once a part of traditional Icelandic, it was considered too confusing and was systematically eradicated from the language. But in North America, Flámæli use spread unchecked, allowing the rare opportunity of viewing the evolution of a dialect from its birth to its impending demise.
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Icelandic Heritage in North America
Birna Arnbjörnsdóttir
University of Manitoba Press, 2023


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