Prairie
History
Prairie History covers the histories of Saskatchewan, Manitoba, and Alberta, as well as the US borderlands. Our goal is to publish the latest and best original work of young and experienced scholars, professionals and amateurs, as well as heritage news and commentaries related to archival and museum collections across the West.
Prairie History is illustrated and published in full colour, in print and digital formats.
CURRENT ISSUE
Prairie History # 10
Spring 2023
“Education is the New Bison”, an art piece in the shape of a bison, was created by artist Val Vint and unveiled at The Forks in Winnipeg in June 2020. Photo thanks to George Penner.
IN THIS ISSUE
Feature Articles
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Beyond Preservation and Use: National Parks and Settler Colonialism in Western Canada, 1880s-1930s
BY Robert Vranich | Faculty of Kinesiology, Sport, and Recreation, University of Alberta
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Rabbi Elieser Gruber’s Jewish Agricultural Settlement Schemes in Manitoba
BY John C. Lehr | Department of Geography, University of Winnipeg
Prairie Pageant
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Govan, Saskatchewan: Portrait of a Prairie Town (Part I)
BY Keith Foster | Regina, Saskatchewan
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“Everybody but the Golden Boy”: The Race to Conquer Lake Winnipeg
BY Sabrina Janke | Winnipeg
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The Photographic Legacy of Theodore Edward Howard (1880-1960)
BY Giles Bugailiskis | Winnipeg
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Rural Manitoba and the Winnipeg Grenadiers
BY Stephen Sharman | Selkirk, Manitoba
Book Reviews
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Einar Odd Mortensen Sr. with Gerd Kjustad Mortensen, The Fur Trader: From Oslo to Oxford House, Ingrid Urberg and Daniel Sims eds., University of Alberta Press, 2022, 177 pages. ISBN 9781772125986, $34.99 (paperback)
BY Dr. Melissa Gjellstad, University of North Dakota
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Scott Berthelette, Heirs of an Ambivalent Empire: French-Indigenous Relations and the Rise of the Métis in the Hudson Bay Watershed, McGill- Queen’s University, Press, 2022, 376 pages, ISBN 9780228010593, $39.95 (paperback), $140.00 (cloth).
BY Harry Duckworth, University of Manitoba
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Dale Eisler, From Left to Right: Saskatchewan’s Political and Economic Transformation, Regina: University of Regina Press, 2022, 381 pages. ISBN 9780889778641, $34.95 (paperback)
BY Nolan Brown, Concordia University of Edmonton
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Matthew Barrett and Robert C. Engen, Through Their Eyes: A Graphic History of Hill 70 and Canada’s First World War, McGill-Queen’s University Press: Montreal, 337 pages. ISBN: 978022801579, $34.95 (cloth)
BY James Kostuchuk, Portage la Prairie, Manitoba
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Jennifer Adese and Chris Andersen (eds.), A People and a Nation: New Directions in Contemporary Métis Studies. University of British Columbia Press, 2021, 252 pages, ISBN 9780774865074, $29.95 (paperback)
BY Lyle Ford, University of Manitoba Libraries
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Wes Olson and Johane Janelle, The Ecological Buffalo: On The Trail of A Keystone Species, Foreword by Harvey Locke/ Afterword by Leroy Little Bear. University of Regina Press, 2022, 277 pages. ISBN 9780889778719, $39.95 (paperback)
BY Greg Thomas, Winnipeg
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R. Gordon Moyles, Death Stalked the Trails: The Klondike Gold Rush Through Edmonton 1897-98, Edmonton: Edmonton and District Historical Society, 2022, 195 pages. ISBN 9781773544014, $24.00 (paperback)
BY James A. Burns, Winnipeg, Manitoba
Prairie Gazette
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Treaty Education Facility, Agowiidiwinan Centre, opens at Winnipeg’s Forks National Site
BY Greg Thomas & Sheila Grover
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New Exhibit in Edmonton for Black History Month
BY Greg Thomas & Sheila Grover
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Education is the New Buffalo: Where did it All Begin?
BY Greg Thomas & Sheila Grover
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Historians in Residence: Alberta Leads the Way
BY Greg Thomas & Sheila Grover
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Witness Blanket: A Remarkable Art Installation about Residential School Survivors
BY Greg Thomas & Sheila Grover
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Some Notes on Ukrainian Culture on the Prairies
BY Greg Thomas & Sheila Grover
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Asking Questions of the Past: Heritage as a Tool for Sustainable Livelihoods
BY Kristin Catherwood, Heritage Saskatchewan
CURRENT ISSUE
Prairie History # 10
Spring 2023
“Education is the New Bison”, an art piece in the shape of a bison, was created by artist Val Vint and unveiled at The Forks in Winnipeg in June 2020. Photo thanks to George Penner.
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The journal Prairie History (ISSN 2562-8976 print | 2562-8984 online), published by the Manitoba Historical Society, combines scholarly articles with popular history as well as book reviews and other specialty pieces. The Prairie Gazette heritage newsletter is also part of each issue. It is the only journal in Canada to combine these diverse approaches in one place.
In 2020, Prairie History replaced Manitoba History.
Contributor guidelines, including formatting conventions for manuscripts, are available here.
Submissions to Prairie History are welcome and should be directed as follows:
Feature articles | Prairie Pageant articles | Prairie Gazette articles | Reviews
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Manitoba History (1980 to 2019) published peer-reviewed scholarly, articles, documentary selections, essays, pictorial essays, and reviews relating to the social, economic, political, intellectual, and cultural history of Manitoba and the Canadian West.