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        Frank Farley and the Birds of Alberta

        Frank Farley and the Birds of Alberta

        by Glen Hvenegaard, Jeremy Mouat, and Heather J. Marshall

        ISBN: 9781772128239

        Publisher: University of Alberta Press

        Publication date: August 5, 2025

        320 Pages

        Amateur naturalist Frank Farley (1870-1949) made significant contributions to the fields of ornithology and environmental conservation in western Canada.
        Harley Parker

        Harley Parker

        The McLuhan of the Museum

        by Gary Genosko

        ISBN: 9781772127935

        Publisher: University of Alberta Press

        Publication date: May 15, 2025

        240 Pages

        Genosko uncovers the legacy of Harley Parker (1915-1992), Canadian museum exhibition designer, typographer, and painter, and explores his innovative concepts reshaping museums as perceptual laboratories.
        Cartographic Poetry

        Cartographic Poetry

        Examining Historic Blackfoot and Gros Ventre Maps

        by Ted Binnema, François Lanoë, and Heinz W. Pyszczyk

        ISBN: 9781772127997

        Publisher: University of Alberta Press

        Publication date: April 8, 2025

        256 Pages

        This first book-length study of five maps drawn by Blackfoot and Gros Ventre cartographers in 1801 and 1802 explores the maps’ cartographic conventions, utility, and beauty.
        Indigenous Healing as Paradox

        Indigenous Healing as Paradox

        Re-Membering and Biopolitics in the Settler Colony

        by Krista Maxwell

        ISBN: 9781772125740

        Publisher: University of Alberta Press

        Publication date: February 20, 2025

        208 Pages

        A social history of the ways Indigenous Peoples have engaged and navigated the welfare state to promote survival and well-being amidst Canadian settler colonialism.
        The Riel Problem

        The Riel Problem

        Canada, the Métis, and a Resistant Hero

        by Albert Braz

        ISBN: 9781772127331

        Publisher: University of Alberta Press

        Publication date: March 28, 2024

        344 Pages

        Albert Braz examines how Louis Riel has been commemorated since 1967, charting his transformation from traitor to Canadian hero.
        The Word and Wax, second edition

        The Word and Wax, second edition

        A Medical Folk Ritual Among Ukrainians in Alberta

        by Rena Jeanne Hanchuk

        ISBN: 9781894865678

        Publisher: CIUS Press

        Publication date: January 16, 2024

        124 Pages

        Explores the fascinating medical folk ritual of wax pouring as a means of driving away fear and curing minor ailments.
        Making Wonderful

        Making Wonderful

        Ideological Roots of Our Eco-Catastrophe

        by Martin M. Tweedale

        ISBN: 9781772126242

        Publisher: University of Alberta Press

        Publication date: March 8, 2023

        464 Pages

        Documents how the West came to have an ideology that has promoted environmentally destructive economic expansion.
        10 Days That Shaped Modern Canada

        10 Days That Shaped Modern Canada

        by Aaron W. Hughes

        ISBN: 9781772126327

        Publisher: University of Alberta Press

        Publication date: August 15, 2022

        280 Pages

        A perfect guide for those curious about recent forces and events that have shaped modern Canada.
        The Fur Trader

        The Fur Trader

        From Oslo to Oxford House

        by Einar Odd Mortensen Sr.

        With Gerd Kjustad Mortensen

        Edited by Ingrid Urberg and Daniel Sims

        ISBN: 9781772125986

        Publisher: University of Alberta Press

        Publication date: August 12, 2022

        224 Pages

        A critical edition of a Norwegian free trader’s account of the fur trade in Manitoba.
        Our Whole Gwich’in Way of Life Has Changed / Gwich’in K’yuu Gwiidandài’ Tthak Ejuk Gòonlih

        Our Whole Gwich’in Way of Life Has Changed / Gwich’in K’yuu Gwiidandài’ Tthak Ejuk Gòonlih

        Stories from the People of the Land

        by Leslie McCartney and Gwich'in Tribal Council

        ISBN: 9781772126297

        Publisher: University of Alberta Press

        Publication date: February 1, 2022

        776 Pages

        Life-stories of 23 Gwich’in Elders from the Northwest Territories in Canada speak to changing times.
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