“Drawing
from a trove of new documents and sources as well extensive genealogical
research, Larson reveals Tubman as a complex woman -- brilliant, shrewd, deeply
religious, and passionate in her pursuit of freedom. The descendant of the
vibrant, matrilineal Asanti people of the West African Gold Coast, Tubman was
born into slavery on the Eastern Shore of Maryland but refused to spend her
life in bondage. While still a young woman she embarked on a perilous journey
of self-liberation and then, having won her own freedom, she returned again and
again to liberate family and friends, tapping into the Underground Railroad.”
-WorldCat
“Who
was Harriet Tubman' To John Brown, the leader of the Harpers Ferry slave
uprising, she was General Tubman. For those slaves whom she led north to
freedom, she was Moses. To the slavers who hunted her down, she was a thief and
a trickster. To abolitionists she was a prophet. As Catherine Clinton shows in
this riveting biography, Harriet Tubman was, above all, a singular and complex
woman, defeating simple categories.” -WorldCat
“Canada's
relationship with its Indigenous people has suffered as a result of both the
residential school system and the lack of understanding of the historical and
current impact of those schools. Healing and repairing that relationship
requires education, awareness and increased understanding of the legacy and the
impacts still being felt by Survivors and their families. Guided by acclaimed
Indigenous author Monique Gray Smith, readers will learn about the lives of
Survivors and listen to allies who are putting the findings of the Truth and
Reconciliation Commission into action. -Amazon
“On
August 27, 1927, five women gathered to sign a letter that would change the
course of Canadian history. Emily Murphy, Nellie McClung, Louise McKinney,
Irene Parlby, and Henrietta Muir Edwards, collectively known as the Famous
Five, launched a battle for justice that finally culminated in a declaration
that women were indeed "persons" in the eyes of the law. That
hard-won victory was another step forward in the fight for women's rights.”
–WorldCat
“The
Inconvenient Indian is a critical and personal meditation that the remarkable
Thomas King has conducted over the past 50 years about what it means to be
‘Indian’ in North America. Rich with dark and light, pain and magic, this book
distills the insights gleaned from that meditation, weaving the curiously
circular tale of the relationship between non-Natives and Natives in the
centuries since the two first encountered each other.” -WorldCat
“Discover
the amazing story of the Indigenous peoples of the Americas from the end of the
Ice Age to the arrival of the Europeans. You'll learn what people ate, how they
expressed themselves through art, and how they adapted to the land.
Archaeologists have been able to piece together what life may have been like
pre-contact-- and how life changed with the arrival of the Europeans.”
-WorldCat
Victory at Vimy by Ted Barris
“The
account of how on Easter Monday, April 9, 1917, sixteen battalions of the
Canadian Corps rose along a six-kilometre line of trenches in northern France
against the occupying Germans.” -WorldCat